Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant
56°19′34″N43°53′49″E / 56.32611°N 43.89694°E / 56.32611; 43.89694
Open joint-stock company (JSC) NMZ or Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant (Russian: Нижегородский машиностроительный завод) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) artillery factory in the Sormovo district of Gorky. It included the TsAKB artillery design bureau led by Vasiliy Grabin.
Currently, part of Almaz-Antey together with Almaz-Antey Branch no. 1.
Names
Previous names for this factory include Gorky Machine-building Plant (Russian: Горьковский машиностроительный завод), All-Union Machine-building Plant New Sormovo (Russian: Союзный машиностроительный завод «Новое Сормово», Novoje Sormovo), Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92, Artillery Factory No. 92, Zavod imeni Stalina, or ZiS.
Products
Its products included:
- ZiS-2 57mm antitank gun
- ZiS-3 76.2mm divisional gun
- ZiS-5 76.2mm tank gun (version of the F-34 tank gun)
- ZiS-30 self-propelled antitank gun
- ZiS-S-53 85mm tank gun
Current products
- Ship-based nuclear power plant for Navy (including surface ships and submarine)
- In 2006 Rosenergoatom and Sevmash signed a contract for the floating nuclear power plant. NMZ produced the nuclear power plants KLT-40S for it.
- Surface-to-air missile systems, anti-aircraft weapons, anti-ballistic missile systems and radars
- Artillery
- NMZ Production, a team who makes short films.
Main shareholders
- JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" — 51% of shares
- Open Joint Stock Company Head System Design Bureau of the "Almaz-Antey" Air Defense Concern — 35,12% of shares
External links
- Official website