Manufacturer catalog

Motovilikha Plants

Motovilikha Plants is a Perm-based Russian defense-industrial and machine-building company whose roots reach back to 1736. In this catalog it is the builder facet for artillery, mortars, and multiple launch rocket systems such as 2S12 Sani, 2S23 Nona-SVK, 2S9 Nona, BM-21 Grad, and Tornado-S.

15 weapons

Motovilikha Plants is one of the oldest industrial names in Perm, with public and historical sources tracing the enterprise to 1736. Its modern public materials describe a company that still combines metallurgy and machine-building with a defense-industrial profile centered on artillery-related production.

For this catalog, Motovilikha Plants is the builder facet that groups the catalog's Motovilikha-linked artillery and rocket-artillery systems. The connected entries show the plant's role across mortar systems, self-propelled artillery, and classic multiple launch rocket launchers.

Artillery systemsMortarsMultiple launch rocket systemsMachine-buildingMetallurgy

Notable Systems

2S12 Sani

120 mm heavy mortar system

Heavy mortar system connected to Motovilikha's cataloged artillery production.

2S23 Nona-SVK

120 mm towed gun-mortar

Self-propelled mortar/artillery hybrid associated with the plant's fire-support line.

2S9 Nona

120 mm towed gun-mortar

Airborne self-propelled mortar family tied to the Motovilikha builder facet.

BM-21 Grad

122 mm multiple rocket launcher

Classic 122 mm multiple launch rocket system in the plant's rocket-artillery lineage.

Tornado-S

300 mm multiple launch rocket system

Modern heavy MLRS family continuing the Smerch-style rocket-artillery line.

Manufacturer History

1736
Plant origins traced to 1736
Historical and corporate sources trace Motovilikha's industrial origins to 1736, when the site began as an early metallurgical and cannon-making enterprise.
Sources: Data Center Dynamics profile, Rostec article
2016
Joined Rostec-linked structure
Business reporting and company-history coverage describe Motovilikha Plants as becoming part of Rostec's industrial structure in 2016.
Sources: Data Center Dynamics profile, Rostec article
2023-05-22
Added to the U.S. Entity List
The U.S. Federal Register listed Public Joint Stock Company Motovilikha Plants and several legal-name variants in the 2023 Entity List update.
Sources: Federal Register entity-list entry
2023-09-22
Property sale reported
RBC reported that the Motovilikha Plants property was sold to Remdizel in September 2023 during bankruptcy proceedings.
Sources: RBC report on asset sale

Website links

Official website Contact information Product page Federal Register entity-list entry Data Center Dynamics profile RBC report on asset sale Rostec article

Motovilikha's public history is tangled with transliteration variants, state-linked restructuring, and bankruptcy-era asset transfers. This profile normalizes the builder under the catalog's canonical English name while preserving the main legal-name variants seen in official and regulatory sources.

Manufacturer Sources

Official websitePublisher: Motovilikha Plants | Note: Supports the current public company name and the company's official presence. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Contact informationPublisher: Motovilikha Plants | Note: Supports the Perm location and executive-office address used for the builder headquarters field. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Product pagePublisher: Motovilikha Plants | Note: Supports the company's public product scope and industrial focus on metallurgy and machine-building. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Federal Register entity-list entryPublisher: U.S. Federal Register | Note: Supports the public company legal-name variants, aliases, and Perm address used to normalize this builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Data Center Dynamics profilePublisher: Data Center Dynamics | Note: Supports the 1736 origin story and the description of Motovilikha Plants as a defense manufacturer with a long industrial history. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
RBC report on asset salePublisher: RBC | Note: Supports the September 2023 bankruptcy-era property sale to Remdizel and the restructuring context around the plant. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Rostec articlePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the Rostec-linked restructuring context and the mix of civil and defense production associated with Motovilikha Plants. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Motovilikha Plants Wikimedia imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse context for the Motovilikha Plants industrial-complex photograph; the file page identifies the work as own work by Alexxx1979 and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. | Accessed: 2026-07-04

Produced weapons

2S12 Sani, 120 mm heavy mortar system, Artillery

2014 Russia-Ukraine War2S12 Sani120 mm heavy mortar systemBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2S12 Sani is a Soviet/Russian 120 mm mortar system built around the 2B11 mortar, a wheeled carriage, and a dedicated transport vehicle. The system gives battalion-level units mobile indirect fire out to about 7 km, while the modernized 2S12A uses an Ural-based vehicle and has been documented in Russian deliveries, monitored firing-position reports, captures, and equipment losses during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

