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Soviet and Russian state arsenals is a catalog grouping for mine, explosive-ordnance, and ammunition systems attributed to state-run Soviet production and later Russian state defense production when a specific plant or bureau is not publicly identified.
5 weapon systemsThis builder profile does not describe a single incorporated company. It groups catalog entries whose sources identify Soviet or Russian state production, stockpiles, or arsenal manufacture without enough public evidence to name a specific factory.
The connected systems are mostly mines and explosive ordnance. Landmine Monitor records post-1992 Russian production of multiple antipersonnel mine families, while humanitarian ordnance references such as GICHD's Ukraine guide document the Soviet/Russian mine families represented in this archive.
For current Russian defense-industrial context, sources point to a state-controlled sector organized around large corporations and state orders, including Rostec and other state-owned groups. That structure is relevant background, but it should not be read as proof that Rostec built every legacy system grouped here.
Directional antipersonnel fragmentation mine grouped here because Landmine Monitor lists MON-100 among antipersonnel landmines historically produced by Russia and catalog records treat it as Soviet/Russian state arsenal production.
Sources: Russian Federation Mine Ban PolicyPressure-activated antipersonnel blast mine family; PMN, PMN-2, and PMN-4 appear in Landmine Monitor's Russian production background, with PMN-4 described as developed and produced in the early 1990s.
Sources: Russian Federation Mine Ban PolicyScatterable antipersonnel fragmentation mine family listed by Landmine Monitor among Russian-produced fragmentation mines and covered in ordnance-recognition references for Ukraine.
Sources: Russian Federation Mine Ban Policy, Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Third EditionScatterable anti-vehicle mine family represented in GICHD ordnance-recognition material and cataloged here as Soviet/Russian state arsenal production.
Sources: Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Third EditionSoviet anti-vehicle mine family represented in this archive through state arsenal attribution and public ordnance references for TM-62-series mines.
Sources: Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Third EditionMany legacy mine and ammunition families in this archive originate in Soviet state design, production, or stockpile systems rather than in a public-facing commercial manufacturer.
Sources: Explosive Ordnance Guide for Ukraine, Third Edition
Landmine Monitor reports that Russia historically produced at least 13 types of antipersonnel landmines after 1992, including PMN, POM, OZM, and MON families connected to this archive.
Sources: Russian Federation Mine Ban Policy
Rostec's official history says Federal Law No. 270-FZ established the state corporation in November 2007 as part of Russia's effort to reorganize major industrial assets.
Sources: Rostec official history
Rostec states that a 2008 presidential decree transferred hundreds of entities to the corporation, making it a major current reference point for Russian state-controlled defense industry context.
Sources: Rostec official history
The U.S. Treasury described Rostec as a large Russian state-owned enterprise formed to consolidate technological, aerospace, and military-industrial expertise.
Sources: U.S. Treasury Rostec sanctions release
This profile is a sourced catalog grouping, not a legal manufacturer record. It should resolve entries attributed to Soviet/Russian state arsenals while preserving the sourcing caveat that individual factories, design bureaus, stockpile authorities, and current Russian state corporations are often not publicly identifiable for mine and ammunition records.
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Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.
