K-51 gas grenade
CS gas grenadeSpecialist munition references describe the K-51 as a Soviet/Russian CS irritant grenade; public sources do not identify a single plant for this unresolved Russian-enterprise attribution.
Sources: K-51 grenade - METISManufacturer catalog
Russian enterprises
Russian enterprises refers to unresolved or collective Russian defense-industrial production where public weapon sources identify a Russian or Soviet/Russian manufacturing base but do not resolve the exact plant, design bureau, or corporate holding. The relevant industrial structure includes state-linked corporations, legacy Soviet arsenals, design bureaus, ammunition plants, electronics producers, and export organizations that sit inside or alongside Russia's wider military-industrial complex.
1 weaponsRussia's defense-industrial base is not a single manufacturer. Rostec says a significant part of the country's industrial assets was transferred into the state corporation after its 2007 creation, while its strategy material describes weapons, aircraft components, helicopters, radio electronics, security systems, materials, chemistry, automation, and robotics as key markets. U.S. Treasury sanctions material likewise describes Rostec as a large state-owned enterprise whose subsidiaries span automotive, defense, aviation, metals, domestic defense production, foreign defense trade, and dual-use goods.
Where source material cannot yet be assigned to a named plant or holding, the Russian-enterprise attribution stays factual and conservative. It is most useful for Soviet/Russian munitions, electronic-warfare equipment, and other systems where source material points to Russian production but the exact enterprise remains unclear or varies across production batches, modernization programs, and export documentation.
Notable Systems
1L262E Rtut-BM
Tracked radio-fuze and VHF communications jamming systemRosoboronexport catalogs the 1L262E as a Russian electronic-warfare system, while Rostec and KOMZ sources in the weapon record place Rtut-BM production and handover activity within the Rostec/KRET/Kazan Optical and Mechanical Plant industrial chain.
Sources: Rosoboronexport 1L262E, Rostec Rtut-BM 2013 State Order, KOMZ HistoryManufacturer History
Rostec state corporation created
Rostec's official history says Federal Law No. 270-FZ created the state corporation in November 2007 to promote development, manufacture, and export of high-technology products.
Sources: Rostec History
Hundreds of entities transferred into Rostec
Rostec says a July 2008 presidential decree instructed the transfer of 426 entities into the corporation, consolidating a large set of distressed or fragmented industrial assets.
Sources: Rostec History
Rostec describes completed consolidation stage
Rostec strategy material says the collection and consolidation of disparate industrial assets was completed by 2014, after which the corporation moved into an active-growth stage.
Sources: Rostec Strategy
U.S. Treasury targets Rostec and Russian defense industry
The U.S. Treasury described Rostec as a major state-owned enterprise consolidating Russian technological, aerospace, and military-industrial expertise, with subsidiaries engaged in defense production and defense-related trade.
Sources: U.S. Treasury Rostec Sanctions Release
Rostec reports expanded wartime production
Rostec's history page says 2024 output of a wide range of military products grew by five to six times or more and that state defense procurement fulfillment remained close to 100 percent.
Sources: Rostec History
This attribution covers collective or unresolved Russian production when public sources support Russian manufacture but not a specific plant, bureau, or holding. A named manufacturer is preferable whenever reliable sources identify the responsible enterprise.
Manufacturer Sources
- Rostec HistoryPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Rostec's 2007 creation, 2008 enterprise transfer, state-corporation scope, official address, and reported 2023-2024 defense-production expansion. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- Rostec StrategyPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the described consolidation of industrial assets by 2014, state-defense-order priority, and major market areas including weapons, helicopters, aircraft components, radio electronics, security, materials, chemistry, automation, and robotics. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- U.S. Treasury Rostec Sanctions ReleasePublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports independent government characterization of Rostec as a large Russian state-owned enterprise consolidating technological, aerospace, and military-industrial expertise across defense production and defense-related trade. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- K-51 grenade - METISPublisher: Fenix Insight | Note: Supports the K-51 as a Soviet/Russian CS gas grenade and provides public munition background for the connected catalog record. | Accessed: 2026-06-29
- Rosoboronexport 1L262EPublisher: Rosoboronexport | Note: Supports the 1L262E Rtut-BM as a Russian electronic-warfare system represented through Russia's state arms-export channel. | Accessed: 2026-07-02
- Rostec Rtut-BM 2013 State OrderPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Rtut-BM development and production inside the KRET/Rostec enterprise network and delivery under the Russian state defense order. | Accessed: 2026-07-02
- KOMZ HistoryPublisher: Kazan Optical and Mechanical Plant | Note: Supports Kazan Optical and Mechanical Plant participation in Rtut-BM production-chain history. | Accessed: 2026-07-02
Produced weapons
Category
Munitions
Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.