Open AccessProduction of ammunition to the plant “Krasnoye Sormovo” in 1941–1944
Author(s) -
P. V. Pustyrev,
P. V. Pustyrev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik nižnevartovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-4444
pISSN - 2311-1402
DOI - 10.36906/2311-4444/20-4/10
Subject(s) - ammunition , artillery , production (economics) , modernization theory , engineering , factory (object oriented programming) , work (physics) , operations management , aeronautics , manufacturing engineering , mechanical engineering , political science , computer science , geography , law , economics , archaeology , macroeconomics , programming language
The article discusses the production of ammunition at the Krasnoye Sormovo plant during the Second World War. Based on the study of general scientific and specialized archival materials, systematization and generalization of the data obtained, an analysis of the activities of the labor collective and management structures of the Krasnoye Sormovo plant for the production of ammunition is carried out. The dynamics of the growth in the production of shells and the development of new types of ammunition in the period 19411944 is determined, the process of creating mass production of shells in the workshops of the plant, strengthening cooperation with other defense enterprises and organizing railway communication between them is shown. The methods of modernization and improvement of equipment and technology for the production of ammunition, methods of increasing the production and personnel potential of the plant, as well as the heroic work of the factory workers in wartime conditions are examined in detail. During the war period, the share of the production of ammunition in the total volume was about 17%, which objectively testifies to the contribution of the production of artillery and rockets at the Krasnoye Sormovo plant to a radical turning point during the Second World War.