Manufacturer catalog

Gorky Engineering Plant

Gorky Engineering Plant is the catalog's historical Gorky-era name for the Nizhny Novgorod artillery plant lineage behind NMZ. The profile ties that industrial base to Soviet mortar and artillery production so the catalog can resolve legacy manufacturer references consistently.

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Gorky Engineering Plant is the older catalog spelling for the Nizhny Novgorod artillery plant lineage that began in 1932 as Novoe Sormovo, became the Gorky Machine-building Plant in 1961, and later returned to the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant name.

The catalog page exists so legacy manufacturer facets can point at one sourced industrial history instead of fragmenting the same plant across several spellings. That keeps older Soviet production records and the modern NMZ identity linked in the same builder catalog page.

Artillery systemsMortarsAnti-tank gunsNaval artillery

Notable Systems

82 mm mortars

The plant's source-backed product scope includes mortars, which is why the catalog's 2B14 Podnos entry resolves to this builder lineage.

Sources: NAPP52 history article, Commons category

122 mm howitzer M1938

Commons category entries tie this howitzer family to the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant line of the plant.

Sources: Commons category

F-34 tank gun

Commons category entries tie the F-34 tank gun to the same Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant lineage.

Sources: Commons category

Manufacturer History

  1. Plant founded as Novoe Sormovo

    A regional industrial history source says the plant began on 1 January 1932 as the Union Machine-building Plant for artillery systems.

    Sources: NAPP52 history article

  2. Artillery design bureau formed

    The same history source says the plant organized a design bureau in 1934 under Vasily Grabin, which became central to its artillery work.

    Sources: NAPP52 history article

  3. Renamed Gorky Machine-building Plant

    The plant history appendix lists 1961 as the year the factory took the Gorky Machine-building Plant name.

    Sources: NAPP52 history article

  4. Renamed Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant

    The same source lists 1994 as the year the enterprise became the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant, restoring the city name in the title.

    Sources: NAPP52 history article

Website links
Official websiteCommons categoryWikidata entryNAPP52 history article

Public references vary between Gorky Engineering Plant, Gorky Machine-building Plant, Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant, and NMZ, so this profile normalizes the lineage under the catalog facet name. No separate facility photo was verified with a reusable license, so the profile uses the rights-clear NMZ logo instead.

Manufacturer Sources

  • NAPP52 history articlePublisher: Nizhny Novgorod Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | Note: Supports the 1932 founding as Novoe Sormovo / Plant No. 92, the 1934 design bureau, the 1961 Gorky rename, the 1994 NMZ rename, and the plant's artillery and mortar production context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Commons categoryPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-building Plant name chain, the Nizhny Novgorod headquarters location, the 1932 inception year, the official website listing, and the alias list shown on the category page. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikidata entryPublisher: Wikidata | Note: Supports the NMZ abbreviation, the official website, and the sourced Nizhny Novgorod coordinate location used for the headquarters map. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • NMZ Logo.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the reused NMZ logo image; the file page shows the logo was uploaded by the author and released under CC BY-SA 4.0, with public-domain treatment for the text logo. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

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

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