Degtyaryov Plant (, English: Open Joint Stock Company "V. A. Degtyaryov Plant") or ZiD (Zavod imeni Degtyaryova) is one of the most important weapon and vehicle producing enterprises of Russia. The company is named after Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (2 January 1880, Tula – 16 January 1949), a Soviet and Russian engineer who specialized in weapons design.Дегтярёв Василий Алексеевич // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 8. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1972.Дегтярёв Василий Алексеевич // Большая Российская Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. Ю. С. Осипов. том 8. М., научное издательство "Большая Российская Энциклопедия", 2007.
Degtyaryov Plant is a subsidiary of High Precision Systems (Rostec).
History Founded in Kovrov in 1916, the firearms plant has been supplying Russian and Soviet armed forces with weapons ever since. Weapons such as the Degtyaryov anti-tank rifle (PTRD-41), the Degtyaryov machine gun, the Shpagin submachine gun (PPSh-41) and the Goryunov heavy machine gun (SG-43 Goryunov) were created at the plant.
In 1989 it was the fourth largest motorcycle producer in the Soviet Union.
Production
Presently the Degtyaryov Plant is producing revolvers, machine guns, aircraft guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and rocket systems.
Products KSVK 12.7 sniper rifle PTRD-41 KPV heavy machine gun Kord machine gun RPD PKM PPSh-41 PKP Pecheneg machine gun AEK rifle series AGS-30 DP-64 AEK-919K "Kashtan" RPG-7V2 SP81 flare gun RGS-50M grenade launcher
The plant also makes a range of civilian products: motorcycles (i.e. Voskhod), mopeds, micro-tractors, sewing machines and accumulator batteries.
Awards
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1942) Order of Lenin (1945) Order of October Revolution (1971)
References
External links
The official site The motorcycle division (in Russian)