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Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant

Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant is a Russian defense manufacturer in Mytishchi, Moscow Region, focused on tracked and wheeled special-purpose chassis, air-defense platforms, and the MMZ lineage behind the ZSU-23-4 Shilka.

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Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant, usually shortened to MMZ, is a Russian defense-industrial manufacturer in Mytishchi, Moscow Region. Registry and sanctions sources place the company at 4 Kolontsova Street and show it operating under several transliterated legal-name variants.

The plant traces its history to an 1897 wagon factory and later became a specialist in military tracked chassis and air-defense platforms. Kalashnikov Group materials describe MMZ as a subsidiary and one of Russia's major makers of special equipment.

Public sanctions and defense-industry reporting identify MMZ with tracked and wheeled chassis work for air-defense and artillery systems, including GM-series tracked chassis and the SKKSh-568 wheeled chassis prototype shown for surface-to-air missile applications.

Tracked special-purpose chassisAir-defense platformsMilitary vehicle productionWheeled and tracked support equipment

Notable Systems

ZSU-23-4 Shilka, Tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, Air Defense

ZSU-23-4 Shilka

Tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

MMZ-produced self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that anchors the catalog's published Shilka coverage.

Sources: Wikimedia Commons file page

GM 5955

Tracked special-purpose chassis family identified by Kalashnikov Group as part of MMZ's modern product line.

Sources: Kalashnikov product catalog

SKKSh-568

Wheeled chassis prototype for surface-to-air missile systems that Janes reported MMZ began developing in 2019 as part of a common-vehicle family.

Sources: Janes SKKSh-568 report

Manufacturer History

  1. Plant founded

    Metrowagonmash's history page says the plant was founded in Mytishchi in 1897 as a wagon-building enterprise.

    Sources: Metrowagonmash founding page

  2. Modern legal entity incorporated

    OpenSanctions records the current MMZ legal entity with an incorporation date of 2009-05-12.

    Sources: OpenSanctions entity profile

  3. Kalashnikov materials describe MMZ as a subsidiary

    Kalashnikov Group's public materials describe MMZ as a Kalashnikov Concern subsidiary and tie it to the group's special-vehicle portfolio.

    Sources: MMZ hands over a ton of old office equipment under federal eco program, Kalashnikov product catalog

  4. War & Sanctions profile updated

    Ukraine's War & Sanctions database listed MMZ as a Kalashnikov-linked Russian enterprise producing tracked and wheeled chassis for air-defense and artillery systems, with an updated entity page dated 15 April 2026.

    Sources: War & Sanctions entity profile

Website links
Official websiteKalashnikov special vehiclesOFAC recent actionsOpenSanctions entity profileWar & Sanctions entity profileJanes SKKSh-568 report

Public English-language sources use several transliterations and legal forms for MMZ, including OJSC/JSC/OAO variants and short forms such as MMZ. Current Russian company pages were intermittently blocked from this environment, so official Kalashnikov materials already captured in the profile are supplemented with accessible government sanctions records and defense reporting. Headquarters map coordinates remain omitted because no separately geocoded source was used.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Metrowagonmash founding pagePublisher: Metrowagonmash | Note: Supports the 1897 founding date and the original wagon-building purpose of the Mytishchi plant lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OFAC recent actionsPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports the registered company name, legal-name variant, and Mytishchi address for Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenSanctions entity profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports the English-name variants, public website, address variants, and 2009 incorporation date for the current MMZ entity. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MMZ hands over a ton of old office equipment under federal eco programPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports the current Kalashnikov Concern subsidiary wording for MMZ and its place inside the Kalashnikov Group. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Kalashnikov product catalogPublisher: Kalashnikov Group | Note: Supports MMZ's tracked special-vehicle role and the GM 5955 / related chassis family used in the catalog context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons file pagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and CC BY-SA 2.0 licensing for the reusable photograph of a Mytishchi-built ZSU-23-4 Shilka at Yorkshire Air Museum; the file description explicitly says it was built by Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • War & Sanctions entity profilePublisher: Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Note: Supports MMZ's legal name, address, Russian jurisdiction, Kalashnikov/Rostec relationship, and tracked and wheeled chassis role for air-defense and artillery systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Janes SKKSh-568 reportPublisher: Janes | Note: Supports MMZ's Kalashnikov subsidiary status, the 2019 SKKSh-568 development start, wheeled chassis characteristics, and planned air-defense application. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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