Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant
{{Short description|Manufacturer in Vyatskiye Polyany, Kirov Oblast, Russia}}
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| name = Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant
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| type = Open joint-stock company (JSC)
| industry = Firearms
| founded = {{start date and age |26 April 1940 }}
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| hq_location_city = Vyatskiye Polyany
| hq_location_country = Russia
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| products = Rifles, shotguns and machine guns
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| parent = Rostec
| website = {{URL |https://molot-guns.ru/ }}
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Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant ({{langx|ru|Вятско-Полянский машиностроительный завод}}) is a Russian company based in Vyatskiye Polyany. The plant manufactures rifles and shotguns under the Molot-Oruzhiye (Hammer Weapon) and VEPR (Wild Boar) brands, and is a subsidiary of Rostec.{{cite web|title=Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant Open Joint-Stock Company|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=46013895|website=Bloomberg|access-date=11 October 2017}} It is one of the largest companies in Kirov Oblast.{{cite news|title="Молот" пойдет с молотка|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3212116|access-date=11 October 2017|work=Коммерсантъ (Н.Новгород)|date=2 July 2017|pages=8}}
History
Molot was established in 1940, and was originally based in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast. It was the main manufacturer of the PPSh-41 submachine gun.{{cite web|title=История ОАО ВПМЗ "Молот"|url=http://molot.biz/about/istoriya-oao-vpmz-molot/|website=Molot.biz|access-date=11 October 2017|language=en}} 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. In the 1950s the plant manufactured the Vyatka motor scooter.{{cite web|title=The classic scooters made by Soviet Union|url=http://www.trussty.com/2013/11/the-classic-scooters-made-by-soviet.html|website=Trussty.com|access-date=11 October 2017}}
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.{{cite web|title=Molot shows why we need to import all the things from Russia|url=http://www.guns.com/2016/11/28/molot-shows-why-we-need-to-import-all-the-things-from-russia-photos/|website=Guns.com|access-date=11 October 2017|date=29 November 2016}}
The company entered bankruptcy proceedings in 2012; as of 2017 it is being controlled by a bankruptcy managing company.{{cite web|title=BREAKING: Russian "Molot" is Bankrupt and will be Sold|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/02/breaking-russian-molot-bankrupt-will-sold/|website=The Firearm Blog|access-date=11 October 2017|date=2 March 2017}}
Products
= Military weapon =
- Anti-tank guided missile 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 (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 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
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Category:Companies based in Kirov Oblast
Category:Firearm manufacturers of Russia
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1940
Category:1940 establishments in the Soviet Union
Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of the Soviet Union
Category:Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Category:Russian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
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