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17 June 2014

Eurosatory 2014: Concern Kalashnikov Showcases the Best of its Military Weapons


The Concern Kalashnikov JSC, as a company integrated in the Rostec State Corporation is exhibiting at Booth number 238 in Hall 6.

The company exhibits its most well-known items of military application: The Kalashnikov assault rifles in all calibres, GP-34 under barrel grenade launcher, SVD and SVDS DRAGUNOV sniper rifles, SV-98 and SV-99 sniper rifles, VITYAZ-SN submachine gun, 18.5 KSK combat shotgun, KRASNOPOL, and KITOLOV-2M artillery guided weapon systems.

At EUROSATORY-2014, Concern Kalashnikov demonstrate 9x19mm modernised YARYGIN pistol, PSM compact self-loading pistol and also PMM modernised Makarov pistol with an enlarged-capacity magazine holding 10 and 12 cartridges of the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (IzhMekh).

The managers of the Concern “Kalashnikov JSC consider the Exhibition in France the most convenient platform to show the products made and to negotiate with potential buyers and business partners: “We are in anticipation of meetings with the representatives from the countries of Europe, Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and South-Eastern Asia.”

The Kalashnikov Concern (formerly known as Izhmash) is Russia’s largest producer of automatic and sniper combat arms, guided artillery shells, and a wide range of civil products, including shotguns, sporting rifles, machines, and tools. The company was founded in 1807 and is now part of the state corporation Rostec. Kalashnikov Concern has been formed through the combination of large state enterprises in Russia’s weapons industry (Izhmash and Izhevsk Mechanical Factory). Looking forward, the company will also include the Molot machine building plant in the Vyatsko-Polyansky district, L. N. Koshkin KBAL, and Progress NITI. Kalashnikov Concern products are sold in 27 countries, including the USA, UK, Germany, Norway, Italy, Canada, Kazakhstan, and Thailand.

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