Arzamas Machine-Building Plant (russian: Арзамасский машиностроительный завод) is a company based in

Arzamas Arzamas (russian: Арзама́с) is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Tyosha River (a tributary of the Oka), east of Moscow. Population: History Arzamas was founded in 1578 by Ivan the Terrible in the lands popul ...

, Russia and established in 1980. It is part of the

Military Industrial Company , type = LLC , traded_as = , industry = Mechanical engineering , fate = , predecessor = , successor = , founded = , founder = , defunct ...

group. The Arzamas Machine-Building Plant assembles the

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armored personnel carrier An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world. Acc ...

Tigr TIGR, an abbreviation for ''Trst'', ''Istra'', ''Gorica'', and ''Reka'', full name Revolutionary Organization of the Julian March T.I.G.R. ( sl, Revolucionarna organizacija Julijske krajine T.I.G.R.), was a militant anti-fascist and insurgent or ...

and civilian vehicles based on the same chassis.

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