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Tecmash Concern

Tecmash Concern is a Russian Rostec ammunition and weapons holding focused on rocket artillery, artillery and tank ammunition, aerial bombs, grenade-launcher systems, engineer ammunition, explosives, and related special-chemistry production. Public Rostec material says the concern was established in 2011 and places it inside Russia's conventional-weapons, ammunition, and special-chemicals industrial structure.

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Tecmash functions as an industrial holding rather than a single factory. Rostec describes the concern's defense portfolio across multiple launch rocket systems, small-caliber ammunition for ground, naval, and air forces, engineering ammunition, aerial bombs, RPG and close-combat weapons, field and naval artillery ammunition, and explosives. OFAC separately lists NPK Tekhmash OAO as linked to State Corporation Rostec and records a 6 April 2011 organization-established date.

For weapon-system attribution, the relevant evidence usually appears in product, exhibition, or export-facing reporting rather than in a single consolidated product list. Rostec's IDEX 2019 reporting ties Tecmash to the Tornado-G display and to the Balkan grenade-launcher system developed by NPO Pribor, while other Rostec material connects Tecmash with tank rounds such as Mango and Svinets-2 and with a digital engineering platform being introduced at Tecmash factories.

Multiple launch rocket systems and rocket artillery ammunitionTank, field-artillery, and naval-artillery ammunitionSmall-caliber ammunition for ground, naval, and air platformsAerial bombs, RPG rounds, and close-combat munitionsGrenade-launcher systems and ammunitionEngineering ammunition, explosives, and special-chemistry production

Notable Systems

Balkan 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, Infantry Weapons

Balkan 40 mm automatic grenade launcher

40 mm automatic grenade launcher

EDR Magazine reported that Russia's Tecmash Concern, a Rostec subsidiary, showcased the AGS-40 Balkan at IDEX 2019; Rostec also described the Balkan as an NPO Pribor-developed antipersonnel grenade-launcher system shown alongside Tecmash's IDEX exhibit.

Sources: IDEX 2019: Tecmash unveils AGS-40 grenade launcher, Rostec Tecmash Shows Tornado-G
Tornado-G, 122 mm multiple launch rocket system, Artillery

Tornado-G

122 mm multiple launch rocket system

Rostec reported that Tecmash demonstrated Tornado-G at IDEX 2019 and described the 122 mm system's automated fire-control, topographic-positioning, remote mission-data entry, and compatibility with both new and standard Grad-family rockets.

Sources: Rostec Tecmash Shows Tornado-G
Tornado-S, 300 mm multiple launch rocket system, Artillery

Tornado-S

300 mm multiple launch rocket system

Rostec described Tornado-S as a 300 mm MLRS promoted through the Tehmash/Techmash concern and developed by NPO Splav, placing the system in the same Rostec ammunition-holding structure as Tecmash-linked rocket artillery.

Sources: Rostec launches Tornado-S

Manufacturer History

  1. NPK Tekhmash established

    OFAC lists 6 April 2011 as the organization-established date for NPK Tekhmash OAO, and Rostec describes Tecmash as having been established in 2011 within the state corporation's industrial structure.

    Sources: OFAC NPK Tekhmash, Rostec Tecmash background

  2. Mango ammunition production transfer described

    Rostec reported that the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute named after V. V. Bahirev, an affiliate of Tecmash, developed the Mango 125 mm tank round and supported licensed production startup at Indian artillery plants after a 2014 Rosoboronexport contract.

    Sources: Rostec Tecmash Defexpo India

  3. Tornado-G and Balkan shown at IDEX

    Rostec reported that Tecmash demonstrated Tornado-G footage and exhibited the 9M539 122 mm rocket projectile and Balkan grenade-launcher system during IDEX 2019 in Abu Dhabi.

    Sources: Rostec Tecmash Shows Tornado-G

  4. Digital engineering platform announced

    Rostec said Tecmash was creating an industrial engineering digital platform for product configuration, virtual testing, and production launch preparation, with introduction planned at nine Tecmash factories before wider replication.

    Sources: Rostec Tecmash digital platform

Subsidiaries
NPO PriborMechanical Engineering Research Institute named after V. V. BahirevNPO Splav
Website links
Official websiteRostec Tecmash backgroundRostec Tornado-G and Balkan articleRostec Tornado-S articleOFAC NPK Tekhmash listing

English-language sources vary between Tecmash, Techmash, Tekhmash, and Tehmash romanizations for the same Russian-language name. Those alternate labels are not repeated here because separate published manufacturer records already use some of them.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rostec Tecmash backgroundPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Tecmash's 2011 establishment, Rostec affiliation, product-area summary, armed-forces customer context, and director-general context in Rostec background copy. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec Tecmash Shows Tornado-GPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Tecmash's IDEX 2019 Tornado-G display, Tornado-G technical context, 9M539 projectile display, and Balkan grenade-launcher system context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec Tecmash Defexpo IndiaPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Tecmash's Defexpo India 2018 display, Mango 125 mm tank-round context, NIMI affiliate relationship, and licensed production startup in India. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec Tecmash armor-piercing shellsPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Tecmash's work on 125 mm Mango-M and Svinets-2 tank ammunition and gives public performance and compatibility context for those ammunition lines. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec Tecmash digital platformPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the 2023 Tecmash digital engineering platform announcement, investment figure, product-development and production-launch scope, and planned introduction at nine Tecmash factories. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec launches Tornado-SPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports Techmash/Tehmash context for Tornado-S, the 9K515 designation, 300 mm guided-rocket description, Smerch modernization relationship, NPO Splav development role, and the 120 km range claim. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IDEX 2019: Tecmash unveils AGS-40 grenade launcherPublisher: EDR Magazine | Note: Supports Tecmash Concern as the Rostec subsidiary showcasing the AGS-40 Balkan at IDEX 2019 and provides launcher role and ammunition context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OFAC NPK TekhmashPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports the NPK Tekhmash OAO sanctions listing, Rostec linkage, 6 April 2011 organization-established date, Moscow address records, identifiers, and legal-name variants. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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Balkan 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBalkan 40 mm automatic grenade launcher40 mm automatic grenade launcherBuilt in: RussiaThe Balkan 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, also known as AGS-40 or 6G27, is a Russian tripod-mounted automatic grenade launcher developed by TsKIB SOO and Pribor/Tecmash to replace older 30 mm AGS-family systems. It uses 40 mm 7P39 caseless ammunition, a 20-round drum, and a seated tripod layout, giving Russian infantry a heavier grenade-launcher round with a reported 2,500 m maximum range.