Editing Moskvitch (section)

=== First generation ===
In August 1945, the plant was renamed to the '''Moscow Plant of Small Cars''' '''(MZMA)''' ({{Langx|ru|Московский Завод Малолитражных Автомобилей}}).
[[File:Moskvitch 1955 IMG 2813 C.jpg|thumb|210x210px|[[Moskvitch 401]]]]
Following the war, the Soviet Union requested vehicle tooling and designs from [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] as part of war reparations, to compensate for the loss of industrial equipment in the [[Battle of Moscow]]. Soviet planners wished for a car similar in specifications to the [[KIM-10|KIM 10]], and as such rejected the [[Kdf-Wagen|KdF-Wagen]] and [[DKW F8]]. The [[Opel Kadett K38]] was found to match these requirements. In August 1945, the [[State Defense Committee]] published Order No. 9905, which prescribed the start of production of the [[Opel Kadett|Kadett]], under the [[Moskvitch 400-420|Moskvitch-400]] name. The implementation of this order was however deeply complicated. The [[Opelwerk Brandenburg]] plant had been deeply involved in the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] war effort, producing aircraft engines for the [[Luftwaffe]], and had been heavily damaged by [[Allied bombing of Germany|Allied bombing]]. However, a number of Kadetts had been captured by the Red Army and were available for study, and was accomplished through joint Soviet-German ventures overseen by the [[Soviet Military Administration in Germany]]. Nonetheless, the majority of stamping dies and tooling were freshly produced in the [[Soviet Union]] due to the amount of damage to the factory. Production of the [[Moskvitch 400-420]] began in December 1946, and continued for ten years until 1956 with the improved [[Moskvitch 401]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=German Historical Museum |url=http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/aufbau_west_ost/katlg14.htm}}</ref> In total 247,439 400 and 401 models had been built, with some being exported to countries such as [[Belgium]], [[East Germany]] and [[Norway]].