Manufacturer catalog

Soviet and Russian ammunition producers

Soviet and Russian ammunition producers describes the state-run and state-linked industrial base behind Soviet-pattern small-arms cartridges, artillery projectiles, tank ammunition, rockets, and energetic materials. The scope covers legacy Soviet production lines as well as modern Russian organizations now concentrated around Rostec-linked holdings such as Techmash and Spetskhimiya.

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Soviet ammunition production was distributed across state arsenals, design institutes, and serial plants rather than one export-facing company. Modern Russian public sources show a more consolidated structure: 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.

Open sources often identify Soviet or Russian ammunition production without naming a single factory. The sector spans 7.62x54mmR rifle and machine-gun cartridges, 122 mm artillery projectiles, and other ammunition families that moved from Soviet design and mass production into Russian export, stockpile, and continued-production channels.

small-arms ammunitionartillery projectilestank ammunitionmultiple-launch rocket system ammunitiongrenade-launcher ammunitionexplosives and propellants

Notable Systems

7.62x54mmR cartridge, Rimmed full-power rifle cartridge, Munitions

7.62x54mmR cartridge

Rimmed full-power rifle cartridge

Rosoboronexport catalogs 7.62x54mm ammunition including the 7N1 sniper cartridge and 7N13 enhanced-penetration cartridge, while the catalog record covers the wider rimmed rifle and machine-gun cartridge family.

Sources: 7.62x54mm - Rosoboronexport
3OF56 122 mm HE-Frag Projectile, 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile, Munitions

3OF56 122 mm HE-Frag Projectile

122 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile

Fenix Insight identifies 3OF56 as a Soviet-era-developed Russian Federation 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectile with USSR and Russian Federation manufacture-country context.

Sources: 3OF56 Projectile - METIS

Manufacturer History

  1. 7.62x54R ammunition lineage begins

    The 7.62x54mmR cartridge family originated with the Russian Empire's 1891 rifle cartridge and remained a core Soviet-pattern rifle and machine-gun ammunition family.

    Sources: 7.62x54mm - Rosoboronexport

  2. Techmash founded inside Rostec

    Rostec says Science-cum-production Concern Techmash was founded by the state corporation in 2011, providing a modern corporate frame for much of Russia's ammunition-industry structure.

    Sources: Techmash Looks Back on the Year 2017

  3. Techmash structure described as 36 ammunition enterprises

    Rostec's 2017 review states that the Techmash holding structure included 36 enterprises of the ammunition industry and that its military hardware was used in more than 100 countries.

    Sources: Techmash Looks Back on the Year 2017

  4. Large-caliber ammunition output estimated 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, including howitzer, tank, MLRS, and mortar ammunition categories.

    Sources: EFIS 2026 ammunition production assessment

Predecessors
Soviet state ammunition arsenals, design institutes, and production plants
Successors
Rostec-linked Russian ammunition and explosives holdings
Subsidiaries
TechmashSpetskhimiya
Website links
Rostec official websiteRosoboronexport 7.62x54mm ammunition catalogEstonian Foreign Intelligence Service 2026 report section

This is a sector-level manufacturer name, not a single legal entity. Soviet records often identify state arsenals, designations, or country of manufacture, while modern Russian sources emphasize Rostec-linked holdings such as Techmash for ammunition and Spetskhimiya for explosives. No headquarters or map coordinates are listed because the scope spans multiple organizations and production sites.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Techmash Looks Back on the Year 2017Publisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Techmash's 2011 founding by Rostec, the holding's 36 ammunition-industry enterprises, and its role in modern Russian ammunition-industry organization. | 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
  • Rostec ARMY-2017 press releasePublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Rostec's weapons-cluster context, including Techmash, and Rostec's description of the corporation as a state entity covering civilian and military industrial products. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 7.62x54mm - RosoboronexportPublisher: Rosoboronexport | Note: Supports official Russian export-catalog context for the 7.62x54mm ammunition family, including 7N1 and 7N13 load examples. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 3OF56 Projectile - METISPublisher: Fenix Insight | Note: Supports 3OF56 as a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectile with USSR and Russian Federation manufacture-country context. | 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
  • 122 mm OF-462 shell drawingPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and public-domain licensing for the representative 122 mm OF-462 shell drawing from a U.S. Army projectile-identification guide. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

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

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3OF56 122 mm HE-Frag Projectile, 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectile, Munitions3OF56 122 mm HE-Frag Projectile122 mm high-explosive fragmentation projectileBuilt in: Soviet Union / Russian Federation3OF56 is a Soviet-era 122 mm high-explosive fragmentation artillery projectile for D-30/2A18-family guns and the 2A31 gun of the 2S1 Gvozdika. Public references do not describe the designation consistently: Fenix Insight identifies it as a nose-fuzed, boat-tailed, spin-stabilised HE-frag projectile, while U.S. WEG/FAS tables place a 3OF-56 complete projectile weight in a rocket-assisted ammunition row for the D-30A and 2S1.
7.62x54mmR cartridge, Rimmed full-power rifle cartridge, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +3 more7.62x54mmR cartridgeRimmed full-power rifle cartridgeBuilt in: Soviet Union / Russia / Multiple countriesThe 7.62x54mmR cartridge is a rimmed full-power rifle and machine-gun round introduced in the Russian Empire and standardized in modern C.I.P. cartridge tables. Direct ammunition evidence links the round to recovered or documented stocks in Ukraine, Iraq and Syria, Mali, Darfur, and South Kordofan, while the relationship modules connect it to cataloged SVD, PK/PKM, PKP Pecheneg, Type 80, and vehicle-mounted machine-gun systems.