The Kolomna Machine-Building Plant during the First World War: manufacturing of military and civilian products

Abstract

The article presents the peculiarities of the Kolomna Machine-Building Plant during the First World War. The process of expanding production is shown by increasing the production of steam locomotives for military field railways, medium-speed piston engines for navy ships and submarines, as well as new products for the enterprise - artillery shells, machines for the production of barbed wire, machine-gun carriages, marching infantry and artillery kitchens.