Manufacturer catalog

Arsenal

Arsenal is a broad manufacturer name used in open sources for state ordnance plants and arsenal-named design organizations rather than one single modern corporation. The name covers Soviet and Russian Arsenal naval-artillery development and production context, an Arsenal-linked Soviet artillery-locating radar lineage, and a U.S. state-arsenal attribution for the wartime 107 mm M2 chemical mortar.

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The strongest connected context is Soviet and Russian naval artillery. KB Arsenal's own history pages list AK-100 and AK-130 naval artillery installations among the organization's artillery-direction work, while NavWeaps and WeaponSystems.net identify PO Arsenal, KB Arsenal, or the Arsenal machine-building plant in the development and production background for those shipboard guns.

The same name also appears in state-arsenal and arsenal-plant contexts outside the St. Petersburg naval-gun line. The ARK-1 / 1RL239 Rys counter-battery radar lineage cites Arsenal plant design-bureau work at Tula before production at Tula Arsenal and IEMZ/Kupol, while the M2 chemical mortar attribution points to U.S. state arsenals in legacy ordnance references. Arsenal therefore functions as a sourced public manufacturer scope for arsenal-type state production organizations, not as a unified corporate group.

Naval artillery systemsShipboard gun mounts and launchersArtillery reconnaissance radar lineageState-arsenal ordnance production

Notable Systems

AK-100 naval gun, 100 mm automatic naval gun mount, Naval Systems

AK-100 naval gun

100 mm automatic naval gun mount

A Soviet 100 mm automatic naval gun mount; WeaponSystems.net attributes development and production context to Arsenal, and KB Arsenal's site lists AK-100 in its artillery-direction history.

Sources: WeaponSystems.net AK-100, KB Arsenal AK-100
AK-130 naval gun, 130 mm twin-barrel automatic naval gun, Naval Systems

AK-130 naval gun

130 mm twin-barrel automatic naval gun

A Soviet twin 130 mm automatic naval gun mount; NavWeaps describes PO Arsenal development work, WeaponSystems.net names the Arsenal machine-building plant, and KB Arsenal's official history page covers the AK-130 installation.

Sources: NavWeaps AK-130, WeaponSystems.net AK-130, KB Arsenal AK-130
1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys counter-battery radar, Tracked artillery-locating counter-battery radar, Electronic Warfare

1RL239/1RL239M ARK-1/ARK-1M Rys counter-battery radar

Tracked artillery-locating counter-battery radar

A Soviet tracked artillery-locating radar family whose development and production history is tied to Arsenal plant design-bureau work and state production plants.

Sources: ArmForc ARK-1 Rys, RadarTutorial 1RL239

Manufacturer History

  1. PO Arsenal begins AK-130 predecessor work

    NavWeaps dates PO Arsenal's work on the single-gun A-217 naval-artillery design to 1967; that work led into the twin AK-130 / ZIF-94 solution after rate-of-fire requirements were not met.

    Sources: NavWeaps AK-130

  2. AK-100 naval gun developed

    WeaponSystems.net describes the AK-100 as a Soviet naval gun turret developed in the 1970s as a more capable alternative to the AK-726, with Arsenal credited in the system's development and production background.

    Sources: WeaponSystems.net AK-100

  3. ARK-1 accepted after Arsenal-led development

    The connected ARK-1 record cites Arsenal plant design-bureau work after a 1969 Soviet requirement, with the 1RL239 ARK-1 accepted into Soviet service in 1977 as an artillery reconnaissance radar complex.

    Sources: ArmForc ARK-1 Rys

  4. AK-130 enters Soviet naval service

    KB Arsenal's AK-130 history page and NavWeaps both place the AK-130 in the mid-1980s service-entry context, with KB Arsenal noting recognition of Arsenal specialists after the Project 956 destroyer Sovremenny entered naval service with two AK-130 mounts.

    Sources: KB Arsenal AK-130, NavWeaps AK-130

Open sources use Arsenal for multiple state arsenal and arsenal-named organizations, not one continuous corporate entity. KB Arsenal provides the clearest current official Arsenal source for the naval-gun lineage; headquarters and map coordinates are omitted because the overall manufacturer scope also includes other arsenal contexts.

Manufacturer Sources

  • KB Arsenal official websitePublisher: KB Arsenal | Note: Official KB Arsenal website; search-indexed pages identify the organization and its history sections, including artillery-direction material. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KB Arsenal AK-100Publisher: KB Arsenal | Note: Official KB Arsenal history page for the AK-100 naval artillery installation; used for Arsenal-linked naval-artillery context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KB Arsenal AK-130Publisher: KB Arsenal | Note: Official KB Arsenal history page for the AK-130 naval artillery installation; search-indexed text notes Arsenal specialists in the AK-130 service-entry context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • WeaponSystems.net AK-100Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports AK-100 identity, Soviet origin, Arsenal development and production attribution, and technical background. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • NavWeaps AK-130Publisher: NavWeaps | Note: Supports PO Arsenal development background for the AK-130 naval gun, service-entry context, and technical details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • WeaponSystems.net AK-130Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports AK-130 identity, Arsenal machine-building plant production attribution, production estimate, and carrier-class context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ArmForc ARK-1 RysPublisher: ArmForc.su | Note: Supports ARK-1 / 1RL239 development, acceptance, modernization, and Arsenal plant/IEMZ production context for the radar family. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • RadarTutorial 1RL239Publisher: RadarTutorial.eu | Note: Supports 1RL239 identity, radar role, production-period context, and technical background for the connected ARK-1 record. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • MilitaryFactory M2 4.2-inch mortarPublisher: MilitaryFactory.com | Note: Supports the M2 chemical mortar's broad state-arsenal contractor attribution and legacy ordnance context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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