Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92
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Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92 (Zavod imeni Stalina, or ZiS
) was a Soviet artillery factory in the Sormovo
district of Gorky
. It included the TsAKB artillery design bureau led by Vasiliy Grabin
.
Its products included
ZiS
ZiS may refer to:* Zavod imeni Likhacheva of Moscow, formerly Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Stalina, and its products:** ZiS-101 limousine** ZiS-110 limousine** ZiS-150...
) was a Soviet artillery factory in the Sormovo
Sormovsky City District
Sormovsky District , or Sormovo , is one of the eight city districts of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It occupies the northwestern corner of the city, adjacent to the Volga River. Population:...
district of Gorky
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
. It included the TsAKB artillery design bureau led by Vasiliy Grabin
Vasiliy Grabin
Vasiliy Gavrilovich Grabin was a Soviet artillery designer. He led a design bureau at Joseph Stalin Factory No...
.
Its products included
- ZiS-2ZiS-2The ZiS-2 was a Soviet 57-mm anti-tank gun used during World War II. The ZiS-4 was a version of the gun meant to be installed in tanks. ZiS stands for Zavod imeni Stalina , the official title of Artillery Factory No...
57mm antitank gun - ZiS-3ZiS-3The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II. ZiS was a factory designation and stood for Zavod imeni Stalina , the honorific title of Artillery Factory No...
76.2mm divisional gun - ZiS-5 76.2mm tank gun (version of the F-34 tank gunF-34 tank gunThe 76 mm tank gun M1940 F-34 was a 76.2 mm Soviet tank gun used on the T-34/76 tank. A modified version of the gun, the 76 mm tank gun M1941 ZiS-5 was used on KV-1 tanks during World War II...
) - ZiS-30ZiS-30The ZiS-30 was a light self-propelled anti-tank gun built for the Soviet Red Army in 1941. It was based on the Komsomolets armored artillery tractor...
self-propelled antitank gun - ZiS-S-53 85mm tank gun