Tula Arms Plant
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Imperial Tula Arms Plant (
History of the plant
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Historically, the plant produced a wide variety of sports weapons and arms for the Imperial Russian Army.
18th century
In the 18th century, Tula Arms Plant was recognized as setting the standard for Russian Arms Production.
19th and early 20th century
Reconstructed in the 19th century Tula Arms Factory became one of the most prominent arms factories in Europe.
In 1910 the factory started production of the Maxim machine gun.
In 1927 planning and design office was established in order to improve the work of all of the plant's designers, the result of which was the development of aircraft machine guns -
Importance during World War II
During
In 1941-1945, working under the slogan "Everything for the front, everything for victory", Tula gunsmiths produced Mosin–Nagant 91/30 rifles, SVT-40 self-loading rifles, ShVAK aircraft guns, Nagant revolvers and Tokarev pistols.
Cold War
In 1965 constructors N. I. Korovyakov and V.P. Ochneva created a reliable double-barreled over-and-under shotgun TOZ-34.
During 1960s–1980s, the plant received an order for production of the world-famous Kalashnikov assault rifles (six variants), anti-tank guided missiles - 9M14 Malyutka, 9M133 Kornet, 9M113 Konkurs and the Bonfire underslung grenade launcher.
Products
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During the early to mid-Soviet era, Tula Arms Plant produced a variety military rifles, including the Mosin–Nagant, SVT-40, SKS, and AKM. It also produced the Nagant M1895 revolver.
From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, the factory produced the
. The plant also produces large quantities of small arms ammunition for the military as well as for commercial sale.The factory has also manufactured a number of pistols over the years such as the Korovin pistol, TT pistol, Stechkin automatic pistol, SPP-1 underwater pistol, and MSP Groza silent pistol.
Notable products
Knives
Pistols
Shotguns
Rifles
- APS underwater rifle
- AS Val
- ASM-DT amphibious rifle
- SR-3 Vikhr
- SKS
- SVT-40
- TKB-010
- TKB-059
- TKB-072
- TKB-517
- TOZ rifle
- VSS Vintorez
See also
References
- ^ "New director at Tula Arms Plant". 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ a b c d e Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
- ^ "Tula Arms Plant paid salary for May to its employees". Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ "TOZ Information". Archived from the original on 2008-07-16.
- ^ "RARE Tula AK-74". YouTube.