Any company likes to toot its horn about its accomplishments, and the Kirov Factory is no exception. Here are posters commemorating their work during the Great Patriotic War:
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"Kirov factory in the Patriotic War. Ural, 1941-1945"
"During the war, the factory created 13 types of heavy tanks and SPGs.
- KV-2 tank, 1940, before the war.
- KV-1 tank, 2371 produced in 1941-1942
- KV-1S tank, 1106 produced in 1942-1943
- KV-8 flamethrower tank, 42 produced in 1942
- KV-8S flamethrower tank, 25 produced in 1942
- SU-152, 671 produced in 1942-1943
- KV-85 tank, 148 produced in 1943
- T-34 tank designed at factory #183, 5094 produced
- IS-85 tank, 107 produced in 1943
- ISU-152, 1875 produced in 1943-1945
- ISU-122, 1435 produced in 1944-1945
- ISU-122S, 475 produced in 1944-1945
- IS-2 tank, 3380 produced in 1944-1945
- IS-3 tank, 130 produced in 1945
- 701 tank, 1944-1945, recommended for adoption by the army
In total, the factory built 16859 tanks and SPGs during the war."