Manufacturer catalog

Burevestnik

Burevestnik is the Nizhny Novgorod artillery design institute founded in 1970. It designs and serially produces mortar, artillery, naval gun, and combat-module systems for Russia's state-linked defense industry.

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Central Research Institute Burevestnik began in Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, in 1970 as a Soviet design center for tube artillery systems. Its official history page says the institute now combines research, serial production, testing, maintenance, and export support for artillery weapons and military equipment.

Burevestnik's public defense-industrial footprint spans legacy Soviet-pattern mortars, current 82 mm and 120 mm mortar products, naval artillery, combat modules, and self-propelled artillery development. The institute's product pages and sanctions records show a manufacturer whose public name variants, state-linked ownership, and portfolio remain tied to Russia's artillery industrial base.

Artillery systemsMortarsNaval artilleryCombat modulesRemote weapon stations

Notable Systems

2B14 Podnos, 82 mm smoothbore mortar, Artillery

2B14 Podnos

82 mm smoothbore mortar

The published catalog record covers the Soviet/Russian 82 mm Podnos mortar; WeaponSystems.net lists Burevestnik among the producers for that system.

Sources: 82mm 2B14 Podnos

A-190-01 Naval Artillery System

The official products page lists the 100 mm A-190-01 as a current Burevestnik defence product.

Sources: Defence products

AU-220M Automatic Weapon Station

The official products page lists the 57 mm AU-220M automatic weapon station as a Burevestnik defence product.

Sources: Defence products

2B11 120 mm mortar

The official products page lists the 120 mm 2B11 mortar among Burevestnik's defence products.

Sources: Defence products
Mortar launcher, 82mm, Portable smoothbore mortar launcher, Artillery

2B24 82 mm mortar

Portable smoothbore mortar launcher

The official products page lists the 82 mm 2B24 mortar, and Rostec reported a Burevestnik batch delivered under the state defence order.

Sources: Defence products, Rostec 2B24 mortars

2S41 82 mm Mobile Mortar

The official products page lists the 82 mm 2S41 mobile mortar as a Burevestnik defence product.

Sources: Defence products
2S35 Koalitsiya-SV, 152 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer, Artillery

2S35 Koalitsiya-SV

152 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer

The War & Sanctions company record identifies Koalitsiya-SV as one of the artillery systems developed by Burevestnik.

Sources: War & Sanctions company record

Manufacturer History

  1. Institute founded in Gorky

    The official history page says Central Research Institute Burevestnik was founded in Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, by USSR Defense Ministry order No. 272 dated 2 July 1970.

    Sources: History, Official website

  2. Georgy Zakamennykh becomes head

    The official history page says Georgy Zakamennykh has led the institute since 1999.

    Sources: History

  3. Transferred to NPK Tekhmash

    The War & Sanctions company record says Burevestnik was transferred to NPK Tekhmash JSC in 2023 as part of an artillery-factory consolidation program under Rostec.

    Sources: War & Sanctions company record

Website links
Official websiteHistoryContactsDefence productsWar & Sanctions company record

Public English and transliterated names vary across official, sanctions, and registry sources. The canonical public name is Burevestnik, with legal-name aliases retained for lookup. The image is a Commons-licensed 2B14 Podnos display photo tied to a published catalog record that lists Burevestnik production context.

Manufacturer Sources

  • HistoryPublisher: JSC CRI Burevestnik | Note: Supports the 1970 founding date, the Gorky/Nizhny Novgorod origin, the institute's tube-artillery mission, and its current R&D and serial-production role. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ContactsPublisher: JSC CRI Burevestnik | Note: Supports the official company name variant and the Nizhny Novgorod postal address used for the headquarters field. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Defence productsPublisher: JSC CRI Burevestnik | Note: Supports the manufacturer-facing product families and specific systems listed in notableSystems. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec 2B24 mortarsPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Burevestnik as part of Uralvagonzavod Group and the 2B24 mortar production context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • War & Sanctions company recordPublisher: Government of Ukraine | Note: Supports the legal-name variant, abbreviated-name variant, address, artillery and mortar portfolio, and the 2023 transfer to NPK Tekhmash JSC. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OFAC SDN recordPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports the legal name, alias variants, state-owned-enterprise designation, 1970 organization date, and Nizhny Novgorod address. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 82mm 2B14 PodnosPublisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports Burevestnik production context for the 2B14 Podnos notable-system link. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 2B14 Podnos imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for the 2B14 Podnos display photo; the file page lists James Robert Nockson as author and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 licensing. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Mortar launcher, 82mm, Portable smoothbore mortar launcher, Artillery2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2012 Mali War +2 moreMortar launcher, 82mmPortable smoothbore mortar launcherBuilt in: Multiple countriesThis entry covers the 82 mm mortar-launcher caliber class rather than a single factory model, spanning Soviet-pattern BM/PM designs, later 2B14/2B24 systems, and national derivatives. Direct conflict-use sources tie 82 mm launcher or mortar-system evidence to Boko Haram/ISWAP materiel in the Lake Chad basin, rebel footage in Mali, Iraqi forces around Mosul, and Houthi fire-support reporting in Yemen.