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Kuznya na Rybalskomu Weapon Systems

Kuznya na Rybalskomu is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian shipbuilding and defense manufacturer whose catalog-relevant output includes the UAG-40 automatic grenade launcher.

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Kuznya na Rybalskomu is a Kyiv shipbuilding and defense manufacturer whose public history reaches back to 1862. The plant spent decades under the Leninska Kuznya name before returning to a location-based identity in 2017.

The archive page exists to give the catalog's UAG-40 entry a sourced builder context and to show how the same industrial base spans shipbuilding, armaments, and other military production lines.

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Notable Systems

UAG-40 automatic grenade launcher

Ukrainian 40 mm automatic grenade launcher developed and manufactured by the plant.

Sources: Official website, Plant history

Builder History

  1. Founded as a private stock company

    The plant's official history says it was founded in 1862 by production engineer Donat Fyodor Grigorievich.

    Sources: Plant history

  2. Renamed Leninska Kuznya

    The official history page records the 1924 renaming of the enterprise to Leninska Kuznya.

    Sources: Plant history

  3. Converted into a shipyard

    The plant's history notes that it became a shipyard in 1928, establishing the maritime-industrial role that still defines the company.

    Sources: Plant history

  4. Renamed Kuznya na Rybalskomu

    The official history page records the 2017 name change that replaced the Leninska Kuznya branding with the current location-based name.

    Sources: Plant history

Website links
Official websitePlant history

Public English-language sources alternate between Kuznya on Rybalsky, Kuznia na Rybalskomu, and the Ukrainian legal name Завод «Кузня на Рибальському»; this profile normalizes the catalog builder name to Kuznya na Rybalskomu.

Builder Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: Plant "Kuznya on Rybalsky" | Note: Supports the builder's official English web presence, Kyiv address context, and shipbuilding-and-defense identity. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Plant historyPublisher: Plant "Kuznya on Rybalsky" | Note: Supports the 1862 founding, the 1924 Leninska Kuznya rename, the 1928 shipyard conversion, and the 2017 change to Kuznya na Rybalskomu. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Kuznya na Rybalskomu plant photo on CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the builder image; the Commons file page identifies the photograph as the Kuznya na Rybalskomu plant in Kyiv and licenses it CC BY-SA 3.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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