Employees of the Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association named after Lenin (AO "LOMO", part of the Kalashnikov Concern) have commissioned a diamond tool manufacturing section. The equipment is necessary for the production of optical products, the concern's press service reported.

Russian-made machines were purchased for the new section. The workshop houses a new galvanic line, a press, high-temperature furnaces, vibro-analyzers, and turbulent mixers.

LOMO employees will produce diamond tools for contract tasks. This is especially important for the production of high-quality optical products, where special precision is required.

The enterprise's product line includes a wide range of optical and optoelectronic devices for civilian and military purposes. St. Petersburg specialists produce microscopes, endoscopes, telescopes, and cinematographic lenses.

In addition, LOMO produces periscopes for submarines (PAU-22, PER-27, PER-166U), aircraft and tank sights, aiming devices (for ZPRK "Tunguska", ZSU "Shilka"), individual night vision sights ("Maugli-2" and "Maugli-2M").