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Votkinsk Machine Building Plant

Votkinsk Machine Building Plant is a Russian defense-industrial enterprise in Votkinsk, Udmurt Republic, best known in this catalog for the missile-production lineage attached to Soviet and Russian tactical systems such as the 9K52 Luna-M and R-17 Scud-B.

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This catalog page groups catalog entries that cite Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, including older references that compress the plant and SKB-385 design-bureau lineage into one manufacturer line. The site history and reference sources place the enterprise in Votkinsk and show its shift from a 18th-century metalworks into a major rocket-production plant.

For the public catalog, the clearest sourced connections are to the 9K52 Luna-M and R-17 Scud-B families. Those entries preserve the plant's role in Soviet missile production and help keep the builder catalog page tied to specific, documented systems rather than a generic corporate history.

Tactical ballistic missilesArtillery rocket systemsMissile productionHigh-technology machine building

Notable Systems

9K52 Luna-M / FROG-7

WeaponSystems.net lists the producer as SKB-385 Votkinsk machine-building plant, matching the catalog manufacturer facet used on the Luna-M entry.

Sources: 9K52 Luna-M
R-17 Scud-B ballistic missile, Short-range ballistic missile, Munitions

R-17 Scud-B / 8K14

Short-range ballistic missile

The plant's official chronology records serial production of the 8K14/R-17 missile and identifies SKB-385 as the developer.

Sources: Votkinsk Plant history

Manufacturer History

  1. Votkinsk Plant begins operation

    The plant's official history marks 21 September 1759 as the enterprise's founding date, when the first bloomery iron was produced.

    Sources: Votkinsk Plant history

  2. Shift to rocket production

    The official chronology says the enterprise was reoriented toward rocket technology and successfully launched its first Votkinsk-built 8A61 missile in December 1958.

    Sources: Votkinsk Plant history

  3. Serial R-17 production begins

    The plant chronology records the start of serial 8K14/R-17 production and names SKB-385 as the missile's developer.

    Sources: Votkinsk Plant history

  4. Luna-M production era

    WeaponSystems.net dates 9K52 Luna-M production to the mid-1960s and lists the producer as SKB-385 Votkinsk machine-building plant.

    Sources: 9K52 Luna-M

  5. Modern joint-stock registration

    OpenSanctions aggregates registry and sanctions data for Joint Stock Company Votkinskiy Zavod, including the 2010 incorporation date and modern aliases.

    Sources: OpenSanctions entity record

Website links
Official Votkinsk Plant websiteVotkinsk Plant historyOpenSanctions entity recordOpenStreetMap location

This profile combines the modern plant identity with the older SKB-385 attribution because catalog manufacturer facets often merge the production site and design-bureau lineage. Public English-language sourcing is limited; the plant's official history, a defense reference, OpenSanctions, and Commons licensing data provide the most stable public context.

Manufacturer Sources

  • About Votkinsk PlantPublisher: AO Votkinsk Plant | Note: Official company page supports the plant's identity, current machine-building role, and official website context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Votkinsk Plant historyPublisher: AO Votkinsk Plant | Note: Official chronology supports the plant's founding, the 1958 shift to rocket technology, and 1961 serial production of the 8K14/R-17 missile developed by SKB-385. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • 9K52 Luna-MPublisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports the exact builder attribution, Luna-M background, production period, and the connection between SKB-385 Votkinsk machine-building plant and the 9K52 Luna-M/FROG-7 system. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Votkinsk Plant.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for a CC BY-SA 4.0 photograph of the administration building of Votkinsk Plant, directly related to the builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenSanctions entity recordPublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Aggregates registry and sanctions-list data for Joint Stock Company Votkinskiy Zavod, including aliases, address, website, active status, incorporation date, and sanctions context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenStreetMap locationPublisher: OpenStreetMap | Note: Supports the headquartersLocation map coordinates for the Votkinsk Plant address listed in registry and sanctions data. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

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

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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R-17 Scud-B ballistic missile, Short-range ballistic missile, Munitions1973 Yom Kippur War, 1980 Iran-Iraq War +5 moreR-17 Scud-B ballistic missileShort-range ballistic missileBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe R-17 Elbrus, known to NATO as the SS-1C Scud-B, is a Soviet road-mobile, liquid-fueled short-range ballistic missile built for deep strikes with conventional, chemical, or nuclear payloads. Its combat record spans Egyptian launches in 1973, Iranian and Iraqi city strikes in the 1980-1988 war, Libyan missile attempts in 1986 and 2011, South Yemeni strikes in 1994, Armenian strikes on Ganja in 2020, and Houthi-aligned use of inherited Yemeni stocks, illustrating the lasting political and civilian risk of older inaccurate ballistic missiles.
RSM-56 Bulava, Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), MunitionsRSM-56 BulavaSubmarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)Built in: RussiaThe RSM-56 Bulava is a Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile designed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology for the Borei/Project 955 SSBN family. CSIS identifies it as an intercontinental-range SLBM with an 8,300 km range estimate, MIRV payload, and operational status; RussianSpaceWeb ties the program to the abandoned R-39 Bark replacement path and Votkinsk serial production. This page stays relationship-only because public sources document strategic service, tests, and launch-platform relationships rather than independent use in a named armed conflict.