Manufacturer catalog

Kalashnikov Concern

Kalashnikov Concern is a Russian defense manufacturer and holding company associated with the former Izhmash arms plant in Izhevsk. Public Rostec material describes it as Russia's largest producer of automatic and sniper combat arms, guided artillery shells, and related civil products, while sanctions and entity records identify the modern legal entity as Joint Stock Company Concern Kalashnikov.

12 weapons

The Kalashnikov Concern profile gives the catalog a stable manufacturer context for modern and legacy Russian systems that public sources attribute to Kalashnikov, Izhmash, or the wider concern. The connected records are concentrated in small arms, but the builder catalog page also reaches into guided aircraft missiles and fast assault craft through Kalashnikov's broader group structure.

Rostec's 2014 company background described Kalashnikov as formerly known as Izhmash, founded in 1807, and formed around major Izhevsk weapons enterprises including Izhmash and the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. It characterized the company as a producer of automatic and sniper combat arms, guided artillery shells, shotguns, sporting rifles, machines, and tools, with products delivered to 27 countries at the time.

More recent public profiles and sanctions records show why this builder needs careful sourcing. OFAC lists Joint Stock Company Concern Kalashnikov on U.S. sanctions programs and gives both Moscow and Izhevsk addresses, while Ukraine's War & Sanctions portal describes it as a Rostec holding whose enterprises make firearms, high-precision weapons, reconnaissance and strike UAVs, high-speed landing craft, and defense-industry machine tools.

automatic rifles and assault riflessniper and designated marksman riflesunderbarrel grenade launchersguided aircraft missilesguided artillery shellsunmanned aerial systemshigh-speed landing and assault craft

Notable Systems

AK-12, 5.45 mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons

AK-series rifles in the catalog

5.45 mm assault rifle

Connected records include AK-12, AK-103, AK-103-2, AK-308, AK-74, and AK-74M entries. Kalashnikov's official catalog pages identify the AK-12 as a standard 5.45 mm Russian infantry rifle and list current AK-103 and AK-308 product pages.

Sources: Official Kalashnikov Group website, Rostec background release
9M127 Vikhr-1, Air-launched anti-tank guided missile, Munitions

9M127 Vikhr-1 guided aircraft missile

Air-launched anti-tank guided missile

The connected Vikhr-1 record sits in Kalashnikov's guided air-launched missile product area; Kalashnikov's official catalog describes Vikhr-1 as intended for armored ground targets and medium-speed air targets.

Sources: Official Kalashnikov Group website
BK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510), High-speed assault and landing craft, Naval Systems

BK-series high-speed assault and landing craft

High-speed assault and landing craft

The catalog's BK-10, BK-16, and BK-18 records reflect the concern's expansion beyond small arms into high-speed boats and landing craft through Rybinsk Shipyard and related group shipbuilding activity.

Sources: GUR War & Sanctions profile, Official Kalashnikov Group website

ZALA and KYB/KUB unmanned systems line

Rostec reported that ZALA AERO became part of JSC Kalashnikov Concern in January 2015 and described the KYB-UAV as a Kalashnikov unmanned attack complex presented at IDEX 2019.

Sources: Rostec KYB-UAV release

Manufacturer History

  1. Izhevsk arms-factory lineage begins

    Rostec's company background traces Kalashnikov's legacy enterprise to 1807 and the former Izhmash arms-manufacturing base in Izhevsk.

    Sources: Rostec background release

  2. Modern concern organized around Izhevsk arms enterprises

    Rostec described Kalashnikov Concern as formerly known as Izhmash and as bringing together major Russian weapons-industry enterprises, including Izhmash and the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant.

    Sources: Rostec background release

  3. Rostec public rebranding program

    Rostec announced a Kalashnikov rebranding effort, described the company as a Rostec concern, and summarized its small-arms, guided-shell, civil weapons, machinery, and export portfolio.

    Sources: Rostec background release

  4. ZALA AERO added to the group

    Rostec later stated that ZALA AERO had been part of JSC Kalashnikov Concern since January 2015, supporting the profile's UAV focus alongside firearms and missiles.

