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Russian state ordnance industry

Russian state ordnance industry describes the state-controlled Russian ammunition, artillery-projectile, aerial-bomb, explosive-ordnance, and special-chemistry production base now organized mainly through Rostec-linked holdings, plants, and research institutes. It is most relevant in the catalog where public sources identify Soviet/Russian munitions as products of a state ordnance network rather than a single named factory.

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Russia's modern state ordnance base sits inside a broader defense-industrial structure led by Rostec and its armaments holdings. Rostec says its weapons sector covers artillery systems, high-precision weapons, ammunition, armored vehicles, small arms, aircraft, and other military equipment, and that the corporation accounts for a large share of Russia's state defense procurement program.

Within that structure, Techmash has been the most visible ammunition and special-chemistry holding. Rostec described Techmash in 2018 as a concern founded by the state corporation in 2011 with 36 ammunition-industry enterprises, while a Ukrainian military-intelligence sanctions reference describes Techmash-linked production as covering artillery shells, tank and infantry-fighting-vehicle ammunition, small-caliber land, naval, and air artillery ammunition, aerial bombs, grenade-launcher rounds, engineering ammunition, and explosive devices.

The profile is intentionally broad because many public munition references assign Soviet/Russian artillery projectiles to national ordnance production rather than to a plant-level legal entity. Individual weapon records should carry narrower plant, design-bureau, or holding attributions when reliable sources identify them.

artillery projectiles and shellstank and infantry fighting vehicle ammunitionsmall-caliber artillery ammunitionaerial bombs and explosive ordnanceengineering ammunitiongrenade launcher roundsspecial chemistry and ammunition production

Notable Systems

OF45 high-explosive projectile, 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectile, Munitions

OF45 high-explosive projectile

152 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectile

A 152 mm Soviet/Russian high-explosive fragmentation projectile for separate-loading artillery; public references tie it to Msta-family firing systems and identify Russian/Soviet origin rather than a single disclosed production plant.

Sources: GICHD Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Rostec weapons industry page
OF-45 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile, 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile, Munitions

OF-45 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile

152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile

A second published catalog record for the OF-45/OF45 152 mm HE-fragmentation projectile family; it is linked here because its manufacturer field already uses this Russian state ordnance-sector name.

Sources: GICHD Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Forecast International SP-152 Msta-S

Manufacturer History

  1. Rostec state corporation established

    Rostec's official history says Federal Law No. 270-FZ established the state corporation on November 23, 2007, creating the structure that later consolidated a major part of Russia's state-controlled defense-industrial assets.

    Sources: Rostec official history, Rostec official about page

  2. Hundreds of entities transferred

    Rostec says a July 10, 2008 presidential decree ordered 426 entities transferred to the corporation, giving the state corporation control over a large portfolio of distressed industrial and defense assets.

    Sources: Rostec official history

  3. Techmash ammunition holding formed

    Rostec states that Science-cum-production Concern Techmash was founded by Rostec in 2011 and later included 36 ammunition-industry enterprises.

    Sources: Rostec Techmash 2017 review

  4. Ammunition expansion after full-scale invasion

    Rostec's official history says its companies faced the task of expanding production of the most demanded weapons and ammunition in 2022 and reported state-defense-procurement work ahead of schedule in many areas.

    Sources: Rostec official history

  5. Reported output surge

    Rostec reported that fulfillment of the state defense procurement program was its priority in 2023 and that output of some ammunition types increased by orders of magnitude compared with 2022.

    Sources: Rostec official history

Website links
Rostec weapons industry pageRostec official about pageRostec historyTechmash 2017 reviewWar & Sanctions Techmash profile

Public sources often identify Russian ammunition families by national state industry, Rostec holding, arsenal, or research institute rather than a single disclosed plant. Claims here are limited to state-sector ordnance context; specific weapon records should carry narrower plant or system evidence when available.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rostec weapons industry pagePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Rostec's role in Russian weapons, military equipment, artillery systems, high-precision weapons, ammunition, armored vehicles, and state defense procurement. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec official about pagePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Rostec's legal status as a Russian state corporation, its 2007 legal basis, industrial scope, and official website context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec official historyPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the 2007 establishment, 2008 entity transfer, and Rostec's reported 2022-2024 defense procurement and ammunition-production expansion context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec Techmash 2017 reviewPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Techmash's founding by Rostec in 2011 and the 36-enterprise ammunition-industry structure described by Rostec. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • War & Sanctions Techmash profilePublisher: Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Note: Supports Techmash's Rostec relationship and the range of ammunition, artillery-shell, aerial-bomb, grenade, engineering-ammunition, and explosive-device production attributed to the concern. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Modern War Institute Russian munitions throughput analysisPublisher: Modern War Institute at West Point | Note: Supports external analytical context on recent Russian artillery, mortar, tank, and rocket-round production estimates; figures are treated as intelligence estimates rather than audited production logs. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GICHD Explosive Ordnance Guide for UkrainePublisher: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining | Note: Supports OF45-family identification context used for the linked 152 mm projectile records without adding manufacturer-level conflict-use claims. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Forecast International SP-152 Msta-SPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports OF-45 context within the Soviet/Russian 152 mm ammunition family for Msta-S. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • File:152mm lime-colored projectile.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for the CC BY 4.0 representative 152 mm projectile image. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

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

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OF45 high-explosive projectile, 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectile, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine WarOF45 high-explosive projectile152 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectileBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe OF45 high-explosive projectile, also indexed as 3OF45, is a Soviet/Russian 152 mm HE-fragmentation projectile for separate-loading artillery. METIS and CAT-UXO describe it as a three-part, steel-bodied, hollow-base, boat-tailed projectile, while 2A65 and Msta-family references tie it to Msta-B and Msta-S firing systems with a 43.56 kg projectile mass and 24.7 km standard-shell range.
OF-45 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile, 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile, Munitions2015 Various ConflictsOF-45 High-Explosive Fragmentation Projectile152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectileBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe OF-45 is a Soviet/Russian 152 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile for separate-loading artillery. GICHD describes it as a 1980s steel-bodied HE/FRAG round used with D-20 howitzers and expected around 2S3 Akatsiya positions in Ukraine, while Forecast International identifies OF-45 as part of the newer 152 mm ammunition family fired by the 2S19 Msta-S 2A64 cannon.