JSC Tulamashzavod (russian: Тульский машиностроительный завод) also known as Tula Machine-Building Plant is a company based in
Tula, Russia
Tula ( rus, Тула, p=ˈtulə) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located south of Moscow. Tula is located in the northern Central Russian Upland on the banks of the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka. ...
. During the Soviet era it was known for its production of weapons and motorcycles.
It is part of
High Precision Systems, a
Rostec company.
Tulamashzavod was established in 1879.
It is a major producer of guns and missiles for land, air, and naval forces. It is also a large producer of civilian motorscooters, of which it built 97,000 in 1989. It has two design bureaus, one for civilian, and another for military goods. The Machine-Building Plant is adjacent to the
Tula Arms Plant
Imperial Tula Arms Plant (russian: Императорский Тульский оружейный завод, Imperatorskiy Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod) is a Russian weapons manufacturer founded by Tsar Peter I of Russia in 1712 in Tula, Tula Oblast a ...
. Plants in Tula work closely with the
Tula Scientific Research Technological Institute (TNITI), which conducts research on the use of steel alloys in weapons which are in mass production.
[ ] It was privatized in 1992.
Products
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30 mm automatic cannon 2A42
The Shipunov 2A42 is a Soviet/Russian 30 mm autocannon. It is built by the Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company.
Design
The 30 mm 2A42 autocannon was developed as a replacement for 2A28 Grom and has a dual feed. One is for HE-T and th ...
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Afanasev Makarov AM-23
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Rikhter R-23
The Rikhter R-23 is an aircraft autocannon developed for the Soviet Air Force starting in the late 1950s. It was designed to be as short as possible to avoid problems found on high-speed aircraft when the guns were pointed into the airstream. The ...
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AK-630
The AK-630 is a Soviet and Russian fully automatic naval, rotary cannon, close-in weapon system. The "630" designation refers to the weapon's six gun barrels and their 30 mm caliber.
The system is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and dir ...
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Kashtan CIWS
The Kortik (russian: Кортик, "dirk") close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a modern naval air defence gun-missile system deployed by the Russian Navy. Its export version is known as Kashtan (russian: Каштан, English: Chestnut), with the NA ...
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Muravey (scooter)
Muravey (russian: Муравей , English - Ant), is a three-wheeled (3 × 2) cargo scooter. There were several models based on passenger scooters produced by Tulamashzavod from 1959-1995.
Since 2020, Tulamashzavod has been producing a four-whe ...
References
External links
Official website*
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Manufacturing companies of Russia
Companies based in Tula Oblast
High Precision Systems
Companies established in 1879
Motorcycle manufacturers of Russia
Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Motorcycle manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Ministry of the Defense Industry (Soviet Union)
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1879