Manufacturer catalog

TsNIITochMash

TsNIITochMash is a Russian defense research-and-production institute focused on small arms, ammunition, combat gear, training simulators, underwater weapons, and protection systems. In this catalog it supplies the institutional context behind specialty Russian weapons and soldier-systems entries, including the PKP Pecheneg and related TsNIITochMash programs.

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TsNIITochMash, the Central Scientific-Research Institute of Precision Machine Engineering, is a Russian research-and-production organization now operating within Rostec. The institute's own materials describe it as a center for small arms, ammunition, training simulators, combat gear, and protection systems for military equipment.

Its archive relevance comes from specialty soldier systems rather than mass-market weapons: TsNIITochMash is tied to Russian underwater weapons, the Ratnik and Sotnik combat-gear lines, and the broader precision small-arms work that reaches this catalog through the PKP Pecheneg entry.

Small armsAmmunitionCombat gearTraining simulatorsUnderwater weaponsProtection systems

Notable Systems

Ratnik combat gear

Second-generation Russian combat gear developed by TsNIITochMash and fielded through Rostec production and delivery channels.

Sources: Rostec Ratnik Combat Gear

Sotnik combat gear

Planned third-generation combat-gear program announced by Rostec as a TsNIITochMash R&D effort.

Sources: Rostec Sotnik Combat Gear

Udav pistol

9x21 mm semi-automatic pistol family presented by TsNIITochMash at Army-2019.

Sources: Rostec Udav Pistol

SPP-1 underwater pistol

Special underwater pistol developed for combat swimmers and documented by Rostec as a TsNIITochMash design.

Sources: Rostec Military Swimmer Weapons

APS underwater assault rifle

Underwater assault rifle developed for combat divers and documented by Rostec as a TsNIITochMash design.

Sources: Rostec Military Swimmer Weapons

Manufacturer History

  1. Institute history begins

    TsNIITochMash's own history material says the institute traces its origins to 17 May 1944.

    Sources: TsNIITochMash History

  2. Ratnik serial deliveries begin

    Rostec says the Ratnik combat gear developed by TsNIITochMash entered annual serial delivery in 2015 after military testing and troop trials.

    Sources: Rostec Ratnik Combat Gear

  3. Udav pistol family presented

    Rostec says TsNIITochMash presented four modifications of the Udav pistol line at Army-2019 and sent the first batch for trial operations.

    Sources: Rostec Udav Pistol

  4. Sotnik development announced

    Rostec announced that TsNIITochMash planned R&D work on the third-generation Sotnik combat gear program in 2020.

    Sources: Rostec Sotnik Combat Gear

Website links
Official websiteOur instituteHistoryContact

TsNIITochMash's public-facing material is mostly Russian-language, so the profile leans on official institute pages plus Rostec releases for institutional history, product areas, and program milestones. The headquarters map was omitted because a separately sourced geocode was not needed for this edit.

Manufacturer Sources

  • TsNIITochMash Our InstitutePublisher: TsNIITochMash | Note: Official institute overview describing TsNIITochMash as a center for small arms, ammunition, training simulators, combat gear, and protection systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • TsNIITochMash HistoryPublisher: TsNIITochMash | Note: Official history item stating that TsNIITochMash traces its history to 17 May 1944. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • TsNIITochMash ContactPublisher: TsNIITochMash | Note: Official contact page giving the Klimovsk, Podolsk, Moscow Oblast address used for the headquarters field. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rostec Military Swimmer WeaponsPublisher: Rostec | Note: Rostec article describing TsNIITochMash-developed underwater weapons used for combat swimmers and citing the SPP-1 and APS family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rostec Ratnik Combat GearPublisher: Rostec | Note: Rostec article stating that Ratnik was developed by TsNIITochMash and entered serial deliveries in 2015. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rostec Sotnik Combat GearPublisher: Rostec | Note: Rostec article announcing TsNIITochMash R&D work on the Sotnik combat-gear program. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rostec Udav PistolPublisher: Rostec | Note: Rostec article documenting TsNIITochMash presenting the Udav pistol family at Army-2019. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • TsNIITochMash Future Soldier PhotoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for a CC BY 4.0 photograph from mos.ru showing a TsNIITochMash Future Soldier display model at the 2017 Moscow Manege exhibition. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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PKP Pecheneg, 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +2 morePKP Pecheneg7.62 mm general-purpose machine gunBuilt in: RussiaThe PKP Pecheneg is a Russian 7.62x54mmR belt-fed general-purpose machine gun developed from the PKM to solve sustained-fire problems with a heavier, jacket-cooled barrel, forced-air cooling, a mirage-shielding carry handle, and a forward bipod. Russian sources place production at Kovrov in 1999 and service acceptance in 2001, with later documented use by Russian forces, Syrian special forces, Russian-backed separatists, and Ukrainian troops, plus naval mounting on Russian patrol and assault craft.