2B16 Nona-K, 120 mm towed gun-mortar, Artillery

2014 Russia-Ukraine War2B16 Nona-K120 mm towed gun-mortarBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2B16 Nona-K is the towed member of the Soviet/Russian Nona 120 mm gun-mortar family, combining a rifled breech-loading weapon with a split-trail carriage light enough for air-assault fire support. It shares the Nona ammunition concept with the 2S9 and 2S23, allowing mortar bombs, special 120 mm projectiles, and selected guided rounds from one compact artillery piece. In the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War it has appeared in Russian loss tracking and in Ukrainian service, including captured guns used for infantry and position-defense fire missions.

2S31 Vena, 120 mm tracked self-propelled gun-mortar, Artillery

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War2S31 Vena120 mm tracked self-propelled gun-mortarBuilt in: RussiaThe 2S31 Vena is a Russian 120 mm self-propelled gun-mortar that mounts the semi-automatic 2A80 weapon system on a BMP-3 amphibious tracked chassis. Rosoboronexport markets it as a highly automated direct- and indirect-fire system with a 70-round ammunition load, 360-degree turret traverse, and 600 km cruising range. Its public combat record is limited but source-backed: Azerbaijani examples appeared in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, while Russian examples were reported near Bakhmut during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

2S23 Nona-SVK, 120 mm wheeled self-propelled gun-mortar, Artillery

1994 First Chechen War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War2S23 Nona-SVK120 mm wheeled self-propelled gun-mortarBuilt in: RussiaThe 2S23 Nona-SVK is a Russian 120 mm self-propelled gun-mortar that adapts the Nona artillery system to a BTR-80 8x8 armored chassis. Its rifled 2A60 weapon can provide direct or indirect fire with mortar bombs, artillery projectiles, and selected guided ammunition, giving motorized units a compact battalion-level fire-support vehicle. The type was reported in Chechnya during Russian service testing and later appeared in 2014 Russia-Ukraine War battlefield reporting, including visually confirmed Russian losses and captured vehicles.

BM-21 Grad, 122 mm multiple rocket launcher, Artillery

2012 Mali War, 2014 Second Libyan Civil War +11 moreBM-21 Grad122 mm multiple rocket launcherBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe BM-21 Grad is a Soviet 122 mm multiple rocket launcher built around a 40-tube launcher on a wheeled truck chassis. In the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War it remains a common area-fire system on both sides, valued for rapid salvos and mobility but dependent on shoot-and-scoot tactics because the launcher is carried on an unarmored truck.

152 mm ML-20, 152 mm towed gun-howitzer, Artillery

2014 Russia-Ukraine War152 mm ML-20152 mm towed gun-howitzerBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 152 mm ML-20 is a Soviet heavy towed gun-howitzer designed at Plant No. 172 in Motovilikha under F. F. Petrov and adopted in 1937. It combined a 152.4 mm barrel, split-trail carriage, large muzzle brake, separate-loading ammunition, and a 17.2 km high-explosive range in a weapon built for corps and army artillery. Its modern catalog relevance comes from residual stock use: Ukrainian reporting in October 2025 documented Russian forces towing and losing an ML-20 in Donetsk region during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

Tornado-S, 300 mm multiple launch rocket system, Artillery

2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarTornado-S300 mm multiple launch rocket systemBuilt in: RussiaTornado-S, also known as the 9K515 MLRS, is Russia's modernized 300 mm successor to the BM-30 Smerch, combining a 12-tube wheeled launcher, automated fire-control, Smerch rocket compatibility, and guided 300 mm rockets for longer-range precision fires. Russian and independent reporting tie it to combat use in Syria in 2017 and to documented Russian employment and losses in Ukraine from 2022 onward.

2S9 Nona, Air-droppable 120 mm self-propelled mortar, Artillery

1979 Soviet-Afghan War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +1 more2S9 NonaAir-droppable 120 mm self-propelled mortarBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2S9 Nona is a Soviet airborne self-propelled mortar built around a 120 mm gun-mortar on a tracked amphibious BTR-D-derived chassis. Designed to give airborne and other high-mobility units organic indirect fire, it combines mortar-style high-angle fire, direct-fire HEAT use, and compatibility with several Nona-family rounds. Its conflict record spans Soviet use in Afghanistan, Russian delivery to Syrian government forces, and 2014 Russia-Ukraine War service with both Russian and Ukrainian forces.