    Sources: Rostec KYB-UAV release

  5. Sanctions records reviewed for legal identity

    OFAC's current SDN page lists Joint Stock Company Concern Kalashnikov under Ukraine- and Russia-related sanctions programs, with registration, tax, alias, and address data used here only for corporate identity context.

    Sources: OFAC SDN record

Predecessors
IzhmashIzhevsk Machine-Building PlantIzhevsk Mechanical Plant (Izhmekh)
Subsidiaries
ZALA AERORybinsk ShipyardVympel Shipbuilding Plant
Website links
Official Kalashnikov Group websiteRostec background releaseOFAC SDN recordGUR War & Sanctions profile

This profile distinguishes the public catalog facet 'Kalashnikov Concern' from the separate thin profile currently named 'Kalashnikov Concern JSC'. Sources use overlapping English legal names and transliterations, so aliases are limited to forms that do not collide with the existing canonical JSC profile. Headquarters is kept city-level because public records list both Izhevsk and Moscow addresses and do not provide separately verified map coordinates. No image is included because adding the rights-clear Commons logo would require generated image manifest work outside this worker's edit scope. The profile describes builder and corporate context only; conflict-use claims remain in weapon records.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official Kalashnikov Group websitePublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Official company site and catalog used for the current website field and product-family context, including AK-12, AK-103, AK-308, Vikhr-1, and BK-series official pages surfaced during research. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • Rostec background releasePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Kalashnikov's Rostec affiliation, former Izhmash identity, 1807 legacy founding date, Izhevsk enterprise consolidation, broad product areas, and export background. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • Rostec KYB-UAV releasePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the Kalashnikov/ZALA unmanned-systems context and the January 2015 statement that ZALA AERO became part of JSC Kalashnikov Concern. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • OFAC SDN recordPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports legal-entity identity, registration and tax identifiers, aliases, U.S. sanctions program context, and listed Moscow and Izhevsk addresses. | Accessed: 2026-07-01
  • GUR War & Sanctions profilePublisher: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine War & Sanctions Portal | Note: Supports country, Rostec-structure context, Izhevsk address, and broad product areas including automatic firearms, sniper rifles, high-precision weapons, UAVs, high-speed landing craft, and machine tools. | Accessed: 2026-07-01

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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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.
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.

Category

Munitions

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

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Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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BK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510), High-speed assault and landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510)High-speed assault and landing craftBuilt in: RussiaThe BK-16 is a Russian high-speed assault and landing craft of Project 02510, developed by Kalashnikov Concern's Rybinsk Shipyard for coastal, river-mouth, and unequipped-shore operations. Public sources distinguish domestic Project 02510 craft from the BK-16E export model, with both centered on troop transport, landing support, patrol, and modular fire-support or specialist mission fits; Russian craft are documented in wartime use or losses in the Black Sea and occupied Crimea during the Russia-Ukraine war.
BK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511), High-speed landing / assault craft, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil WarBK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511)High-speed landing / assault craftBuilt in: RussiaThe BK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511) is an enlarged Russian BK-series combat boat built by Rybinsk Shipyard for Kalashnikov Concern. Public references describe a 25-ton, 18.6-meter craft with pump-jet propulsion, a 40-knot top speed, 3 crew, and space for 19 embarked personnel; Russian Black Sea Fleet reporting places BK-18-type boats in anti-sabotage and base-protection duties connected to Tartus, Syria.
BK-10 family high-speed assault boats, High-speed transport-assault rigid inflatable boat family, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBK-10 family high-speed assault boatsHigh-speed transport-assault rigid inflatable boat familyBuilt in: RussiaThe BK-10 family is a Russian line of high-speed assault boats developed by Rybinsk Shipyard under Kalashnikov Concern for littoral transport, shore landing, patrol, and fire-support missions. The family centers on the 10-person BK-10 baseline and extends to larger BK-10M, BK-10M1, and BK-10D/DE variants; Russian-source reporting cited in 2024 placed BK-10 boats in Black Sea force-protection tasks against Ukrainian unmanned surface and landing threats.