Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant

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.

NMZ
Open joint-stock company
Founded1932
Headquarters,
Russia
Key people
Vasily Shupranov (General Director, since October 2011)
ProductsArmament (weapons and ammunition), artillery, howitzers, anti-tank guns, oil and gas fittings
Revenue$170 million[1] (2017)
$22.8 million[1] (2017)
$360 thousand[1] (2017)
Total assets$445 million[1] (2017)
Total equity-$38.9 million[1] (2017)
ParentAlmaz-Antey
WebsiteOfficial site of JSC NMZ

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»), Joseph Stalin 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

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References

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