The Malyshev Factory , formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (KhPZ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in
Kharkiv,
Ukraine. It was named after the Soviet politician Vyacheslav Malyshev. It produces diesel engines, farm machinery, coal-mining, sugar-refining, and wind farm equipment, but is best known for its
production of Soviet tanks, including the
BT tank series of fast tanks, the famous
T-34 of the Second World War, the Cold War
T-64 and
T-80, and their modern Ukrainian successor, the
T-84. The factory is closely associated with the
Morozov Design Bureau (KMDB), designer of military
armoured fighting vehicles.
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