List of Soviet tank factories

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This is a list of the former Soviet tank factories. Today most of them are located in the Russian Federation, while only the Malyshev Factory is located in Ukraine.

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This list includes the heavy steel manufacturing plants where main production and assembly of medium and heavy armoured vehicles took place, initiated first in the late 1920s as a prerequisite for the developing Red Army doctrine that called for large tank forces. It does not list the related facilities which fabricated components for them, the many lighter automotive industries which built light tracked vehicles and armoured cars, nor the armoured vehicle repair and overhaul plants.

Keeping track of the tank factories can be difficult. Many were based on pre-Soviet imperial Russian shipbuilding or locomotive factories, and may have changed names more than once. The majority were evacuated and consolidated in the Urals in the fall of 1941, shortly after the disastrous German invasion of June 22. After World War II, some remained in their new location, others were moved back or re-established at other factories. Most were also known by their designation numbers as well as honorific names.

English translations of the factory names can also be confusing. In various sources, the Russian "завод" is translated either as "factory", "plant", "works", or simply transliterated as "zavod".

List

Initial Location Kharkov (Kharkiv) Kharkov (Kharkiv) Nizhny Tagil Leningrad (St Petersburg) Leningrad (St Petersburg) Leningrad (St Petersburg) Chelyabinsk Stalingrad (later Volgograd) Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg)
Pre-Soviet name Kharkov Locomotive Factory (KhPZ), 1895Treasury iron foundry, 1801
Putilov Factory, 1868		Nizhny Novgorod Machine Factory, 1849
Early Soviet nameKharkov Diesel FactoryKharkov Komintern Locomotive Factory, 1928Dzerzhinsky Ural Railroad Car Factory, Uralvagonzavod , (UVZ or Vagonka), 1936 Factory No. 185 (S.M. Kirov), 1935; originally a part of Bolshevik Factory No. 232 [1] Red Putilovite Plant, 1922
renamed Kirov Plant, 1934		K.E. Voroshilov (Russian), 1932; originally a part of Bolshevik Factory No. 232 [1] Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ), 1933 Dzerzhinsky Stalingrad Tractor Factory (STZ), 1930 [2] Krasnoye Sormovo (Andrei Zhdanov), 1920 [2] Ordzhonikidze Ural Heavy Machine Building Plant (UZTM), 1933
Factory NumberFactory No. 75Factory No. 183, 1936Factory No. 185 [1] Factory No. 100 until 1941Factory No. 174 [1] Factory No. 100, 1941 [2] [3] Factory No. 112 [2]
World War IIMoved to Tankograd in Chelyabinsk, 1941 [2] KhPZ merged with Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil to form Ural Tank Factory No. 183 (I.V. Stalin), 1941; [2]
Became the world's largest tank factory.		Partially moved to Tankograd in Chelyabinsk, 1941Partially [2] moved to Tankograd in Chelyabinsk, 1941Moved to Chkalov, 1941;
Moved again to Omsk, as Omsk Lenin Factory No. 174, [2] 1942		Chelyabinsk Kirov Factory, [2] unofficially known as TankogradOverran in the Battle of Stalingrad, 1942
Location after World War II Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR Nizhny Tagil St Petersburg (Leningrad) St Petersburg (Leningrad) Omsk, 1962 Chelyabinsk Volgograd (Stalingrad) Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk)
After World War IIRestored as Kharkov Diesel Factory No. 75 by partly moving Factory No. 183 back from Nizhny Tagil, 1944-1952
Renamed Malyshev Factory, 1957		 Uralvagonzavod, 1984Switched to engines constructionChelyabinsk Tractor Plant, 1958Volgograd Tractor Factory, 1961Returned to shipbuilding
Post-Sovietindependent Ukraine, 1991 Uralvagonzavod OAO Kirov Plant Omsk Transmash ChTZ-Uraltrac, 1998Bankrupt, 2002. [4] Restored as VgTZ, one of the 4 successor companies in 2004. [5] OAO Zavod "Krasnoye Sormovo", 1994 [6] Uralmash, 1992
Design Bureau Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB) OKB-520 Kartsev-Venediktov Design Bureau, 1944 OKMO [1] SKB-2 (Josef Kotin) [1] KBTMDukhov
Designed T-24, BT tanks, T-34, T-44, T-54, T-64, T-80 turret, T-80UD, T-84 T-54A, T-55, T-62, T-72, T-90, T-95 prototype, T-14 T-26, T-35 SMK, KV, IS-2, IS-3 hull, T-10 (SKB-1: T-50)
T-80 hull, BTR-T, TOS-1, Black Eagle tank prototype		 IS-3 turret T-34-85 turret
Built T-34 engine T-26, BT tanks, T-28, T-35, T-34 T-34 T-34 KV, T-34, IS T-26, T-50, T-34 KV, IS, SU-152, ISU-122, ISU-152, T-34, SU-85 [2] T-34 Russkiy Reno, T-34 T-34, SU-85, [2] SU-122, [2] SU-100
T-54/55, T-64, T-80UD, T-84 T-44, T-54/55, T-62, T-72, T-90, T-14 IS-4, T-10, T-80, PT-76 T-10, T-80 PT-76 T-54

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Magnuski, Janusz (1997). Ciężki czołg KW. Warszawa: Pelta. pp. 5, 56–57. ISBN   83-85314-12-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Walter s. Dunn, Jr (2007-11-10). Stalin's Keys to Victory: The Rebirth of the Red Army. pp. 35–40. ISBN   9780811734233.
  3. ↑ Zaloga, Steven (1996-01-15). KV-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939-45. pp. 3, 33–35. ISBN   9781855324961.
  4. ↑ Волгоградский тракторный завод (историческая справка) Волгоградский тракторный завод
  5. ↑ Производитель боевых машин десанта заплатит 673 млн рублей за свои бывшие цеха
  6. ↑ "Завод".

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