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VMZ Sopot Weapon Systems

VMZ Sopot is a Bulgarian state-owned defense manufacturer in Sopot that builds ammunition, rocket grenades, unguided rockets, and other ordnance represented in this catalog.

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VMZ Sopot is the public-facing catalog name for Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi, the long-running Bulgarian defense enterprise based in Sopot, Plovdiv Province. The company describes itself as a leader in defense-product manufacturing for domestic and international markets.

Its production profile covers artillery ammunition, mortar ammunition, MLRS ammunition, unguided aircraft rockets, RPG-7V ammunition, SPG-9 and 2A28 ammunition, rocket grenades for disposable launchers, hand grenades, fuzes, and antitank guided missiles.

VMZ also operates testing and quality-control facilities and announced a 2025 joint venture with Rheinmetall for artillery shell and energetic-material production on the Sopot site.

ammunitionrocket grenadesunguided rocketsantitank guided missilesordnance production

Notable Systems

RPG-22

Disposable anti-tank grenade launcher ammunition listed on VMZ's production page.

Sources: manufacturer

Artillery ammunition

Core production family highlighted on the company home page and about page.

Sources: manufacturer, background

Unguided aircraft rockets

Listed among VMZ's production categories on the official home page.

Sources: manufacturer

Builder History

1936-06-09
Company origin
VMZ says its history dates to 9 June 1936, placing the Sopot plant among Bulgaria's long-established defense industrial sites.
Sources: background
2025-10-28
Rheinmetall joint venture
VMZ and Rheinmetall announced a joint venture in Bulgaria to produce artillery shells and energetic materials at the Sopot site.
Sources: background

Website links

Official website About us Production: RPG-22 rocket anti-tank grenade Rheinmetall joint venture announcement

VMZ Sopot is a state-owned Bulgarian defense enterprise; the public English site covers current production, while ownership and historical context are easier to verify through official Bulgarian-language pages and press coverage.

Builder Sources

VMZ Sopot official home pagePublisher: VMZ Sopot | Note: Supports the builder name, Sopot location, current production categories, and the company's defense-manufacturing role. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
About usPublisher: VMZ Sopot | Note: Supports the company background, factory structure, testing ground, and quality-control context for the Sopot enterprise. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
90 years of VMZPublisher: VMZ Sopot | Note: Supports the company's historical claim that its origin dates to 9 June 1936 and that it has a long-running Sopot defense-industrial history. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Production: rocket-propelled grenades for disposable grenade launcherPublisher: VMZ Sopot | Note: Supports the RPG-22 product family and direct manufacturer context for VMZ Sopot. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
The military plant in Sopot: Not only the company, but also Bulgaria is being discreditedPublisher: Radio Bulgaria / Bulgarian National Radio | Note: Supports state-owned ownership context for VMZ Sopot and its 2025 public corporate profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Rheinmetall and VMZ establish joint venture in BulgariaPublisher: Rheinmetall | Note: Supports the 2025 joint venture milestone involving VMZ Sopot and the planned artillery-shell production on the Sopot site. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

120 mm round with thermobaric bomb, 120 mm thermobaric mortar round, Munitions

120 mm round with thermobaric bomb120 mm thermobaric mortar roundBuilt in: BulgariaThe 120 mm round with thermobaric bomb is a Bulgarian-made thermobaric mortar round from VMZ's export catalog. VMZ describes it as a 120 mm round for all types of 120 mm mortars, designed to blast personnel, shelters, fortifications, difficult terrain, and vehicles with a thermobaric overpressure effect.