Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant

Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant
Company typeOpen joint-stock company
IndustryFirearms
Founded26 April 1940
Headquarters
Vyatskiye Polyany
,
Russia
Revenue$1.36 million[1] (2017)
$20,534[1] (2017)
$138,852[1] (2017)
Total assets$23.4 million[1] (2017)
Total equity−$13.6 million[1] (2017)
ParentRostec
Websitemolot-guns.ru

JSC Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant (Russian: 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.[2] It is one of the largest companies in Kirov Oblast.[3]

Molot was established in 1940, and was originally based in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast. It was the main manufacturer of the PPSh-41 submachine gun.[4] 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.[4] In the 1950s the plant manufactured the Vyatka motor scooter.[5]

In the 1990s the company diversified by launching a line of sports and hunting weapons.[4] Rifles manufactured in the Molot plant are exported to the United States under the VEPR brand.[6]

The company entered bankruptcy proceedings in 2012; as of 2017 it is being controlled by a bankruptcy managing company.[7]

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  2. ^ "Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant Open Joint-Stock Company". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ^ ""Молот" пойдет с молотка". Коммерсантъ (Н.Новгород). 2 July 2017. p. 8. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "История ОАО ВПМЗ "Молот"". Molot.biz. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. ^ "The classic scooters made by Soviet Union". Trussty.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Molot shows why we need to import all the things from Russia". Guns.com. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  7. ^ "BREAKING: Russian "Molot" is Bankrupt and will be Sold". The Firearm Blog. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.