Manufacturer catalog

Kyiv Armored Plant

Kyiv Armored Plant is a Ukrainian state-owned armored vehicle repair and modernization enterprise in Kyiv, best known in this catalog for the BTR-3 family and related armor overhaul work.

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Kyiv Armored Plant is a long-running Kyiv defense enterprise whose public history centers on armored-vehicle repair, capital overhaul, and modernization. Reference sources describe it as a state enterprise founded in 1935 and later renamed into its current form.

For this catalog, the builder matters because its production and modernization work connects directly to the BTR-3 family and to the broader Ukrainian armor-industrial base behind wheeled armored vehicles, combat modules, and tank refurbishment.

Armored vehicle repair and overhaulTank modernizationWheeled armored vehicle productionCombat modules and armored subassemblies

Notable Systems

BTR-3, 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles

BTR-3 family

8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier

The Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article says the plant mastered production of the BTR-3E, BTR-3E1, and BTR-3K in 2004.

Sources: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article

BM-3 / BM-3M Shkval combat modules

ESU describes the plant as producing BM-3 and BM-3M "Shkval" combat modules alongside the BTR-3 line.

Sources: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article

Tank repair and modernization line

ESU describes the plant as specializing in capital repair and modernization of armored weaponry and equipment, including the T-54, T-55, T-62, and T-72 families.

Sources: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article

Manufacturer History

  1. Plant founded

    ESU says the enterprise was founded in 1935 as Autobronetank Repair Base No. 7, one of the first tank-repair plants in the USSR.

    Sources: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article

  2. BTR-3 production mastered

    The same article says the plant mastered production of the BTR-3E, BTR-3E1, and BTR-3K family in 2004.

    Sources: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article

  3. Current name adopted

    ESU notes that the plant changed names repeatedly and has used its current name since 2012.

    Sources: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine article

Predecessors
Autobronetank Repair Base No. 7
Website links
Official websiteEncyclopedia of Modern UkraineWikimedia Commons category

Public references vary between Kyiv Armored Plant, Kiev Armored Plant, KBTZ, and ДП "Київський бронетанковий завод". Older sources may still use Ukroboronprom wording, while the current official context is Ukrainian Defense Industry; aliases consolidate those variants under one builder facet.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Supports the current parent-company context and the state-owned defense-industrial role of Ukrainian Defense Industry. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine articlePublisher: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine | Note: Supports the 1935 founding date, the current-name-from-2012 context, the armored-vehicle repair and modernization focus, and the BTR-3 production milestone. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UkrOboronProm storage register PDFPublisher: UkrOboronProm | Note: Supports the Boryspilska Street 34A Kyiv address used for the headquarters field. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocodePublisher: OpenStreetMap / Nominatim | Note: Supports the headquartersLocation map center for the Boryspilska Street 34A address used in the profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons plant entrance photoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the builder image provenance and the CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse terms for the Kyiv Armored Plant entrance photo. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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BTR-3, 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict +3 moreBTR-38x8 wheeled armored personnel carrierBuilt in: UkraineThe BTR-3 is a Ukrainian 8x8 armored personnel carrier family derived from the Soviet-style wheeled APC layout but built around Ukrainian production and combat modules. Documented conflict use ranges from Ukrainian, Azerbaijani, Thai, Myanmar, and Sudanese inventories, with variants providing protected infantry mobility and turret fire support from 30 mm cannon, machine-gun, grenade-launcher, and anti-tank missile fits.