OJSC Mytishchi Engineering Plant is one of the oldest engineering industries in Russia. Initially, the profile of the enterprise was the manufacture of railway cars. In the Great Patriotic War, the assembly of self-propelled guns was established here, and after its completion, unique tracked chassis for special equipment and anti-aircraft installations. At the same time, dump trucks, tow trucks, bunker trucks, rolling stock for the metro were produced.
Enterprise Creation
The official opening of the car-building enterprise under the patronage of the famous industrialist Sava Morozov took place in 1897. The creation of the production was personally certified by Tsar Nicholas II. The plant was equipped with the latest equipment at that time, and specialized in the production of railway rolling stocks for various purposes. Also, cars for urban horse-drawn carriages - trams and the subway - were produced here.
Glorious story
Over the 120-year history, the Mytishchi Engineering Plant has never stopped working. Its products have always been in demand. In the 1920s, MMZ was the first in Russia to launch electric trains. In parallel, the company produced 12 types of trailed and motor trams. In the early 30s, the plant was instructed to design the first cars for the Moscow metro under construction.
With the outbreak of war, the Mytishchi Engineering Plant switched to the production of military products. It produced anti-tank hedgehogs, shells for grenades, mortar plates. Later they began to issue armored trains. In 1942, the company was renamed Plant No. 40.
From trams to self-propelled
As a result of the rapid offensive operations of 1942-1943, Soviet troops captured many captured tanks. In Mytishchi, it was decided to organize, on the basis of German technology chassis, the production of self-propelled assault and anti-tank systems SU-76i, SG-122.
In 1943, OKB-40 was created, which was headed by a talented designer of combat tracked vehicles Astrov Nikolai Alexandrovich. At first, the Mytishchi Engineering Plant assembled T-80 light tanks, but it was decided to replace them with more popular self-propelled artillery installations. Soon the first serial self-propelled gun SU-76 left the shop, which proved itself to be excellent on the WWII fronts.
Post-war products
After the war, part of the production was focused on the manufacture of chassis for tractors, special equipment, various artillery (ASU-57, K-73, BSU-11, ASU-85) and anti-aircraft systems (ZSU "Shilka", SAM "Cube", "Buk" "," Thor "," Tungus "). At the same time, civilian products were produced on adjacent areas: trucks, subway cars, dump trucks, trailers, etc.
To restore the country needed vehicles. MMZ mastered 9 modifications of trucks based on ZIS and ZIL for work in the village and in construction. Their design was constantly modernized and was distinguished by a decent quality of performance. In peak years, the maximum output of dump trucks reached 65,000 units.
In the 70s, the Mytishchi Engineering Plant entered the international market. In 1972, the company delivered a batch of wagons for the Prague metro to the Czech Republic. After the rolling stock was exported to Hungary (Budapest), Poland (Warsaw), Bulgaria (Sofia).
Reorganization
The combination of closed military and civilian production created organizational and logistical difficulties. Particularly acute was the question of the neighborhood of two parallel sectors in the 90s. The company was actively looking for (and found!) Foreign investors for the modernization of the car-building section, but the presence of military equipment production lines interfered with cooperation.
In 2009, a strategic decision was made to start production with the organization of individual plants. Mytishchi Engineering Plant is now responsible for fulfilling military orders and manufacturing vehicles. Metrovagonmash is fully focused on the assembly of rolling stock for the subway.
Practice has shown that it is more profitable to combine individual enterprises into holdings - this allows you to accumulate working capital, receive large government orders, and avoid intra-industry competition. Given the trends of recent years, in 2016 MMZ became part of the Kalashnikov concern.
Products
Today, MMZ remains a large specialized enterprise, designing and manufacturing tracked chassis with unique characteristics. In his lineup of 11 modifications of machines of the GM family. The base model is GM-569.
Among the civilian products that Mytishchi Engineering Plant mastered:
- trailers, semi-trailers;
- construction and agricultural dump trucks;
- concrete trucks;
- truck tractors;
- municipal equipment;
- tow trucks.
After receiving a large defense order, since 2011 the main capacities have been reoriented to the assembly of tracked vehicles. MMZ has its own training ground, where running and running tests of special equipment are carried out.
It’s hard to imagine modern Russian mobile anti-aircraft systems without the GM chassis. They have established themselves as extremely reliable equipment, capable of covering significant distances over rough terrain.