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A man visits the Kalashnikov Group stand at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 7, 2019. Photo/REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW – Kalashnikov Group had the greatest and greatest year in its history. The company massively increased production and contract coverage.
The company announced this achievement on Thursday (12/1/2023).
The Izhevsk-based group is Russia’s largest producer of small arms and also makes machine tools and motorcycles.
“By 2022, the firearms production division achieved a 20-year record, producing 40% more military and civilian small arms than in 2021,” said Kalashnikov.
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The tool manufacturing division’s output also rose 8% compared to the previous year.
In what they described as the company’s “biggest deal in history,” Kalashnikov fulfilled 45 state military contracts, 24 military-technical cooperation agreements, and one deal to license production elsewhere.
According to the annual report, by 2022, Kalashnikov will manufacture the first batch of the new 7.62×54 mm Chukavin sniper rifle, and “master” the serial production of four newly developed models.
These include the 5.56x45mm AK-19 assault rifle, the 9mm PPK-20 light machine gun, as well as the Saiga-9 and TR3 semi-automatic hunting carbines, for the civilian market.
The TR3 is a civilian model based on the AK-12 and AK-15 military rifles.
