Manufacturer catalog

Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod

Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod is the catalog's historical manufacturer facet for the Soviet No. 92 artillery plant in the Gorky/Nizhny Novgorod industrial complex. Sources tie the plant lineage to Novoe Sormovo, wartime Plant No. 92 artillery output, later Gorky/Nizhny Novgorod machine-building names, and the 120-PM-38 mortar entry represented in this catalog.

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The Plant No. 92 name refers to a Soviet artillery-production site that grew out of the Novoe Sormovo works and entered service as an independent No. 92 machine-building plant at the start of 1932. Historical accounts describe the plant as a major Gorky defense-industry producer, with an artillery design bureau organized there in 1934.

For this catalog, the profile is kept narrow: it documents the builder context behind the Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod manufacturer facet attached to the 120-PM-38 mortar. Later sources connect the same industrial lineage to the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant name and Almaz-Antey-era air-defense and artillery production, but conflict-use claims remain only in weapon entries.

artillery systemsmortarsair-defense systemsdefense industrial production

Notable Systems

120-PM-38, 120 mm towed heavy mortar, Artillery

120-PM-38

120 mm towed heavy mortar

The connected catalog entry cites Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod as manufacturer for the Soviet 120 mm mortar introduced in 1938.

Sources: National Defence University of Ukraine PM-38

ZiS-3 divisional gun

NAPP's historical account identifies Plant No. 92 as the wartime developer and producer of the ZiS-3 divisional gun.

Sources: NAPP Plant No. 92 history

Manufacturer History

  1. No. 92 plant enters operation

    Historical sources describe the Novoe Sormovo works entering operation as Union Machine-Building Plant Novoe Sormovo No. 92.

    Sources: Mashzavod history PDF, NAPP Plant No. 92 history

  2. Artillery design bureau organized

    A design bureau headed by artillery designer V. G. Grabin was organized at the plant, anchoring its role in Soviet gun design and production.

    Sources: Atomic Energy 2.0 NMZ profile, NAPP Plant No. 92 history

  3. 120-PM-38 enters service

    The cataloged 120-PM-38 mortar entered Soviet service with manufacturer attribution to Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod in the National Defence University of Ukraine reference.

    Sources: National Defence University of Ukraine PM-38

  4. Wartime artillery production

    Historical accounts credit Plant No. 92 and the later Gorky machine-building plant lineage with roughly 100,000 guns produced during the Second World War.

    Sources: Atomic Energy 2.0 NMZ profile, NAPP Plant No. 92 history

  5. Post-Soviet joint-stock company

    The Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant successor was converted into an open joint-stock company, with later sources noting Almaz-Antey control or association.

    Sources: Atomic Energy 2.0 NMZ profile, OpenSanctions NMZ record

  6. Workforce continuity with 70th Anniversary of Victory plant

    NAPP describes the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant workforce joining the newer Nizhny Novgorod Plant of the 70th Anniversary of Victory from 1 January 2021.

    Sources: NAPP Plant No. 92 history

Predecessors
Novoe Sormovo works
Successors
Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building PlantNizhny Novgorod Plant of the 70th Anniversary of Victory
Website links
Historical profile at Atomic Energy 2.0NAPP history articleWikimedia Commons media category

The catalog facet is a historical English manufacturer spelling. Sources identify the same Nizhny Novgorod/Gorky facility under several names, while nearby catalog facets already use shorter No. 92 names; this profile therefore keeps aliases specific to the Nizhny Novgorod wording and treats current Almaz-Antey / 70th Anniversary of Victory plant continuity as successor context, not a conflict-use claim.

Manufacturer Sources

  • National Defence University of Ukraine PM-38Publisher: National Defence University of Ukraine | Note: Identifies the 120-PM-38 mortar and directly lists manufacturer as plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod, supporting the catalog facet's connection to the weapon entry. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Mashzavod history PDFPublisher: Centralized Library System of the Moskovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod | Note: Local history PDF lists the plant name sequence from Novoe Sormovo through No. 92, Gorky Machine-Building Plant, and Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant, and supports founding and wartime production context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Atomic Energy 2.0 NMZ profilePublisher: Atomic Energy 2.0 | Note: Profiles the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant as founded in 1932, notes the 1934 Grabin design bureau, wartime gun production, Almaz-Antey control, address, and official website. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • NAPP Plant No. 92 historyPublisher: Nizhny Novgorod Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | Note: Provides a historical account of the No. 92 plant, including its 1932 start, artillery design bureau, ZiS-3 production, air-defense production lineage, and 2021 workforce continuity with the 70th Anniversary of Victory plant. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Oboronprom plant registerPublisher: Oboronprom | Note: Lists the No. 92 / Novoe Sormovo / Gorky / Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant name chain and address details for the defense-industrial plant lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenSanctions NMZ recordPublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Aggregates sanctions and registry data describing JSC NMZ / Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant and related Almaz-Antey defense-industrial context; used only for current corporate and sourcing caveat context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons NMZ categoryPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Commons category identifies the Nizhny Novgorod Machine-Building Plant as a Russian/Soviet artillery factory and lists alternate names including Plant No. 92 and Novoe Sormovo. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • File:NMZ Logo.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for the NMZ logo; Commons lists AlexTref871 as author, CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing, a public-domain textlogo tag, and trademark restrictions. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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120-PM-38, 120 mm towed heavy mortar, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Yemen Civil War120-PM-38120 mm towed heavy mortarBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 120-PM-38, also known as the M1938, is a Soviet 120 mm smoothbore heavy mortar designed under B. I. Shavyrin and built for infantry fire support. Its large bomb, two-wheel transport arrangement, and roughly 5.7 km range made it a durable regimental mortar design; OSCE monitoring documented PM-38 mortars in Donbas heavy-weapons holding and storage records during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, while Oryx listed M-1938 heavy mortars in Yemen's pre-war army inventory.