Mobile Vehicle Engineering Institute

Mobile Vehicle Engineering Institute (Russian: ВНИИТрансмаш, romanizedVNIITransmash) is a company based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is currently part of Uralvagonzavod.[1]

Mobile Vehicle Engineering Institute
Company typeOpen Joint Stock Company
Founded1949
Headquarters,
Russia
ProductsTanks, Main battle tanks, military vehicles
ParentUralvagonzavod
Websitewww.vniitransmash.ru

It designed and built prototypes of tanks, including the T-80, for the Kirov Plant Production Association. It was involved in the conversion of tank technology for civilian applications. It was also the production facility for the Russian Mars rover, which was developed in concert with the Babakin Center and the Russian Space Research Institute.[2]

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  1. ^ "Список аффилированных лиц". E-disclosure.ru. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Russian Defense Business Directory". Federation of American Scientists. US Department of Commerce Bureau of Export Administration. May 1995. Retrieved 21 July 2017.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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