About

V.A. Degtyarev Plant (commonly abbreviated as ZiD) was founded in Kovrov in 1916. The company's most well-known products are the PPSh-41 submachine gun, the Kord and PKM machine guns. The company also produces automobiles.

Kovrov Mechanical Plant (KMZ) was established in 1950, when the production branch number 1 of the V.A. Degtyarev plant (created in April 1941), was separated into an independent enterprise. Until 2007, it mainly specialized in the production of small arms, grenade launchers and rocketry. In 2006, after restructuring, the production of military equipment and weapons was transferred to the Degtyarev Plant. The KMZ is currently engaged in equipment for the nuclear power industry.

Information

Full name: ОАО Zаvоd Imeni V.А. Dеgtyaryovа (ZiD)

Founded: 1916 (as Kovrov machine gun plant)

Country: Russia

Guns

Pistols

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants	Image
SP81 Flare Pistol	26.5mm 23x75mm R	1	1981 - Present	AL-1 Traumatic version

Submachine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced
AEK-919K “Kashtan”	9x18 Makarov	20-30	2013 - Present
PPD-40	7.62x25mm Tokarev	25 / 71	1935 – 1942
PPSh-41	7.62x25mm Tokarev	35 / 71	1941 - 1948
PPS-43	7.62x25mm Tokarev	35	1942 – 1968

Rifles / Carbines

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
Fedorov Avtomat	6.5x50mmSR	25	1919 - 1925
AEK rifle series	5.45x39mm 5.56x45mm 7.62x39mm	30 30 30	2006	AEK-971 AEK-972 AEK-973
A-545	5.45x39mm	30	2014 - Present
KB-P-135	7.62x25mm Tokarev	25	1944 prototype only
PTRD-41	14.5x114mm	1	1941 - 1945
KSVK 12.7	12.7x108mm	5	2000 - 2004

Machine Guns

Weapon	Caliber(s)	Capacity	Produced	Variants
DP series	7.62x54mm R	30, 47	1927 - ?	DP-27/DP-28 DPM RP-46 DT
GSh-23	23x115mm	Various	1965 - Present
GSh-30-2	30x165mm	Various	1977 - Present
Kord	12.7x108mm	50	1998 - Present
KPV	14.5x114mm	-	1998 - Present
PKM	7.62x54mm R	100,200	1969 - Present	PKMB PKMS PKTM
PKP Pecheneg	7.62x54mm R	100,200	1999 - Present
RPD light machine gun	7.62x39mm	100-round non-disintegrating belt fed from a Drum	944 – 1960s