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    <periodOfReport>2022-02-22</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000046129</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AMOT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001024225</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WARZALA RICHARD S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>495 COMMERCE DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AMHERST</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>14228</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2022-02-22</value>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>44804</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>34.16</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>34.16</value>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By ESOP Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeHolding>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Grant of restricted shares pursuant to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan upon the satisfaction of the performance goals previously established by the Compensation Committee in connection with the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan. These restricted shares vest between December 2023 and December 2026 depending on whether the performance goal related to organic growth or acquisition growth.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Grant of performance-based restricted shares as long-term incentive pursuant to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. All or a portion of this long-term incentive award will vest over a three-year or five-year period upon the satisfaction of certain performance goals established by the Compensation Committee for the year ending December 31, 2022.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Michael C. Donlon, Attorney-in-Fact for Richard S. Warzala</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
