Manufacturer catalog

Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company

Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company is the legal-name form of the Tula Machine-Building Plant, a Russian defense manufacturer in Tula associated with automatic cannon, naval gun mounts, air-defense gun systems, anti-tank guided munitions, and dual-use machinery. Rostec describes the plant as part of its High Precision Systems holding and says it produces, modernizes, and repairs weapons and military equipment while also maintaining civilian production lines.

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The Tula plant's modern defense role centers on small-caliber artillery and integrated gun modules rather than complete armored vehicles. Rostec's 2019 anniversary account describes serial production of 30 mm gun armament for armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters, and air-defense systems, plus naval artillery mounts and laser-beam-riding anti-tank projectiles. Ukraine's War & Sanctions database identifies the legal entity as Joint-Stock Company Tulamashzavod, gives its Tula address and registration identifiers, and lists 2A38M, 2A42, 2A72, AK-630M, AK-306, Kashstan/Kashtan, and Pantsir-S1-related turret and gun work among cited activity areas.

The manufacturer context is most useful as a production and integration signal: several weapons attributed to Tula design or production chains are individual cannon families that appear on infantry fighting vehicles, airborne vehicles, helicopters, naval close-in weapon systems, or short-range air-defense systems. Individual weapon records carry the technical and conflict-specific sourcing, while the manufacturer context explains why Tulamashzavod appears across those artillery and air-defense systems.

30 mm automatic cannon productionNaval artillery mountsAir-defense gun and gun-missile system componentsAnti-tank guided munition productionDual-use machine-building products

Notable Systems

2A72 30 mm automatic cannon, 30 mm dual-feed automatic cannon, Artillery

2A72 30 mm automatic cannon

30 mm dual-feed automatic cannon

Army Guide identifies KBP as design authority for the 30 mm 2A72 and Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company as the manufacturer; the catalog record covers the weapon's BMP-3, BMD-4M, BTR-80A, and BTR-82A mounting context.

Sources: Army Guide 2A72 Gun
2A42 30 mm automatic cannon, 30 mm automatic cannon, Artillery

2A42 30 mm automatic cannon

30 mm automatic cannon

WeaponSystems.net and sanctions-reference material identify Tulamashzavod as a Soviet and Russian producer of the 2A42 family, a 30x165 mm cannon associated with BMP-2, airborne-vehicle, and helicopter installations.

Sources: WeaponSystems.net 2A42, War & Sanctions Tulamashzavod
30 mm 2A38 autocannon, Twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon, Air Defense

30 mm 2A38 / 2A38M autocannon family

Twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon

WeaponSystems.net lists Tulamashzavod as producer of the 2A38/2A38M family, while War & Sanctions specifically links the 2A38M gun to Tulamashzavod's Pantsir-S1-related production cooperation.

Sources: WeaponSystems.net 2A38, War & Sanctions Tulamashzavod

Manufacturer History

  1. Independent Tula machine-tool plant established

    Rostec says Tulamashzavod counts its history as an independent enterprise from a 1939 order creating the Tula machine-tool plant, while the broader industrial site began in the second half of the nineteenth century with cast-iron and copper products.

    Sources: Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th Anniversary

  2. 2A38 enters service on Tunguska

    WeaponSystems.net lists the 2A38 twin-barrel 30 mm autocannon as entering service in the early 1980s on the 2S6 Tunguska and identifies Tulamashzavod as the Soviet and Russian producer.

    Sources: WeaponSystems.net 2A38

  3. High Precision Systems holding established

    Rostec says High Precision Systems was established in 2009 and later grouped more than 15 companies focused on tactical high-precision weapons and military equipment; Tulamashzavod is described by Rostec as part of this holding.

    Sources: Rostec High Precision Weapons 15 Years, Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th Anniversary

  4. Rostec marks Tulamashzavod's 80th anniversary

    Rostec described the plant as one of Russia's leading defense-complex enterprises, producing modern weapon systems and military equipment and maintaining a product line of more than 300 items.

    Sources: Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th Anniversary

  5. European sanctions records describe the legal entity

    OpenSanctions aggregates EU and Swiss records that identify Joint Stock Company Tula Machine Building Plant as a Russian defense manufacturer, give its registration address at Mosina Street in Tula, and list website and legal identifiers.

    Sources: OpenSanctions Tula Machine Building Plant

Website links
Official websiteRostec Tulamashzavod anniversary articleWar & Sanctions company recordOpenSanctions entity record

Public English-language sources use several translated legal names for the same Tula production organization. Common aliases such as Tula Machine-Building Plant and JSC Tulamashzavod are already assigned elsewhere in the manufacturer dataset, so this legal-name record keeps aliases empty pending consolidation.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rostec Tulamashzavod 80th AnniversaryPublisher: Rostec | 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: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec High Precision Weapons 15 YearsPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports High Precision Systems' 2009 establishment, Rostec ownership context, holding focus, state-defense-procurement role, and production-capacity modernization context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • War & Sanctions TulamashzavodPublisher: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine | Note: Supports the legal name, abbreviated name, Russian country, Tula address, registration identifiers, product-area list including 2A38M, 2A42, 2A72, AK-630M, AK-306 and Kashstan/Kashtan, and Pantsir-S1 turret/gun cooperation statement. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OpenSanctions Tula Machine Building PlantPublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports alternate translated legal names, website, registration address, principal country, and sanctions-list descriptions of the entity as a Russian defense manufacturer. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Army Guide 2A72 GunPublisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports the 2A72's KBP design authority, Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company manufacturer attribution, production status, platform applications, and general specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • WeaponSystems.net 2A42Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports Tulamashzavod as a Soviet and Russian producer of the 2A42 and provides general 2A42 background and specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • WeaponSystems.net 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: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

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

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2A72 30 mm automatic cannon, 30 mm dual-feed automatic cannon, Artillery2011 Syrian Civil War2A72 30 mm automatic cannon30 mm dual-feed automatic cannonBuilt in: RussiaThe 2A72 is a Russian 30x165 mm dual-feed automatic cannon designed by KBP Instrument Design Bureau and manufactured by Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company. It is a lighter, recoil-operated 2A42-family gun used as a coaxial cannon on BMP-3 and BMD-4M-type turrets and as the main weapon on 30 mm BTR-80A/BTR-82A installations, with direct open-source reporting tying BTR-82A 2A72 fire to fighting near Latakia during the 2011 Syrian Civil War.