The Minsk Tractor Plant received an order from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is going to start the production of components for heavy military equipment, which will later be used in combat operations on the territory of Ukraine. This was reported by a BYPOL source.
What components are planned to be produced at the plant in the capital of Belarus has not yet been announced. But, as it became known, for this purpose, not the existing capacities, but the empty warehouses of the enterprise will be used. The Ministry of Defense of Russia promises to finance the creation of new workshops and the purchase of equipment in order to start the production of the necessary components on the basis of one of the largest enterprises of Belarus.
JSC "Minsk Tractor Plant" produces wheeled and crawler tractors, motoblocks, trailed and mounted equipment for agricultural, construction, forestry and communal works, as well as other equipment and components. As of 2020, more than 15,000 people worked at the enterprise. The plant's capacity is designed for the production of 71,000 tractors of various series. In 2017, the plant produced 87% of wheeled tractors in the CIS. The production of products for military purposes makes it a legitimate military facility and puts the plant's employees and residents of neighboring areas at risk.
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