The JSC Zlatoust Machine-Building Plant (ZlatMash) is an arms manufacturing plant in Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It produced many of the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons, including the R-39 Submarine-launched ballistic missile.
The plant was founded in 1939 for the production of small arms. Today, in addition to small arms, it produces industrial equipment and medical supplies.[2]
History
It was established in 1938 as a small arms factory.
In May 1938, the first government's decision to build the plant was made. After a thorough analysis, eleven planned sites for future construction were selected, including the Urzhum site, 12 kilometers from Zlatoust.
In November 1941, the equipment and specialists from the Tula Arms Plant and the Podolsk Mechanical Plant were evacuated to the enterprise. With their arrival, the production of the Maxim gun and the Volkov-Yartsev aviation cannon began. Further, the plant produced the Tokarev self-loading rifle, the Berezin machine gun, the Shpagin submachine gun, and the Degtyarev anti-tank rifle