9M22U / M-21OF Grad rocket
122 mm high-explosive fragmentation rocketStandard 122 mm Grad-family high-explosive fragmentation rocket; Deagel attributes the 9M22U / M-21OF contractor context to Splav.
Sources: Deagel 9M22Manufacturer catalog
State Research and Production Association Splav
State Research and Production Association Splav is the Tula-based Russian rocket-artillery manufacturer associated in public sources with Soviet and Russian multiple launch rocket systems, Grad-family rockets, and later Tornado-family modernization work. Rostec history traces the organization to NII-147, founded in 1945, and describes it as the lead Russian enterprise for MLRS and rocket ammunition.
1 weaponsSplav's institutional history runs through several names: NII-147 after its 1945 founding, TulgosNIITochmash from 1966, the Splav scientific-production association from 1977, and the A.N. Ganichev-named joint-stock company in current corporate references. The public sources used here point to the same Tula rocket-artillery enterprise rather than to a separate foreign or commercial producer.
The manufacturer context is centered on salvo rocket artillery and ammunition. Rostec credits Splav's predecessor with the Grad program, later Uragan and Smerch work, and modern Tornado-G and Tornado-S lines; War & Sanctions places the company inside the Rostec industrial structure through NPK Techmash and Technodinamika and lists BM-21 Grad, BM-27 Uragan, BM-30 Smerch, Tornado, Damba, Ogon, TOS-1A ammunition, and Zemledelie among attributed products.
Notable Systems
BM-21 Grad
122 mm multiple rocket launcher122 mm multiple launch rocket system that Rostec's Splav history places at the start of the enterprise's MLRS lineage, with Grad work completed in 1963.
Sources: Rostec 75th-anniversary Splav history
Tornado-G
122 mm multiple launch rocket systemModernized 122 mm Grad successor; Rostec identifies Splav Scientific Production Enterprise as the organization that obtained permits to demonstrate Tornado-G abroad.
Sources: Rostec Brings Tornado-G to the International MarketManufacturer History
NII-147 formed in Tula
Rostec traces Splav to a 24 July 1945 Soviet order establishing NII-147 in Tula for artillery cartridge-case research and experimental production.
Sources: Rostec 75th-anniversary Splav history
Grad design work assigned
Rostec says the Soviet defense ministry issued design tasks in 1958 for a new MLRS to replace Katyusha-era rocket systems, and that NII-147's proposal became the selected path.
Sources: Rostec 75th-anniversary Splav history
Grad work completed
Rostec describes the 122 mm Grad system as a defining Splav-lineage program whose work was finished in 1963 and later became the basis for many modifications.
Sources: Rostec 75th-anniversary Splav history
Splav name adopted
Rostec states that TulgosNIITochmash was reorganized in 1977 into the Splav scientific-production association.
Sources: Rostec 75th-anniversary Splav history
Tornado-G cleared for foreign demonstration
Rostec announced that Splav Scientific Production Enterprise had obtained permits to demonstrate Tornado-G abroad, presenting it as a 122 mm Grad replacement already operated by Russian army units.
Sources: Rostec Brings Tornado-G to the International Market
Website links
Public sources use several translated Splav labels for the same Tula organization, including State Research and Production Association, Scientific Production Enterprise, and the A.N. Ganichev-named joint-stock company. Short labels such as NPO Splav and Splav also exist as separate catalog manufacturer profiles and were not added as aliases here.
Manufacturer Sources
- Rostec 75th-anniversary Splav historyPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Splav's 1945 founding, name changes, Tula institutional history, MLRS focus, Grad/Uragan/Smerch/Tornado context, and timeline events. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- Rostec Brings Tornado-G to the International MarketPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Splav Scientific Production Enterprise's Tornado-G attribution, the Grad replacement context, and 122 mm Tornado-G role. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- War & Sanctions Splav recordPublisher: Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Note: Supports the full legal name, abbreviated name, Tula address, Russian country attribution, Rostec/Techmash/Technodinamika structure, and product-family list. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- Army Guide Splav company recordPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports Splav's older public company description, Shcheglovskaya Zaseka address in Tula, Russia country attribution, official website, and Grad/Smerch marketing context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- Deagel 9M22Publisher: Deagel | Note: Supports Splav contractor attribution for the 9M22U / M-21OF Grad rocket and basic system context for the linked catalog munition. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
- Wikimedia Commons NPO SPLAV 01Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the rights-clear CC BY 4.0 image used for the manufacturer page. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
Produced weapons
Category
Munitions
Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.