History of the plant Tula Arms Plant

1 history of plant

1.1 tula arms plant in 19th century
1.2 importance during world war ii
1.3 factory activity in post-war period

history of plant

historically, plant produced wide variety of arms , sports weapons russian army. originally, plant created defend citizens of tula nomads invasions, because did not have enough weapons, produced in moscow. so, decree of peter great, construction started on plant. factory equipped then-progressive equipment such as: water machines, trochanteric machines drilling shafts, grapes, hammers, machines scrubbing - exterior , interior finishes trunks. firstly in production of mechanisms had started use advanced technologies, vastly increased quality of weapons in russia. in 18th century plant recognized etalon of russian arms production. in 1720, weaponry of russian army, plant produced 22 thousand light infantry , dragoon rifles, pistols flintlock, , 1749 has been started mass production of cold weapons- knives, sabers, broadswords, swords.

the flourishing of tula arms plant had in second half of 18th century, when in time, rapidly increased demand on artistically decorated weapons. unique, remarkable elegance invention tula’s plant - diamond line on metal, , many other secrets of decoration on metal , wood rooted precisely in era. end of 18th century, becoming known names such fine gunsmiths ivan pushkin, ivan lialin - creator of double-barreled breech-loading flintlock, ivan pauline - designer created 1 of first examples of multiply-charged weapons shop.

tula arms plant in 19th century

reconstructed in 19th century tula arms factory became 1 of prominent arms factories in europe. in 1879 plant started production of famous berdan rifle improved bolt. workshop organized model created own models of small arms , hunting weapons. increased production of various products: single- , double-barrel muzzle-loading shotguns, breech-loading center-fire rifles. designer sergei ivanovich mosin took part in devising damascus steel technology used in production of barrels. designed bolt-action rifle put testing along rifle developed Émile nagant. in 1891, result of complex tests mosin s entry chosen on belgian design , adopted imperial russian army three-line rifle of 1891.

in 1902 factory re-organized, mechanized mass production of hunting rifles (first hammerless shotguns model b , , ivashentsev’s trigger gun system). in 1910 factory started production of maxim machine gun. in 1920s plant had developed , produced range of different firearms, such as: hunting shotgun model p , carbine nk-8,2 (designed kochetov), small-caliber rifles toz-1 , toz-2, single-shot rifles toz-7 , toz-8, , sporting shotgun toz-10.

in 1927 planning , design office established in order improve work of of plant s designers, result of development of aircraft machine guns - pv-1 , shkas. between 1927 , 1938 plant built country s first spinning machines. between 1932 , 1939 plant mastered production of milling machines, , started massively produce 3 models of them (versatile, horizontal , vertical). in 1939 fedor tokarev (rus. Фёдор Васильевич Токарев) created self-loading rifle svt-38, served basis svt-40. in years 1927–1939 besides producing svt-38 rifles, ub , shkas machine guns, factory produced b-2 cannons.

importance during world war ii

tula strategically important soviet union during cold war. significant ore deposits situated relatively close , had access ample transportation routes upa river , many rail lines coming in , out of city.

during world war ii, german army invaded russia part of operation barbarossa. december 5th 1941, german 2nd panzer division had advanced within few kilometers of tula, forcing soviets evacuate tula arms plant. result, far fewer weapons produced there @ other soviet factories such izhevsk mechanical plant. consequently, tula weapons of world war ii considered more valuable collectors.

in 1941-1945, working under slogan front, victory , tula gunsmiths produced mosin–nagant 91/30 rifles, svt-40 self-loading rifles, shvak aircraft guns, nagant revolvers , tokarev pistols.

factory activity in post-war period

the post-war period - time of fruitful work in different kinds of sporting , hunting weapons. in years established models of guns such double-barreled hammerless t03-25, double trigger bm , small-caliber rifle toz-8m, toz-12, toz-16, toz-18. @ same time, plant produced simonov sks carbine.

in 1965 constructors n. i. korovyakov , v.p. ochneva created reliable double-barreled over-and-under shotgun toz-34.

during 1961–1982 years. plant has received order production of world-famous kalashnikov assault rifles (six variants), anti-tank guided missiles - 9m14 malyutka, 9m133 kornet, 9m113 konkurs , bonfire underslung grenade launcher. began producing toz-35 competition free pistol used in 50m pistol events @ olympics.