Manufacturer catalog

Bazalt

Bazalt is a Russian defense manufacturer whose catalog footprint centers on infantry anti-tank launchers and related ammunition, including the RPG-18, RPG-22, and RPG-29. Public reference and sanctions sources also tie the enterprise to Moscow-based production, multiple legal-name variants, and a broader legacy of bombs, mortars, and grenade-launcher systems.

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Bazalt is the short catalog name used here for the Russian defense manufacturer that appears in reference and sanctions sources under several legal forms, including AO NPO Bazalt and FSUE SRPE Bazalt. Those records place the enterprise in Moscow and connect it to a long-running ammunition and ordnance business.

For this catalog, Bazalt matters because it is the builder behind the catalog's Soviet and Russian infantry anti-tank launchers, especially the RPG-18, RPG-22, and RPG-29. The profile groups those systems together so readers can compare a disposable launcher lineage with a reusable launcher lineage under one industrial name.

Infantry anti-tank launchersRocket-propelled grenade systemsAmmunition and warheadsMortar ammunition

Notable Systems

RPG-18, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

RPG-18

Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher

Disposable 64 mm anti-tank launcher associated with Bazalt in the catalog.

Sources: manufacturer, background
RPG-18, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

RPG-22

Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher

Disposable 72.5 mm anti-tank launcher associated with Bazalt in the catalog.

Sources: manufacturer, background
RPG-29, Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons

RPG-29

Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher

Reusable 105 mm anti-tank launcher associated with Bazalt in the catalog.

Sources: manufacturer, background

Manufacturer History

  1. Legacy enterprise founded

    Reference sources describe Bazalt as a defense enterprise whose lineage goes back to 1916.

    Sources: background

  2. Modern legal entity recorded

    OpenSanctions records the modern AO NPO Bazalt legal entity with a 2012 incorporation date.

    Sources: manufacturer, background

  3. U.S. sanctions announced

    Treasury sanctions materials named Bazalt in the Russian defense and related materiel sector.

    Sources: background

  4. Techmash work on grenade-launcher accuracy

    Rostec coverage described Bazalt as part of Techmash and working on grenade-launcher upgrades, including RPG-7V2 accuracy improvements.

    Sources: manufacturer, background

Website links
Official websiteOpenSanctions profileU.S. Treasury sanctions announcement

Bazalt appears in sanctions and reference sources under several legal-name variants, including AO NPO Bazalt and FSUE SRPE Bazalt. The profile treats Bazalt as the canonical catalog facet for those variants and uses Moscow-based address data from those sources; no headquarters map is added because a reliable coordinate source was not verified in this task.

