Manufacturer catalog

GNPP Basalt

GNPP Basalt is the Basalt scientific-production organization label used in open sources for Soviet Nona-family ammunition development. The cataloged connection is narrow and source-backed: VPK's 2S9 Nona-S history says GNPP "Basalt" developed the ammunition for the vehicle, while technical references identify 3OF49 and 3OF50 as 120 mm rifled gun-mortar projectiles in that ammunition family.

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The GNPP Basalt name is most useful here for the 120 mm ammunition lane around the 2S9 Nona-S and related Nona-family systems. Public references describe the Nona project as a late-Soviet effort to combine mortar, howitzer, and cannon functions in an airborne self-propelled weapon; VPK places GNPP "Basalt" on the ammunition side of that program after the 1969 shift toward a multifunctional self-propelled artillery system.

The catalog keeps this GNPP Basalt page focused on records that use or directly support that exact label. Broader Bazalt, AO NPO Bazalt, and JSC NPO Basalt records appear elsewhere in public sources and in separate manufacturer pages, so this page does not absorb those names as aliases. Conflict-use claims remain on individual munition pages.

120 mm Nona-family ammunitionrifled gun-mortar projectilesmortar and self-propelled artillery ammunition

Notable Systems

3OF49 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile, 120 mm HE-fragmentation projectile, Munitions

3OF49 high-explosive fragmentation projectile

120 mm HE-fragmentation projectile

A 120 mm HE-fragmentation projectile in the Nona-family ammunition set; Belspetsvneshtechnika lists 3OF49 with 3V35 impact and AR-5 radio fuze options for the 2S9 Nona-S, and VPK attributes Nona ammunition development to GNPP Basalt.

Sources: VPK 2S9 Nona-S article, 2S9 Nona-S ammunition list, METIS 3OF49
3OF50 High-Explosive Fragmentation rocket-assisted projectile, 120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectile, Munitions

3OF50 rocket-assisted projectile

120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectile

A 120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectile in the same Nona ammunition family; VPK and Belspetsvneshtechnika list 3OF50 among 2S9 Nona-S projectiles, while METIS describes its rocket-assisted construction.

Sources: VPK 2S9 Nona-S article, 2S9 Nona-S ammunition list, METIS 3OF50

Manufacturer History

  1. Nona ammunition work tied to GNPP Basalt

    VPK says the Nona program shifted in 1969 toward a multifunctional self-propelled artillery system and that GNPP "Basalt" developed the ammunition for the vehicle.

    Sources: VPK 2S9 Nona-S article

  2. 2S9 Nona-S accepted into service

    VPK reports that the 2S9 Nona-S was officially accepted into Soviet service on July 1, 1980; later ammunition references list 3OF49 and 3OF50 among its 120 mm projectile options.

    Sources: VPK 2S9 Nona-S article, 2S9 Nona-S ammunition list

  3. 3OF49 projectile adopted

    Fenix Insight's METIS entry describes 3OF49 as a Soviet-era 120 mm HE-fragmentation projectile developed by the Bazalt organization and adopted by the Soviet Union in 1981.

    Sources: METIS 3OF49

Website links
Basalt official websiteVPK 2S9 Nona-S historyBelspetsvneshtechnika 2S9 Nona-S ammunition listing

Open sources use GNPP Basalt for the Nona ammunition-development role and use related Bazalt legal or short names for broader Russian ammunition activity. Those broader names are already represented by separate published manufacturer profiles, so this page keeps aliases empty and limits the public scope to the exact GNPP Basalt catalog connection.

Manufacturer Sources

  • VPK 2S9 Nona-S articlePublisher: VPK.name | Note: Supports GNPP Basalt's role in Nona ammunition development, the 1969 program shift, 2S9 service-entry date, and 3OF49/3OF50 ammunition context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 2S9 Nona-S ammunition listPublisher: Belspetsvneshtechnika | Note: Supports the 2S9 Nona-S ammunition list, including 3OF49 with impact or radio fuzes and the 3OF50 rocket-assisted projectile. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • METIS 3OF49Publisher: Fenix Insight | Note: Supports 3OF49 as a Soviet-era Russian/Soviet 120 mm HE-fragmentation projectile and describes Bazalt development/manufacture context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • METIS 3OF50Publisher: Fenix Insight | Note: Supports 3OF50 as a Soviet-era Russian/Soviet 120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectile in the 3VOF55 round family. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 120 mm 3OF49 and 3OF36 high explosive rounds.JPGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and license page for the 3OF49 and 3OF36 high explosive rounds photograph. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

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

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