Ischmech

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Ischmech ( Russian Ижевский механический завод , Ischewski mechanitscheski sawod ) was a Soviet, later Russian arms manufacturer from Ischewsk .

After the CPSU moved several factories to Izhevsk in response to the German invasion in 1941 , the Ischmech company was founded there in 1942. Initially, u. A. Mosin-Nagant and Tokarew SWT-40 rifles produced for the military; after the end of World War II , the AK-47 was converted.

Ischmech gained greater fame through the in-house development and production of the Makarow pistol in the 1950s. With over 5 million copies produced, the side arm of the former Soviet and today's Russian armed forces is also used by their actors in film and television.

Hunting and sporting weapons have been offered under the Baikal brand since 1960 , such as B. the Baikal IZH-35M . After the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the product range for the civilian market was greatly expanded. In addition to power tools and industrial equipment, a variant of the Makarow was also available to non-military people for the first time and quickly became popular with security forces and criminals in Europe. In August 2013, Ischmech merged with the same local Ischmasch and was renamed the Kalaschnikow concern.

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  1. ↑ a b Izhevsk city, Russia. In: RussiaTrek.org. Retrieved August 13, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f HISTORY OF ENTERPISE (sic!). (No longer available online.) Izhevsky mekhanichesky zavod, archived from the original on October 7, 2018 ; accessed on August 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / imzcorp.com
  3. ↑ Makarov PM. In: Internet Movie Firearms Database. Retrieved August 13, 2014 .
  4. ^ Adam Luck: The usual suspect: How the Baikal became Britain's favorite killing machine. January 11, 2009, accessed August 13, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Matthew Smith: Izhmash formally renamed Kalashnikov. (No longer available online.) August 12, 2013, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on August 13, 2014 .

Coordinates: 56 ° 50 ′ 3.8 "  N , 53 ° 14 ′ 26.8"  E