Native name | ОАО «Завод им. В. А. Дегтярёва» |
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Romanized name | ZiD |
Company type | Open joint-stock company |
Industry | Mechanical engineering |
Founded | 27 August 1916 |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Firearms, Anti-tank rifles, Anti-tank guns, Aircraft cannons, Anti-aircraft cannons, Rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), ATGMs, MANPADS missiles, Grenade launchers, Motorcycles, Mopeds, Tractors, Batteries |
Brands | Voskhod |
Owners | GlobalVoenTreuing Ltd (49.88%) Research Institute "Signal" (24.9%) [1] |
Parent | High Precision Systems [2] ( Rostec) |
Website |
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Degtyaryov Plant ( Russian: ОАО Завод имени В. А. Дегтярёва, romanized: ОАО Zavod imeni V. А. Dеgtyaryovа, English: Open Joint Stock Company " V. A. Degtyaryov Plant") or ZiD (Zavod imeni Dеgtyaryovа) is one of the most important weapon and vehicle producing enterprises of Russia.
Degtyaryov Plant is a subsidiary of High Precision Systems ( Rostec).
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. [3]
Presently the Degtyaryov Plant is producing revolvers, machine guns, aircraft guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and rocket systems.
The plant also makes a range of civilian products: motorcycles (i.e. Voskhod), mopeds, micro- tractors, sewing machines and accumulator batteries.