Main Automotive-Armoured Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Главное автобронетанковое управление МО РФ, translit=Glavnoye Avtobronetankovoye Upravleniye MO RF, abbr. GABTU; another translation: ''Main Directorate of Armoured Forces'') is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defence which is subordinated to the Chief of

Armament A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, s ...

s and

Munition Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other wea ...

s of the

Armed Forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

, vice-minister of defense (). Its director appears to currently be General Major Vladislav Polonskiy, as identified by

Krasnaya Zvezda ''Krasnaya Zvezda'' (russian: Кра́сная звезда́, literally "Red Star") is the official newspaper of the Soviet and later Russian Ministry of Defence. Today its official designation is "Central Organ of the Russian Ministry of Defe ...

on September 14, 2004.Translation and English-language title is as provided by Harriet Fast Scott and William F. Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, p.108

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GABTU is responsible for assignment of object (russian: Объект) numbers to almost all the tanks and other combat vehicles entering service in the Armed Forces of the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. Объект is often transliterated as , etc. These names are sometimes referred to incorrectly as "industry designation" or "factory names". The initial digit corresponds to the design bureau. *1-99 Gorky Automobile Factory (GAZ) *100-199 Ural Railway Car Building Factory (Uralvagonzavod plant №183) *201-299 Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ) *300-349 Ural Plant of Transport Engineering (UZTM) *400-499

Malyshev Factory The Malyshev Factory ( uk , Завод імені В.О. Малишева, translit=Zavod imeni V.O. Malysheva; abbreviated ), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (, ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It ...

(HZTM) *500 Omsktransmash (plant №174) *501-549 Rubtsovsk Engineering Works *550-599 Mytishchi Machine Building Factory (MMZ) *600-699 Kurgan Engineering Factory (KMZ) *700-799 Chelyabinsk Kirov (Tractor) Plant (ChKZ, ChTZ) *800-849 Various *850-899 Moscow Automobile Factory (ZIS, ZIL) *900-999 Stalingrad (Volgograd) Tractor Factory (STZ, VgTZ) *1000-1050 Kutaisi Automotive Factory (KAZ)

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Chief of Armament and Munition of the Armed Forces
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