Manufacturer catalog

V.A. Degtyarev Plant

V.A. Degtyarev Plant is a Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast manufacturer whose roots run to the 1916 Kovrov machine-gun plant and the Soviet automatic-weapons design school built around V.G. Fedorov and V.A. Degtyarev. The company describes itself as a large Russian enterprise with a military legacy in infantry weapons and gun armament, while public sanctions and defense-reference sources connect its current portfolio to small arms, heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, guided weapons, air-defense systems, and motor vehicles.

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The plant's public history frames Kovrov as an early center for automatic small-arms development. Its official Russian timeline says construction began in 1916 under a contract to produce Danish Madsen light machine guns, that Fedorov organized the country's first design bureau for automatic small arms there in 1921, and that serial DP light-machine-gun production began in 1927. The same official history credits the plant with wartime anti-tank-rifle and automatic-weapon output and says the enterprise was named for V.A. Degtyarev in 1949.

In current open sources, V.A. Degtyarev Plant is most visible as the Kovrov manufacturer behind modern Russian machine-gun families. Rosoboronexport markets the Kord 12.7 mm heavy machine gun with modern performance data, while defense reporting on the PKP Pecheneg describes the 7.62x54mmR gun as a PKM-derived design whose production began at Kovrov before Russian service acceptance.

Infantry weaponsHeavy machine gunsGeneral-purpose machine gunsSniper riflesGuided weapons and air-defense systemsMotor vehicles and civil machinery

Notable Systems

6P50-2 Kord machine gun, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons

6P50-2 Kord machine gun

12.7 mm heavy machine gun

The 6P50-2 is a 12.7 mm Kord-family heavy machine gun manufactured by V.A. Degtyarev Plant; Rosoboronexport lists the Kord export weapon data and public references associate the Kord family with the Kovrov plant.

Sources: KORD 12.7mm HMG, War & Sanctions: V.A. Degtyarev Plant
PKP Pecheneg, 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, Infantry Weapons

PKP Pecheneg

7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun

The PKP Pecheneg is a 7.62x54mmR general-purpose machine gun; defense reporting describes it as a PKM-derived design whose production began at Kovrov and whose 6P41 version entered Russian service in 2001.

Sources: Russian PKP Pecheneg 6P41 gunfire is twice more efficient than PKM

Manufacturer History

  1. Kovrov machine-gun plant construction begins

    The official plant timeline says construction began in Kovrov under a contract to produce Madsen light machine guns, with Danish personnel holding several key early positions.

    Sources: Official V.A. Degtyarev Plant history, Rostec: more than 100 years

  2. Automatic-weapons design bureau created

    The official history credits V.G. Fedorov with creating the country's first design bureau for automatic small arms at the Kovrov plant.

    Sources: Official V.A. Degtyarev Plant history

  3. DP light machine gun enters serial production

    ZiD's official timeline marks the start of serial production of the DP light machine gun, the first accepted weapon model in the Degtyarev line.

    Sources: Official V.A. Degtyarev Plant history

  4. Plant receives Degtyarev name

    The official timeline says USSR government action renamed Plant No. 2 of the Ministry of Armaments for V.A. Degtyarev.

    Sources: Official V.A. Degtyarev Plant history

  5. State enterprise becomes a joint-stock company

    The official timeline records the conversion of the state enterprise into Joint Stock Company V.A. Degtyarev Plant.

    Sources: Official V.A. Degtyarev Plant history

Website links
Official websiteEnglish company pageRostec history featureWar & Sanctions company listing

Public sources use several English transliterations and legal forms for the Kovrov enterprise. Overlapping Degtyarev and ZiD labels are already present elsewhere in the manufacturer data and should be resolved before adding alternate names here.

Manufacturer Sources

  • V.A. Degtyarev Plant English pagePublisher: V.A. Degtyarev Plant | Note: Supports the current company name, Kovrov origin, 1916 founding, and infantry/gun-weapon production background. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Official V.A. Degtyarev Plant historyPublisher: V.A. Degtyarev Plant | Note: Supports the official Russian timeline, including 1916 construction, the 1921 design bureau, 1927 DP production, 1949 naming, and 1992 joint-stock conversion. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rostec: more than 100 yearsPublisher: Rostec | Note: Supports the 1916 founding date, Kovrov small-arms history, and the plant's modern range from machine guns and assault rifles to guided missiles and robotic systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • V. A. Degtyarev Plant, OJSC contact listingPublisher: Expocentre | Note: Supports the Kovrov street address, Russia country field, website, and civil-machinery activity. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • War & Sanctions: V.A. Degtyarev PlantPublisher: Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Note: Supports the legal-entity name, ZID JSC abbreviation, address, Rostec/High-Precision Systems relationship, sanctions context, and publicly listed current product areas including Kord machine guns and sniper rifles. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KORD 12.7mm HMGPublisher: Rosoboronexport | Note: Supports the Kord heavy machine gun as a modern Russian 12.7 mm system with export-facing technical data relevant to the connected catalog record. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Russian PKP Pecheneg 6P41 gunfire is twice more efficient than PKMPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports the Pecheneg's PKM-derived background, Kovrov production start, 6P41 service acceptance, and selected performance details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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6P50-2 Kord machine gun, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons6P50-2 Kord machine gun12.7 mm heavy machine gunBuilt in: RussiaThe 6P50-2 Kord is a Russian 12.7 mm heavy machine gun designation in the Kord family, manufactured by V.A. Degtyarev Plant. The Kord family was developed as a Russian replacement for the Soviet NSV after the main NSV production base was outside Russia, and Rosoboronexport lists the weapon with 12.7x108 mm ammunition, a 2,000 m sighting range, 10,000-round barrel life, and 32.5 kg weight. RussianShips.info identifies the 6P50-2 aboard IC16MII boats P-834 and P-835.