Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant () is a Russian company based in

Vyatskiye Polyany Vyatskiye Polyany () is a town in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River, southeast of Kirov. Population: 29,742 (2021 Estimate); History It has been known since 1596. A railway passed through it in 1915. Urban-type ...

. The plant manufactures rifles and shotguns under the Molot-Oruzhiye (Hammer Weapon) and VEPR (Wild Boar) brands, and is a subsidiary of

Rostec Rostec, formally trading as State Corporation "Rostec", fully the State Corporation for the Promotion of the Development, Manufacture, and Export of High Tech Products "Rostec" and formerly Rostekhnologii, is a Russian State corporation (Russia), ...

. It is one of the largest companies in

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History

Molot was established in 1940, and was originally based in

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. It was the main manufacturer of the

PPSh-41 The PPSh-41 () is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin of the Soviet Union to be a cheaper and simplified alternative to the PPD-40. The PPSh-41 saw ...

submachine gun. In 1941 the plant was evacuated to Vyatskiye Polyany with its workers, including G. S. Shpagin and N. F. Makarov, designer of the eponymous

Makarov pistol The Makarov pistol or PM ( rus, Пистолет Макарова, r=Pistolet Makarova, p=pʲɪstɐˈlʲet mɐˈkarəvə, t=Makarov's Pistol) is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it beca ...

. In the 1950s the plant manufactured the Vyatka motor scooter. In the 1990s the company diversified by launching a line of sports and hunting weapons. Rifles manufactured in the Molot plant are exported to the United States under the VEPR brand. The company entered

bankruptcy proceedings Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the deb ...

in 2012; as of 2017 it is being controlled by a bankruptcy managing company.

Products

Military weapon

Anti-tank guided missile An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles. ATGMs range in size from shoulde ...

of 9K115-2 Metis-M * Rocket-propelled grenade RPG-29 (GRAU index — 6G20) * Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun 7.62×39mm (GRAU index — 6P2) * Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun RPK-74 5.45×39mm (GRAU index — 6P18) * Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun modernized RPK-74М 5.45×39mm (GRAU index — 6P39) * Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun with a folding butt RPK-201

5.56×45mm NATO The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO, commonly pronounced "five-five-six") is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire intermediate cartridge family developed in the late 1970s in Belgium by FN Herstal. It consists of the SS109, ...

(GRAU index — 6P55) * Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun RPK-203 7.62×39mm (GRAU index — 6P8М) * 30mm automatic grenade launcher AGS-17 Plamya 30×29mm (GRAU index — 6G11, index of a grenade launcher with a machine — 6G10) * 30mm automatic aircraft grenade launcher AG-17A 30×29mm (GRAU index — 9-A-800) * 30mm automatic grenade launcher AG-17M 30×29mm (GRAU index — 6G11M) * 30mm automatic grenade launcher with remote control AG-17D 30×29mm (GRAU index — 6G42)

Civilian sports and hunting weapons

Vepr-12 The Vepr-12 is a multipurpose semi-automatic detachable-magazine shotgun, produced by Molot-Oruzhie Ltd. History Early versions of the Vepr-12 were produced by Izhmash, with production moving to the Molot factory where the shotgun was redesign ...

semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun * VPO-165 5.56x45 AKSU-based semi-automatic carbine * VPO-123 semi-automatic 7.62х54mm rifle * VPO-128 semi-automatic 6.5mm Grendel rifle

Civil goods

References

Companies based in Kirov Oblast Rostec Firearm manufacturers of Russia Manufacturing companies established in 1940 1940 establishments in the Soviet Union Motorcycle manufacturers of the Soviet Union Defence companies of the Soviet Union Russian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions {{russia-company-stub