Department of Small Arms

Head of Department: Denis Chirkov, Assoc. Prof., DSc Address: Russia, Udmurt Republic, Izhevsk, 426069, Studencheskaya, 7, build. 2, room 307 Tel.: +7 (3412) 59-24-34 E-mail: iso@istu.ru

The department trains weapon designers. Over the years of its existence, over 3000 specialists have been trained here, and the names of its graduates, first-class weapon designers, are well known both in our country and abroad: G.N. Nikonov, V.A. Yarygin, A.I. Nesterov, B.M. Zorin, I.E. Deryushev, V.M. Kalashnikov, B.D. Stronsky, M.E. Dragunov and others.

The department comprises the Laboratory of Small Arms and Artillery with the collection of weapons of different years of manufacture: from muzzle-loading rifles to modern domestic and foreign samples. Besides, the laboratory has its shooting gallery, educational workshop for weapon maintenance and restoration, as well as the 3D-modeling and prototyping center equipped with powerful computers, a 3D scanner and a 3D printer.

All infrastructure is available for students in the course of their studies.

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