Anti-tank Gun from Izhevsk Mechanical Factory |
On July 20, 1942, Izhevsk Mechanical Factory was founded. The first products to be produced were the anti-tank guns designed by the Soviet gunsmiths V. A. Degtyarev and S. G. Simonov and the TT semiautomatic pistol designed by F. V. Tokarev. During the war, more than 130,000 anti-tank guns, 1.3 million pistols and revolvers, and 250,000 flare pistols and other types of military equipment were produced. |