Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant

JSC Vyatskiye Polyany Molot Machine-Building Plant (Russian: Вятско-Полянский машиностроительный завод) is a Russian company based in Vyatskiye Polyany.

The plant manufactures rifles and shotguns under the Molot-Oruzhiye (Hammer Weapon) and VEPR (Wild Boar) brands, and is a subsidiary of Rostec.

[3] Molot was established in 1940, and was originally based in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast.

[5] In the 1990s the company diversified by launching a line of sports and hunting weapons.

[4] Rifles manufactured in the Molot plant are exported to the United States under the VEPR brand.