| Degtyaryov Plant | |
| Native Name: | ОАО «Завод им. В. А. Дегтярёва» |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Romanized Name: | ZiD |
| Type: | Open joint-stock company |
| Industry: | Mechanical engineering |
| Predecessors: | --> |
| Successors: | --> |
| Founders: | --> |
| Hq Location City: | Kovrov, Vladimir Oblast |
| Hq Location Country: | Russia |
| Areas Served: | --> |
| Products: | Firearms, Anti-tank rifles, Anti-tank guns, Aircraft cannons, Anti-aircraft cannons, Rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), ATGMs, MANPADS missiles, Grenade launchers, Motorcycles, Mopeds, Tractors, Batteries |
| Brands: | Voskhod |
| Equity Year: | --> |
| Owners: | GlobalVoenTreuing Ltd (49.88%) Research Institute "Signal" (24.9%)[1] |
| Parent: | High Precision Systems[2] (Rostec) |
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Degtyaryov Plant (Russian: ОАО Завод имени В. А. Дегтярёва|ОАО Zavod imeni V. А. Dеgtyaryovа, English: Open Joint Stock Company "V. A. Degtyaryov Plant") or ZiD (Zavod imeni Dеgtyaryovа) is one of the most important weapon and vehicle producing enterprises of Russia.
Degtyaryov Plant is a subsidiary of High Precision Systems (Rostec).
Founded in Kovrov in 1916, the firearms plant has been supplying Russian and Soviet armed forces with weapons ever since. Weapons such as the Degtyaryov anti-tank rifle (PTRD-41), the Degtyaryov machine gun, the Shpagin submachine gun (PPSh-41) and the Goryunov heavy machine gun (SG-43 Goryunov) were created at the plant.
In 1989 it was the fourth largest motorcycle producer in the Soviet Union.[3]
Presently the Degtyaryov Plant is producing revolvers, machine guns, aircraft guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and rocket systems.
The plant also makes a range of civilian products: motorcycles (i.e. Voskhod), mopeds, micro-tractors, sewing machines and accumulator batteries.