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Kalashnikov Group

Kalashnikov Group is the English public brand used by the Russian Kalashnikov defense-industrial concern for small arms, guided artillery projectiles, unmanned systems, boats, special vehicles, and civilian firearms. Its modern corporate line grew from the Izhevsk arms-production base and now appears in this catalog where public sources identify products under the Kalashnikov Group label rather than a narrower plant or subsidiary name.

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The company presents itself as a Russian small-arms and diversified defense manufacturer, with product pages covering assault rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, precision-guided artillery projectiles, UAV-related systems, boats, vehicles, and civilian sporting or hunting arms. Rostec reporting ties the concern to current state-defense orders for AK-12 rifles and high-precision weapons such as Kitolov-2M projectiles, Vikhr-1 missiles, and Strela-system missiles.

Public naming is layered: English-language product pages often use Kalashnikov Group, while Russian state and sanctions records commonly use Kalashnikov Concern or Joint Stock Company Concern Kalashnikov. The profile keeps the public Group label for catalog records that cite that form, and limits system notes to manufacturer and product context rather than conflict-use claims.

Small arms and infantry weaponsGuided artillery projectiles and other precision weaponsUnmanned systems and related ZALA productsMilitary and special-purpose vehicles, boats, and civilian firearms

Notable Systems

Kitolov-2M, 122 mm semi-active laser-guided artillery projectile, Munitions

Kitolov-2M

122 mm semi-active laser-guided artillery projectile

Kalashnikov Group publishes the Kitolov-2M product page for a 122 mm semi-active laser-guided artillery projectile; Rostec also named Kitolov-2M among high-precision weapons manufactured and shipped by Kalashnikov in December 2024.

Sources: Kitolov-2M Guided Artillery Shell - Kalashnikov Group, Kalashnikov Completed All Contracts for Supply of High-Precision Weapons in December 2024
AK-12, 5.45 mm assault rifle, Infantry Weapons

AK-12

5.45 mm assault rifle

Rostec describes Kalashnikov Concern shipments of the improved AK-12 type 2023 rifle and connects the production program to the concern's weapon-manufacturing division; the catalog keeps the rifle under its existing Kalashnikov Concern manufacturer record.

Sources: Kalashnikov has Delivered a Batch of the Improved AK-12 to the Customer, Official Kalashnikov Group product catalog

Manufacturer History

  1. Izhevsk arms-factory lineage begins

    Kalashnikov Group history materials trace the modern company to the opening of the Izhevsk Arms Factory headquarters in Izhevsk on June 10, 1807.

    Sources: 215 years since Kalashnikov Concern founding

  2. Modern Kalashnikov concern identity forms

    Company history material and public sanctions records connect the modern Kalashnikov organization to the Izhevsk/Izhmash production line and to the later Kalashnikov corporate identity.

    Sources: 215 years since Kalashnikov Concern founding, Kalashnikov Concern - OpenSanctions

  3. Rostec reports majority-private capital structure

    Rostec said private investors increased their interest in Concern Kalashnikov to 75% minus one share, with Rostec retaining a blocking stake of 25% plus one share.

    Sources: Interest of Private Investors in Kalashnikov's Capital Increased to 75%

  4. AK-12 state-order deliveries reported

    Rostec reported that Kalashnikov had shipped another batch of improved AK-12 type 2023 rifles and had fulfilled 65% of the 2024 state-defense procurement program for those rifles.

    Sources: Kalashnikov has Delivered a Batch of the Improved AK-12 to the Customer

  5. High-precision weapons contracts completed

    Rostec reported that Kalashnikov completed December 2024 contracts for Strela-system missiles, Vikhr-1 antitank missiles, and Kitolov-2M guided artillery projectiles.

    Sources: Kalashnikov Completed All Contracts for Supply of High-Precision Weapons in December 2024

Predecessors
Izhevsk Arms Factory lineageIzhevsk Machine-Building Plant / Izhmash industrial line
Subsidiaries
ZALA Aero GroupVympel Shipbuilding PlantRybinsk Shipyard

Public sources use Kalashnikov Group, Kalashnikov Concern, and Joint Stock Company Concern Kalashnikov for overlapping corporate and brand contexts. Sanctions and Russian state-corporation sources are useful for legal-name, ownership, and production context, while system-specific technical and conflict-use claims remain on individual weapon records.

Manufacturer Sources

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

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

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