Manufacturer catalog

Russian ammunition producers

Russian ammunition producers describes the modern Russian ammunition and energetic-materials production base rather than one single company. Public sources place much of this sector around Rostec-linked holdings such as Techmash for ammunition and Spetskhimiya for explosives, while export and reference sources describe Russian 120 mm mortar, gun-mortar, tank, artillery, grenade-launcher, aerial-bomb, and small-caliber ammunition families.

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Modern Russian ammunition production is distributed across state-linked holdings, factories, and specialized chemical suppliers. Rostec says Techmash was founded by the state corporation in 2011 and that its holding structure included 36 ammunition-industry enterprises by the end of 2017. Ukrainian sanctions data describes NPK Techmash as a Rostec holding company involved in weapons and ammunition, including artillery systems, tank and infantry-fighting-vehicle ammunition, aerial bombs, grenade-launcher rounds, artillery shells, and explosive devices.

The Russian state export catalog shows how this industrial base is presented publicly: Rosoboronexport markets 120 mm mortar and gun-mortar systems that use Russian ammunition families, including smoke-screening and 120 mm shells. Estonian intelligence assessed in 2026 that Russia had sharply expanded large-caliber ammunition output since 2021 and that explosives production is mainly conducted by Spetskhimiya, a Rostec subsidiary with roughly a dozen manufacturing enterprises nationwide.

mortar ammunitionartillery projectilestank and infantry-fighting-vehicle ammunitionmultiple-launch rocket system ammunitiongrenade-launcher ammunitionaerial bombsexplosives and propellants

Notable Systems

120 mm White Phosphorus Ammunition, 120 mm white phosphorus smoke ammunition, Munitions

120 mm White Phosphorus Ammunition

120 mm white phosphorus smoke ammunition

The catalog record covers 120 mm white-phosphorus smoke ammunition as a class, including Russian/Soviet Nona-family references and other national rounds; it is linked here because the record already carries the Russian ammunition-producer attribution.

Sources: Rostec ammunition adaptation release, 2S31 Vena - Rosoboronexport
120 mm smoke ammunition, 120 mm smoke ammunition for rifled gun-mortars, Munitions

120 mm smoke ammunition

120 mm smoke ammunition for rifled gun-mortars

Russian export material for 120 mm mortar systems describes smoke-screening missions, and cataloged Nona-family material connects Russian 120 mm guns to smoke and general 120 mm shell families.

Sources: 120mm 2C12A Mortar System - Rosoboronexport, 2S31 Vena - Rosoboronexport

Manufacturer History

  1. Techmash founded inside Rostec

    Rostec says Science-cum-production Concern Techmash was founded by the state corporation in 2011, giving Russia's ammunition industry a modern holding-company structure.

    Sources: Techmash Looks Back on the Year 2017

  2. Techmash structure described as 36 enterprises

    Rostec's 2017 review states that Techmash included 36 ammunition-industry enterprises and fulfilled more than 40 military-technical cooperation contracts that year.

    Sources: Techmash Looks Back on the Year 2017

  3. Rostec describes Techmash ammunition adaptation work

    Rostec said Techmash could adapt ammunition for drone manufacturers and cited licensed production abroad of Techmash's Mango tank ammunition.

    Sources: Rostec ammunition adaptation release

  4. Large-caliber output assessed at roughly seven million rounds

    The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service assessed that Russia produced roughly seven million artillery shells, mortar rounds, and rockets in 2025 across howitzer, tank, MLRS, and mortar categories.

    Sources: EFIS 2026 ammunition production assessment

Subsidiaries
TechmashSpetskhimiya

Russian ammunition producers is a sector-level manufacturer name covering multiple Russian state-linked ammunition, explosives, and chemical-production organizations. Public sources usually identify holdings, export products, ammunition families, or production capacity rather than one unified legal manufacturer, so headquarters and coordinates are omitted.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Techmash Looks Back on the Year 2017Publisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Techmash's 2011 founding by Rostec, the 36 ammunition-industry enterprises in the holding structure, and military-technical cooperation context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec ammunition adaptation releasePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Techmash as part of Rostec, its air-ammunition and grenade-launcher ammunition activity, and Rostec's reference to licensed production of Techmash's Mango tank ammunition abroad. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • War & Sanctions Techmash profilePublisher: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine | Note: Supports NPK Techmash as a Rostec-linked holding and summarizes its ammunition, artillery, tank, air, grenade-launcher, shell, and explosives product scope. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 120mm 2C12A Mortar System - RosoboronexportPublisher: Rosoboronexport | Note: Supports official Russian export-catalog context for 120 mm mortar systems, including smoke-screening missions and the 120 mm ammunition load. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 2S31 Vena - RosoboronexportPublisher: Rosoboronexport | Note: Supports official Russian export-catalog context for 120 mm gun-mortar ammunition, including Russian and foreign 120 mm shells fired by the 2A80 system. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • EFIS 2026 ammunition production assessmentPublisher: Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service | Note: Supports current Russian large-caliber ammunition production context, the roughly seven-million-round 2025 estimate, and Spetskhimiya's role in explosives production within Rostec. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • File:120 mm mortar shell RUK-museo 2.JPGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports representative image provenance and public-domain licensing for the 120 mm smoke mortar shell photograph. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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