1V15 command and forward observer vehicle, Artillery battalion command and forward observer vehicle, Support Equipment

1994 First Chechen War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War1V15 command and forward observer vehicleArtillery battalion command and forward observer vehicleBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 1V15 is the battalion commander's mobile command-observation vehicle in the Soviet 1V12 Mashina-S artillery fire-control family. Built on the MT-LBu tracked chassis, it combines observation, rangefinding, navigation, communications, and fire-control equipment so an artillery battalion commander can reconnoiter targets, coordinate with supported maneuver units, and direct battalion fire from a protected forward post. Russian 1V15 losses are visually documented from the 1994 First Chechen War, and Russian and Ukrainian 1V15-family vehicles are documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through loss and capture records.

1V16 artillery command vehicle, Artillery battalion fire-direction and command-staff vehicle, Support Equipment

2014 Russia-Ukraine War1V16 artillery command vehicleArtillery battalion fire-direction and command-staff vehicleBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 1V16 is the battalion-level fire-direction and command-staff vehicle in the Soviet 1V12 Mashina-S self-propelled-artillery fire-control system. Built on the MT-LBu tracked chassis, it carries computing, meteorological, communications, and command equipment for coordinating artillery batteries from the firing-position area rather than acting as a gun or launcher. Russian 1V16 and 1V16(M) vehicles are documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through visually confirmed loss and capture records.

1V110 BM-21 Grad battery command vehicle, Artillery battery command and fire-control vehicle, Support Equipment

2014 Russia-Ukraine War1V110 BM-21 Grad battery command vehicleArtillery battery command and fire-control vehicleBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 1V110 Bereza is the senior battery officer's command vehicle in the Soviet 1V17 Mashina-B artillery fire-control complex, used with towed and rocket-artillery units including BM-21 Grad batteries. Built on a GAZ-66 truck chassis, it carries navigation, communications, meteorological, and fire-control equipment for battery-level coordination; Oryx has documented Russian 1V110 BM-21 Grad battery command vehicles among losses in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

1V14 battery command and forward observer vehicle, Artillery battery command and forward observer vehicle, Support Equipment

2014 Russia-Ukraine War1V14 battery command and forward observer vehicleArtillery battery command and forward observer vehicleBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 1V14 is the battery commander's mobile observation and fire-control vehicle in the Soviet 1V12 Mashina-S artillery command system. Built on the MT-LBu tracked chassis, it carries observation, navigation, rangefinding, communications, and fire-control equipment so a battery commander can reconnoiter targets, correct artillery fire, and coordinate with supported maneuver units from a protected forward position. Russian and Ukrainian 1V14 vehicles are documented in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War through visually confirmed loss and capture records.

1V12(M) Mashina-S/Faltset fire control system, Tracked artillery command and fire-control system, Support Equipment

2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2008 Russo-Georgian War +1 more1V12(M) Mashina-S/Faltset fire control systemTracked artillery command and fire-control systemBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 1V12 Mashina-S is a Soviet tracked artillery command and fire-control set for self-propelled artillery battalions, later modernized as the 1V12M Faltset family. Built around MT-LBu-based command vehicles, the set includes 1V13(M) battery fire-control centers alongside battalion and battery command vehicles, linking reconnaissance, topographic preparation, meteorological inputs, and firing-data calculation for systems such as 2S1, 2S3, 2S4, 2S5, 2S7, and 2S19. Loss trackers and Ukrainian reporting document Russian 1V12-family vehicles destroyed, abandoned, and captured during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

125 mm 2A26, 125 mm smoothbore tank gun, Tanks

125 mm 2A26125 mm smoothbore tank gunBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 125 mm 2A26, factory-designated D-81T, was the first Soviet 125 mm smoothbore tank gun to enter production service. Developed by the Artillery Plant No. 9 / OKB-9 artillery-gun line and produced by Soviet artillery plants, it armed early T-64A tanks and, in 2A26M2 form, early T-72 Ural tanks before the improved 2A46 family became the dominant Soviet 125 mm tank gun.

125 mm 2A46, 125 mm smoothbore tank gun, Tanks

125 mm 2A46125 mm smoothbore tank gunBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 125 mm 2A46, factory-designated D-81TM, is the Soviet smoothbore tank-gun family that superseded the early 2A26 line and became the standard main-armament lineage for many later Soviet and Russian main battle tanks. This relationship-only component page documents the gun's identity, variants, carrier tanks, builders, ammunition context, and media without inheriting the conflict rows of T-72, T-80, or T-90 carrier records.