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Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant

Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant, commonly known as Izhmash, is the legacy Izhevsk defense manufacturer whose small-arms production line now sits inside Kalashnikov Concern JSC.

6 weapons

Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant is the historic name used for the legacy Izhevsk arms-manufacturing line that later became part of Kalashnikov Concern JSC. Kalashnikov Group's own history materials still tie the modern company to the old plant name and to the Izhevsk arms industry dating back to 1807.

For this catalog, the builder profile groups the Izhevsk-made small-arms lineage behind the SVD and related Kalashnikov-family weapons. It gives the catalog a stable place for the older plant name, the Izhmash abbreviation, and the official company transition to Kalashnikov Concern.

Small armsSniper riflesAssault riflesMilitary firearms production

Notable Systems

SVD, Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle, Infantry Weapons

SVD

Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle

Kalashnikov Group says the SVD has been mass-produced at the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant since 1963 and remains in production today.

Sources: Kalashnikov ramps up SVD production

Model 1947 rifle

An official Kalashnikov anniversary article says Mikhail Kalashnikov oversaw mass production of the Model 1947 rifle at the plant.

Sources: 75th Anniversary of Mikhail Kalashnikov Joining Izhmash
AK-74, Assault rifle, Infantry Weapons

AK-74 family

Assault rifle

Kalashnikov Group says the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant produced the AK-74 rifle and its modifications.

Sources: 1974 Model Kalashnikovs: 50 Years of Dedicated Service to Motherland

Manufacturer History

  1. Izhevsk arms factory opens

    Kalashnikov Group marks June 10, 1807 as the opening of the Izhevsk Arms Factory, the lineage point the company uses for its own history.

  2. Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant is formed

    Kalashnikov Group says Izhstal was split in 1939 into the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant and the Izhevsk Metallurgical Plant.

  3. SVD production begins

    Kalashnikov Group says SVD mass production began at the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant in 1963 and continues today.

  4. Renamed Kalashnikov Concern JSC

    Kalashnikov Group states that the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant was renamed Kalashnikov Concern JSC in 2013.

Successors
Kalashnikov Concern JSC
Website links
Official websiteAbout Kalashnikov Group215 years since Kalashnikov Concern foundingKalashnikov ramps up SVD production

This profile standardizes the legacy Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant name because modern Kalashnikov Group materials often use Kalashnikov Concern JSC for the same industrial lineage. No reliable headquarters source was found during this task, so the map fields are omitted.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Kalashnikov Group homepagePublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the current official company domain and the group's small-arms-focused public identity. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • About Kalashnikov GroupPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the official company overview, product focus, and the legacy Izhevsk manufacturing lineage used by this profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • 215 years since Kalashnikov Concern foundingPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the June 10, 1807 founding date and the lineage from the Izhevsk Arms Factory to the modern concern. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Mikhail Kalashnikov's 106th AnniversaryPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the 2013 rename from the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant to Kalashnikov Concern JSC and the long-service context of the plant. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Kalashnikov ramps up SVD productionPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the SVD being mass-produced at the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant from 1963 and remaining in production today. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • 75th Anniversary of Mikhail Kalashnikov Joining IzhmashPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the Izhmash alias and the plant's role in mass-producing the Model 1947 rifle under Mikhail Kalashnikov. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • 1974 Model Kalashnikovs: 50 Years of Dedicated Service to MotherlandPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the AK-74 production lineage at the Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant and the plant's later AK-family output. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Plant, Izhevsk.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for a 2007 self-made photograph of the Mil Plant in Izhevsk; the page states GFDL and CC BY-SA 2.5 licensing and provides reusable image provenance for this builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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AKM, 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War +5 moreAKM7.62x39mm assault rifleBuilt in: Soviet Union / licensed producersThe AKM is the stamped-receiver modernization of the Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifle, chambered for 7.62x39mm and built around a long-stroke gas piston and rotating bolt. Adopted in 1959, it reduced production burden compared with earlier milled-receiver AK rifles and became a widely licensed baseline for later 7.62mm Kalashnikov-pattern weapons. CAR and ARES field documentation continues to place AKM and AKM-pattern rifles in modern conflict stocks, from Islamic State recoveries in Iraq and Syria to Taliban captures in Afghanistan.
AK-103-2 assault rifle, 7.62x39mm assault rifle variant, Infantry Weapons2009 Boko Haram InsurgencyAK-103-2 assault rifle7.62x39mm assault rifle variantBuilt in: RussiaThe AK-103-2 is the three-round-burst export variant of the Russian AK-103, a 7.62x39mm AK-100-series rifle derived from the AK-74M layout but chambered for the older AKM cartridge. In the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency context, available open-source evidence is limited: the specific AK-103-2 identification comes from visual reporting of Boko Haram militants around Lake Chad, while separate Nigerian court reporting documents alleged AK-103 rifle trafficking from Diffa toward a Boko Haram recipient.
GP-34 underbarrel grenade launcher, 40 mm underbarrel grenade launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGP-34 underbarrel grenade launcher40 mm underbarrel grenade launcherBuilt in: RussiaThe GP-34 is a Russian 40 mm GP-series underbarrel grenade launcher, GRAU index 6G34, developed by Izhmash / Kalashnikov Concern as a later GP-25 and GP-30 family member. It fires VOG-25-family rounds from a single-shot muzzle-loaded tube, fits modern Kalashnikov rifles such as the AK-74M and AK-103, and has direct 2014 Russia-Ukraine War evidence from a 2015 seizure document and 2026 Russian reporting.
AK-74, Assault rifle, Infantry Weapons2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 1984 Kurdish-Turkish Conflict +5 moreAK-74Assault rifleBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe AK-74 is a Soviet 5.45x39 mm assault rifle family built around a lighter small-caliber cartridge, 30-round magazines, and the familiar Kalashnikov operating pattern. Public conflict evidence spans its Soviet-Afghan combat debut, continuing 2014 Russia-Ukraine War service on both sides, Syrian Civil War AK-74M and AKS-74U use, Islamic State possession, ISWAP imagery, PKK raid footage, and Azerbaijani AK-74M fielding around Hadrut.
AKMS, Folding-stock 7.62x39mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarAKMSFolding-stock 7.62x39mm assault rifleBuilt in: Soviet Union / licensed producersThe AKMS is the under-folding-stock member of the Soviet AKM assault-rifle family, retaining the stamped receiver, long-stroke gas system, select-fire controls, and 7.62x39mm chambering while shortening the rifle for airborne troops, vehicle crews, and compact carry. Conflict Armament Research and ARES documentation places AKMS-family rifles in Islamic State stocks around Kobane and in a 2022 Ukrainian police seizure from an alleged Russian saboteur, showing how older Kalashnikov-pattern rifles remain visible in modern war.
SVD, Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle, Infantry Weapons2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War +2 moreSVDSemi-automatic designated marksman rifleBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe SVD, commonly known as the Dragunov, is a Soviet 7.62x54R semi-automatic designated marksman rifle designed to give infantry units longer-range precision fire without the weight and slower rate of a bolt-action sniper rifle. Its fixed-stock, folding-stock, modernized, and heavy-caliber variants remain visible across state forces and non-state armed groups, including documented use in Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, and the Lake Chad Basin.