Titan-Barrikady (russian: Титан-Баррикады) is a
military-industrial company based in
Volgograd, Russia. It was formed in 1914, after the merger between the
Barrikady Production Association and the
Titan Design Bureau. It is a subsidiary of the
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology.
History
The plant was established in 1914 as the Tsaritsyn Weapons Factory, and renamed Red Barricades after the Russian Revolution.
It was for a time the largest
munition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapo ...
factory in Europe.
Titan had its origins as the factory's design bureau.
The factory was overrun and destroyed by the Germans in 1942 during
Fall Blau, but resumed production in 1944.
In 1975 the plant was selected to manufacture the gun and mount for the
2S7 Pion
The 2S7 Pion ("peony") or Malka is a Soviet self-propelled 203mm cannon. "2S7" is its GRAU designation. More than 250 units were built, some sources say 500, others up to 1,000. They were distributed around the former Soviet states in the diss ...
.
The Titan Design Bureau was separated from the factory in 1990.
Barrikady plant
Barrikady is a major manufacturer of heavy machinery and large steel castings and forgings. Its manufacturing facilities include the
Barrikady Drilling Equipment Plant, one of two large producers of oil drilling rigs in Russia (the other being
Uralmash in
Yekaterinburg).
Barrikady assembles mobile launchers for ballistic missiles and artillery pieces. Barrikady is located near the large
Krasny Oktyabr Steel Plant
''Volgogradskiy Metallurgicheskiy Zavod Krasny Oktyabr'' (russian: Закрытое акционерное общество "Волгоградский металлургический завод "Красный Октябрь", Zakrytoye aktsion ...
.
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In July 2019, the Barrikady plant assembled a new, fully low floor tram of the model 71-142.
References
External links
Official website
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Mechanical engineering companies of Russia
Companies based in Volgograd Oblast
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology