Soviet tank plants

Notable Systems

T-64BV

Main battle tank

Cataloged Soviet-origin main battle tank variant whose lineage traces to the Kharkiv/Malyshev design and production base.

Sources: T-64 Tank

T-64 family

Main battle tank

GlobalSecurity describes the T-64 as a late-1960s Soviet main battle tank family designed in Kharkiv and produced from the Kharkov/Malyshev industrial base.

Sources: T-64 Tank

Manufacturer History

1. 1923

   Kharkiv production base expands into tracked vehicles

   GlobalSecurity notes that Kommunar track-laying tractor production at the Kharkiv Locomotive Plant provided a production base for later Soviet tank development and production facilities.

   Sources: Russia / Soviet Tank Industry

2. 1940s

   Wartime evacuation and postwar rebuilding shape the plant network

   Soviet tank production relied on evacuated and rebuilt facilities, including Nizhniy Tagil, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, and the restored Kharkov Plant No. 75.

   Sources: Russia / Soviet Tank Industry

3. 1957

   Kharkiv Plant No. 75 becomes the Malyshev plant

   The Kharkov Plant No. 75 production association was renamed for V. A. Malyshev, a name later associated with T-64 and other Soviet armored-vehicle production.

   Sources: Russia / Soviet Tank Industry

4. 1963-1967

   T-64 enters production and service

   GlobalSecurity reports that serial production of Object 432 began at the Malyshev plant in 1963 and that the T-64 was accepted into Soviet service in 1966-1967.

   Sources: T-64 Tank

5. Cold War

   Four major tank assembly plants anchor production capacity

   GlobalSecurity identifies Khar'kov, Nizhniy Tagil, Omsk, and Chelyabinsk as the four main Soviet tank assembly plants, supported by repair facilities and component suppliers.

   Sources: Russia / Soviet Tank Industry