Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant

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Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant
Company typeOpen joint-stock company (JSC)
IndustryFirearms
Founded26 April 1940; 86 years ago (26 April 1940)
Headquarters
Vyatskiye Polyany
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Russia
ProductsRifles, shotguns and machine guns
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ParentRostec
Websitemolot-guns.ru

Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant (Russian: Вятско-Полянский машиностроительный завод) is a Russian company based in Vyatskiye Polyany. The plant manufactures rifles and shotguns under the Molot-Oruzhiye (Hammer Weapon) and VEPR (Wild Boar) brands, and is a subsidiary of Rostec.[1] It is one of the largest companies in Kirov Oblast.[2]

History

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Molot was established in 1940, and was originally based in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast. It was the main manufacturer of the PPSh-41 submachine gun.[3] In 1941 the plant was evacuated to Vyatskiye Polyany with its workers, including G. S. Shpagin and N. F. Makarov, designer of the eponymous Makarov pistol.[3] In the 1950s the plant manufactured the Vyatka motor scooter.[4]

In the 1990s the company diversified by launching a line of sports and hunting weapons.[3] Rifles manufactured in the Molot plant are exported to the United States under the VEPR brand.[5]

The company entered bankruptcy proceedings in 2012; as of 2017 it is being controlled by a bankruptcy managing company.[6]

Products

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Military weapon

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  • Anti-tank guided missile of 9K115-2 Metis-M
  • Rocket-propelled grenade RPG-29 (GRAU index — 6G20)
  • Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun 7.62×39mm (GRAU index — 6P2)
  • Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun RPK-74 5.45×39mm (GRAU index — 6P18)
  • Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun modernized RPK-74М 5.45×39mm (GRAU index — 6P39)
  • Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun with a folding butt RPK-201 5.56×45mm NATO (GRAU index — 6P55)
  • Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun RPK-203 7.62×39mm (GRAU index — 6P8М)
  • 30mm automatic grenade launcher AGS-17 Plamya 30×29mm (GRAU index — 6G11, index of a grenade launcher with a machine — 6G10)
  • 30mm automatic aircraft grenade launcher AG-17A 30×29mm (GRAU index — 9-A-800)
  • 30mm automatic grenade launcher AG-17M 30×29mm (GRAU index — 6G11M)
  • 30mm automatic grenade launcher with remote control AG-17D 30×29mm (GRAU index — 6G42)

Civilian sports and hunting weapons

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  • Vepr-12 semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun
  • VPO-165 5.56x45 AKSU-based semi-automatic carbine
  • VPO-123 semi-automatic 7.62х54mm rifle
  • VPO-128 semi-automatic 6.5mm Grendel rifle

Civil goods

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References

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