Manufacturer Sources

  • OpenSanctions profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports the Bazalt / AO NPO Bazalt name variants, Moscow address, website, and sanctions status used in the profile background and alias list. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • NPO BazaltPublisher: Wikipedia | Note: Supports the 1916 founding date, Moscow base, Techmash parentage, and the product-family overview used in the summary, focus, and timeline. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Treasury sanctions announcementPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports the 2014 U.S. sanctions context and the defense-sector designation that helps explain Bazalt's public record. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rostec news on ammunition adaptationPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the Techmash / Rostec corporate context and Bazalt's grenade-launcher and ammunition work used in the ownership field and timeline. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • File:Bazalt main building.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and license page for the reusable Moscow building photo associated with Bazalt. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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RPG-18, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons1979 Soviet-Afghan War, 1994 First Chechen War +2 moreRPG-18Disposable anti-tank rocket launcherBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe RPG-18 Mukha is a Soviet disposable, shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher built around a telescoping launch tube and a 64 mm PG-18 HEAT rocket. It gave infantry a light short-range anti-armor weapon before later RPG-22 and RPG-26 successors, and conflict sources document the type from Afghanistan and Grozny to Ukrainian use as a carried launcher and improvised FPV-drone payload.
RPG-26, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +1 moreRPG-26Disposable anti-tank rocket launcherBuilt in: RussiaThe RPG-26 Aglen is a Soviet/Russian disposable 72.5 mm anti-tank rocket launcher developed at Soviet army request in 1980 and adopted around 1985. It uses a rigid fiberglass tube and a single PG-26 HEAT rocket, and open-source reporting has documented RPG-26 or RPG-26-family launchers in Ukraine, Syria, and Yemen while technical references tie the design to the earlier RPG-22, the larger RPG-27, and the thermobaric RShG-2.
RPG-27 Tavolga, Disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Yemen Civil War +1 moreRPG-27 TavolgaDisposable anti-tank rocket launcherBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe RPG-27 Tavolga is a Soviet/Russian disposable 105 mm anti-tank rocket launcher built around a tandem HEAT warhead for defeating ERA-protected armor and field fortifications. It is heavier than earlier RPG-26-class disposable launchers but remains portable by one soldier, and open reporting has documented the launcher in Donbas attacks, Yemen arms-transfer seizures, and Mexico's 2015 Jalisco helicopter shootdown.
RPG-30, Disposable anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine WarRPG-30Disposable anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcherBuilt in: RussiaThe RPG-30 Kryuk is a Russian disposable shoulder-fired anti-tank launcher built around a two-projectile attack: a small precursor round is fired just ahead of the 105 mm PG-30 tandem HEAT rocket to draw an active protection response before the main warhead arrives. In Ukraine it has appeared primarily as a Russian infantry anti-armor weapon, with captured examples also documented in Ukrainian hands.
RPG-22, Disposable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons1979 Soviet-Afghan War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +2 moreRPG-22Disposable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcherBuilt in: Soviet Union / Russia / BulgariaThe RPG-22 Netto is a Soviet disposable anti-tank rocket launcher developed as a larger-caliber successor to the RPG-18, firing a 72.5 mm HEAT rocket from a telescoping aluminum-and-fiberglass tube. Open-source documentation places it in Soviet-Afghan War service, Islamic State inventories in Syria and Iraq, and both Ukrainian and Russian-linked hands during the Russia-Ukraine War.
RPG-32, Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-structure rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2013 War in Iraq +1 moreRPG-32Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank and anti-structure rocket launcherBuilt in: Russia / JordanThe RPG-32 is a Russian-designed, Jordan-assembled reusable shoulder-fired launcher marketed by JADARA as the Nashshab family. JADARA says the 105 mm launcher weighs 3 kg, rises to 12.4 kg ready to fire, and can switch between PG-32V tandem anti-tank and TBG-32V thermobaric grenades in sealed tubes. ARES reporting has documented the system with Ansar al-Sharia/AQAP fighters in Yemen and Kurdish CT Unit personnel in northern Iraq, while later open-source imagery placed the weapon in Ukrainian hands during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
RPG-29, Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons2003 Iraq War, 2006 Lebanon War +5 moreRPG-29Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcherBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe RPG-29 Vampir is a Soviet-designed, reusable 105 mm anti-tank rocket launcher built by Bazalt for tandem HEAT and thermobaric rockets. Rosoboronexport describes it as a multiple-shot launcher with a 500 m sighting range and a 300-round lifespan, while reference sources place it in Soviet-era development and 1989 service entry. Its conflict record is strongest in close-range anti-armor and fortification attack reporting, including Hezbollah use in Lebanon, insurgent attacks on coalition armor in Iraq, Free Syrian Army imagery in Syria, Hamas anti-armor forces in Gaza, Houthi fielding in Yemen, and documented appearances in Ukraine.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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3VOF54 / 3OF49 high-explosive fragmentation round, 120 mm rifled gun-mortar HE-fragmentation semi-fixed round and projectile family, Munitions3VOF54 / 3OF49 high-explosive fragmentation round120 mm rifled gun-mortar HE-fragmentation semi-fixed round and projectile familyBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 3OF49 is the HE-fragmentation projectile used in Soviet and Russian Nona-family 120 mm semi-fixed ammunition. METIS distinguishes the projectile from complete rounds: 3VOF54 combines 3OF49 with the 3V35 impact fuze, while 3VOF54-1 uses the AR-5 radio/proximity fuze. Belspetsvneshtechnika lists both fuze configurations for the 2S9 Nona-S, and VPK attributes Nona ammunition development to Basalt.
FAB-250, 250 kg general-purpose free-fall aviation bomb, Munitions2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarFAB-250250 kg general-purpose free-fall aviation bombBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe FAB-250 is a Soviet-origin 250 kg general-purpose aviation bomb family built around unguided free-fall bodies and later adapted in some wars through improvised carriers or glide-kit conversion. WeaponsSystems.net describes the FAB M62 series as a Soviet free-fall bomb family with a common 250 kg version produced by Bazalt, while direct conflict reporting links FAB-250-class bombs to Azerbaijan's converted An-2 aircraft in 2020 and to Russian and Ukrainian strike adaptations in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
FAB-250 UMPK, 250 kg glide-and-correction bomb, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine WarFAB-250 UMPK250 kg glide-and-correction bombBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe FAB-250 UMPK is a Soviet-origin FAB-250 aviation bomb fitted with Russia's UMPK glide-and-correction kit. The conversion gives a 250 kg bomb a pop-out-wing stand-off role, with direct Ukrainian reporting documenting FAB-250 UMPK use in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War and Ukrainian military intelligence tying the kit's frame, wings, SMART control package, Kometa-aided navigation, and UMPK-250 assembly to Russia's wartime guided-bomb production chain.
PG-7VL rocket-propelled grenade, RPG-7-compatible HEAT rocket-propelled grenade round, Munitions2014 War Against the Islamic State, 1984 Kurdish-Turkish ConflictPG-7VL rocket-propelled grenadeRPG-7-compatible HEAT rocket-propelled grenade roundBuilt in: Soviet Union / Russia / Bulgaria and other RPG-7 ammunition producersThe PG-7VL is a Soviet-origin RPG-7-compatible high-explosive anti-tank round, also associated with the Luch designation and PG-7L grenade. Russian and Bulgarian product sources describe a 93 mm warhead, roughly 2.6 kg round weight, 300 m sighting or effective range, and about 500 mm armor penetration; conflict documentation places PG-7VL projectiles in Islamic State and PKK weapons stocks rather than tying them to a named firing incident.