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.jpg) Titan-Barrikady plant inVolgograd | |
| Company type | Joint-stock company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1914 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
| Products | Artillery, Ballistic missile launchers |
| Parent | Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology |
| Website | cdbtitan |
Titan-Barrikady (Russian:Титан-Баррикады) is amilitary-industrial company based inVolgograd, Russia. It was formed in 1914, after the merger between theBarrikady Production Association and theTitan Design Bureau.[1] It is a subsidiary of theMoscow Institute of Thermal Technology.[2]
The plant was established in 1914 as the Tsaritsyn Weapons Factory, and renamed Red Barricades after the Russian Revolution.[3] It was for a time the largestmunition factory in Europe.[3] Titan had its origins as the factory's design bureau.[4]
The factory was overrun and destroyed by the Germans in 1942 during theBattle of Stalingrad, but resumed production in 1944.[4]
In 1975 the plant was selected to manufacture the gun and mount for the2S7 Pion.[5]
The Titan Design Bureau was separated from the factory in 1990.[4]
Barrikady is a major manufacturer of heavy machinery and large steel castings and forgings. Its manufacturing facilities include theBarrikady Drilling Equipment Plant, one of two large producers of oil drilling rigs in Russia (the other beingUralmash inYekaterinburg).[6]
Barrikady assembles mobile launchers for ballistic missiles and artillery pieces. Barrikady is located near the largeKrasny Oktyabr Steel Plant.[6]
In July 2019, the Barrikady plant assembled a new, fully low floor tram of the model 71-142.[7]
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