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Plant No. 575 (Kovrov) was the numbered Soviet designation assigned in 1950 to the Kovrov Mechanical Plant, a Vladimir-region weapons plant created from the earlier Degtyarev plant branch. Its documented defense work spans infantry weapons, grenade launchers, machine guns, portable rocket launchers, and missile-related production before the modern Kovrov Mechanical Plant shifted into Rosatom-linked gas-centrifuge manufacturing.
1 weaponsThe present Kovrov Mechanical Plant history states that Soviet Minister of Armaments Dmitry Ustinov signed the order creating the plant on 6 October 1950 and assigned the new infantry and machine-gun weapons enterprise the number 575. Regional history material also describes the facility as having grown out of Degtyarev Plant branch No. 1, which had been organized in April 1941 for mass production of Degtyarev infantry and tank machine guns.
Plant No. 575 appears in open weapon histories because Soviet-era sources and later references sometimes cite the numbered Kovrov plant instead of the later Kovrov Mechanical Plant corporate name. The strongest direct weapon-system connection is the 9P132 Grad-P launcher: Missilery.info says finalized technical documentation was transferred to Plant No. 575 at Kovrov for serial production and gives early production quantities for 1965-1966. Broader small-arms research also identifies Kovrov Mechanical Plant with early-1960s RPG-7 launcher production and later missile and air-defense component work.
Missilery.info says the finalized Grad-P technical documentation went to Plant No. 575 in Kovrov for serial production and identifies the plant's early 9P132 launcher output in 1965-1966.
Sources: Grad-P lightweight portable jet system
Small Arms Survey identifies Kovrov Mechanical Plant as the Kovrov, Vladimir-region plant founded in 1950 and states that it launched RPG-7 portable anti-tank grenade-launcher production in the early 1960s.
Sources: Small Arms Production in RussiaKovrov Mechanical Plant's official history says Soviet Minister of Armaments Dmitry Ustinov signed the order creating the Kovrov plant and assigning the new infantry-weapons enterprise number 575.
Sources: Official Kovrov Mechanical Plant history
Small Arms Survey reports that Kovrov Mechanical Plant launched production of the RPG-7 portable anti-tank grenade launcher in the early 1960s.
Sources: Small Arms Production in Russia
The official plant timeline records the start of Kalashnikov machine-gun production and emphasizes the weapon family's simplicity and reliability.
Sources: Official Kovrov Mechanical Plant history
Missilery.info states that Grad-P documentation was transferred to Plant No. 575 at Kovrov for serial production and describes the plant's 9P132 launcher output during December 1965 through April 1966.
Sources: Grad-P lightweight portable jet system
The official history states that the enterprise entered the Rosatom structure as a specialized gas-centrifuge plant, marking the public shift from the older weapons-production identity to nuclear-industry manufacturing.
Sources: Official Kovrov Mechanical Plant history
Public sources use Plant No. 575 for the Soviet-era Kovrov plant number and Kovrov Mechanical Plant for the later corporate name. Weapon-production claims here are limited to sources that identify the numbered plant or the Kovrov Mechanical Plant lineage directly. No rights-clear reusable manufacturer image is included.
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