Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (stylized KrasMash) () is a Russian arms manufacturer and

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manufacturer based in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey, Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a p ...

. It was established in 1932 and became a subsidiary of

Roscosmos The State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos", commonly known simply as Roscosmos (), is a State corporation (Russia), state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space science, space flights, List of space agencies, c ...

. The Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant was a leading producer of liquid propellant

submarine-launched ballistic missiles A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...

in the USSR. It has also produced "Biryusa" refrigerators for many years and in the 1990s it converted to the production of a number of new civilian goods. The company also produced the torches for the 2014 Winter Olympics torch relay.

History

The plant was founded in July 13, 1932, when the ''Charter of the State Administration for the Construction and Temporary Operation of the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant'' was adopted by order of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry. At that time, the plant produced

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s and

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s for gold mines. During

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, the plant was one of the manufacturers of guns of various systems for the Red Army (including automatic anti-aircraft 61-K ),

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, large aerial bombs, and sea mines. In 1949, it started production of automatic anti-aircraft gun

AZP S-60 AZP S-60 (, abbrev. АЗП (AZP); literally: ''Automatic anti-aircraft gun S-60'') is a Soviet towed, road-transportable, short- to medium-range, single-barrel anti-aircraft gun from the 1950s. The gun was extensively used in Warsaw Pact, Middle ...

. In 1959-1965 the plant was reconstructed to produce new rocket and space technology. From 1958 to 1961, the plant produced civilian products such as drive axles for the SK-3 grain harvester, and since 1964, it has produced refrigerators under the Biryusa brand. The plant is the main manufacturer of

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the

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for submarines. In addition, it produces basic modules of the upper stage for the launch vehicles

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and

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. Since the plant’s founding, eleven workers were awarded the title of

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, the highest level of distinction in the USSR. From 1991, the plant produced civilian products, including growing

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, manufacturing heat exchangers and boilers. As part of the implementation of the 2016 State Defense Order, the plant started producing the

ICBM.

Products

R-29RM Shtil The R-29RM (, NATO reporting name SS-N-23 Skiff) was a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by the Russian Navy. It had the alternate Russian designations RSM-54 and GRAU index 3M27. It was designed to be launched fro ...

R-29RMU2 Layner The R-29RMU2.1 Lajner ( meaning ''Liner'' as in airliner or ocean liner) is a Russian liquid-fuelled submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and the newest member of the R-29 missile family, developed by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau and ...

* BZhRK Barguzin *

Blok D Blok D () is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. The stage (and its derivatives) has been included in more than 320 launched rockets . By 2002 its modification Bl ...

Blok DM-03 The Blok DM-03 (, GRAU index: 11S861-03), is a Russian upper stage used as an optional fourth stage on the Proton-M and Angara A5 heavy-lift rockets. Three have been launched, the first in December 2010; the first two launches failed before ...

RS-28 Sarmat The RS-28 Sarmat (, named after the Sarmatians; NATO reporting name: SS-X-29 or SS-X-30), often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian silo-based, liquid-fueled, HGV-capable and FOBS-capable super-h ...

References

External links

Official website
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