BTR-152 family
The catalog's BTR-152M entry resolves to this plant lineage, and the official plant history confirms the factory produced military vehicles.
Sources: Plant historyBuilt by archive
Zavod imeni Likhacheva Weapon Systems
Zavod imeni Likhacheva, widely known as ZiL or ZIL, was the Moscow plant lineage that began as AMO in 1916 and later became a major Soviet producer of trucks, buses, limousines, and military vehicles. In this catalog it matters as the historical manufacturer facet behind legacy vehicle records such as the BTR-152 family, keeping the plant's long AMO/ZIS/ZIL history in one archive page.
1 weapon systemsThis builder archive keeps the Moscow plant's historical names together so AMO, ZIS, ZiL, ZIL, and AMO-ZIL references resolve to one sourced industrial lineage instead of splitting the same factory history across several spellings.
The plant's history matters to the catalog because it connects a broad Soviet vehicle-production base to military vehicles and heavy trucks, including the BTR-152 family that still appears in legacy equipment records.
Notable Systems
Builder History
AMO founded in Moscow
The plant history page says 2 August 1916 is the founding date of the Moscow Automobile Society plant in Tyufeleva Grove.
Sources: Plant history
Renamed ZIS
After reconstruction, the plant took the Zavod imeni Stalina name and began mass production of trucks.
Sources: Plant history
Wartime military production
The plant history says the Moscow factory continued wartime production of small arms, mortars, shells, and rocket parts alongside trucks.
Sources: Plant history
Renamed ZIL
The company was renamed for Ivan Likhachev in June 1956.
Sources: Plant history
Former plant site enters redevelopment
Commons category material describes the ZIL site as a former automobile plant shut down in 2013 and redeveloped afterward.
Sources: Wikimedia Commons category
Public references use AMO, ZIS, ZiL, ZIL, and AMO-ZIL for the same Moscow plant lineage. This profile normalizes those spellings under the catalog facet name and uses the current AMO ZIL history page for the plant's historical timeline.
Builder Sources
- Plant historyPublisher: AMO ZIL | Note: Supports the plant's 1916 founding, 1931 ZIS rename, 1942 wartime production, 1956 ZIL rename, and the historical manufacturer background used in this profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Moscow city archive articlePublisher: mos.ru | Note: Supports the 1916 founding context for the Moscow automobile plant and its place in the city's industrial history. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Wikimedia Commons categoryPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the former factory-site naming context and the plant-area imagery used to represent this builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Former ZIL factory site photographPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and licensing for the former ZIL factory site photo, which shows the Moscow plant area tied to this builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Category
Armored Vehicles
Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.
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