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Tulamashzavod

Tulamashzavod, formally the V. M. Ryabikov Tula Machine-Building Plant, is a Russian defense manufacturer in Tula associated with automatic cannon, naval gun mounts, air-defense artillery, anti-tank munitions, and dual-use machinery. Rostec describes the plant as part of its High Precision Systems holding and identifies it as a producer, modernizer, and repair enterprise for weapons and military equipment.

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The plant traces its independent history to 1939, when Soviet authorities separated a new machine-tool plant from the Tula arms-production base, while Rostec also links the industrial site's origins to nineteenth-century cast-iron and copper goods production. Its wartime and Cold War output made the Tula works a recurring source for mortars, machine guns, aircraft guns, anti-tank weapons, and artillery armament.

In the modern Russian defense industry, Tulamashzavod is tied to High Precision Systems, a Rostec holding focused on tactical high-precision weapons and military equipment. Rostec's own 2019 description says the plant produces, modernizes, and repairs weapons and military equipment, while also making civilian and dual-use products such as agricultural equipment, electric transport, diesel-generator equipment, machine tools, and tooling.

30 mm automatic cannonnaval artillery mountsair-defense artillery systemsanti-tank guided and beam-riding munitionscivilian and dual-use machinery

Notable Systems

2A42 30 mm automatic cannon, 30 mm automatic cannon, Artillery

2A42 30 mm automatic cannon

30 mm automatic cannon

WeaponSystems.net lists Tulamashzavod as a Soviet and Russian producer of the 2A42, a 30x165 mm autocannon introduced on the BMP-2 and later used on armored vehicles and helicopters.

Sources: WeaponSystems.net 30mm Shipunov 2A42
30 mm 2A38 autocannon, Twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon, Air Defense

30 mm 2A38 autocannon

Twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon

WeaponSystems.net identifies Tulamashzavod as producer of the 2A38/2A38M twin-barrel autocannon family, which entered service in the early 1980s on the 2S6 Tunguska and later equipped Pantsir variants.

Sources: WeaponSystems.net 30mm 2A38

Manufacturer History

  1. Independent Tula machine-building plant formed

    Rostec says Tulamashzavod counts its independent history from a 1939 order that created the Tula machine-tool plant, while the broader industrial site traces back to nineteenth-century cast-iron and copper production.

    Sources: Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th Anniversary

  2. 2A38 gun family enters service

    WeaponSystems.net lists 1982 as the service-entry year for the 2A38 twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon and identifies Tulamashzavod as the Soviet and Russian producer.

    Sources: WeaponSystems.net 30mm 2A38

  3. High Precision Systems holding established

    Rostec states that High Precision Systems was established in 2009 and later grouped more than 15 companies focused on tactical high-precision weapons and military equipment, including the industrial structure in which Tulamashzavod is described.

    Sources: Rostec High Precision Systems 15 Years

  4. Rostec marks Tulamashzavod's 80th anniversary

    Rostec's anniversary article described the Tula plant as one of Russia's major defense-industrial enterprises and highlighted production of 30 mm naval artillery mounts, cannon armament for armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters, and air-defense systems, plus more than 300 civil and military product lines.

    Sources: Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th Anniversary

Website links
Official websiteRostec Tulamashzavod anniversary articleOpenSanctions entity record

Public English-language data on Tulamashzavod is limited, and current regulatory records use multiple translated legal names. This profile uses Tulamashzavod as the public manufacturer label while noting legal-name variants from sanctions and reference datasets; the separate catalog profile named Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company was not merged in this edit.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th AnniversaryPublisher: Rostec State Corporation | Note: Supports Tulamashzavod's 1939 independent-plant date, High Precision Systems/Rostec relationship, major defense-production role, product areas, civil and dual-use product lines, and more-than-300-product statement. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • Rostec High Precision Systems 15 YearsPublisher: Rostec State Corporation | Note: Supports the 2009 establishment of High Precision Systems, its Rostec ownership, tactical high-precision weapons focus, and holding-level military and civilian production context. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • OpenSanctions Joint Stock Company Tula Machine Building PlantPublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports legal-name variants, the Tula registration address on Mosina Street, official website listing, Russian place of business, and sanctions-list descriptions of the entity as a defense manufacturer. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • WeaponSystems.net 30mm Shipunov 2A42Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports Tulamashzavod as a Soviet and Russian producer of the 2A42 and provides general 2A42 background and specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • WeaponSystems.net 30mm 2A38Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports Tulamashzavod as the Soviet and Russian producer of the 2A38/2A38M family and provides service-entry, production, platform, and specification context. | Accessed: 2026-07-04

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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2A14 23 mm cannon, 23 mm gas-operated autocannon, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict +4 more2A14 23 mm cannon23 mm gas-operated autocannonBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2A14 is the air-cooled 23 x 152B mm autocannon at the core of ZU-23 and ZU-23-2 short-range air-defense guns, with a quick-change barrel and a belt-feed layout that can be arranged from either side. Public conflict evidence most often documents it through the mounts that carry it: ZU-23-2 guns in Ukrainian service, SPLA-N air-defense fire in South Kordofan, Armenian and Artsakh losses in Nagorno-Karabakh, Houthi firing around Hudaydah, Tigray Defence Forces heavy weapons, and 2A14-pattern or ZU-23-2-pattern weapons with rebel forces in northern Mali.
MT-LB with 25 mm 2M-3 naval gun, Improvised tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine WarMT-LB with 25 mm 2M-3 naval gunImprovised tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gunBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe MT-LB with 25 mm 2M-3 naval gun is a Russian improvised weapons carrier that combines the Soviet MT-LB tracked armored tractor with a twin 25 mm 2M-3 or 2M-3M naval anti-aircraft mount. Open-source reporting and Russian loss documentation tie the conversion to the full-scale 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, where it appears as a short-range air-defense and direct-fire adaptation rather than a standardized factory combat vehicle.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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160mm PM-43, 160 mm towed heavy mortar, Artillery1967 Six-Day War, 1973 Yom Kippur War +1 more160mm PM-43160 mm towed heavy mortarBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 160mm PM-43, also known as the 160-PM-43 or MT-13, is a Soviet breech-loading heavy mortar developed from the idea of scaling up the 120 mm mortar family. Its hinged barrel let crews load a roughly 40 kg bomb from the rear, giving Soviet forces a short-range but very heavy indirect-fire weapon in the final stages of the Second World War before the longer-ranged M-160 replaced it in postwar Soviet service; open references also place Egyptian 160-PM-43 use in the 1967 and 1973 wars with Israel.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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