KB Mashinostroyeniya or KBM for short (russian: КБ Машиностроения, КБМ, , Machine-Building Design Bureau) is a state defence enterprise, scientific and design
R&D centre specialised in missile systems located in
Kolomna
Kolomna ( rus, Колóмна, p=kɐˈlomnə) is a historical types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva River, Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Populati ...
,
Moscow region
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. Part of
Rostec
Rostec ( rus, Ростех, p=, r=Rostekh), officially the State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology Industrial Product Rostec (russian: Государственная корпорация по ...
state corporation.
KBM was founded on 11 April 1942 by order 1576 of the
State Defence Committee for the
mortar designs. Its first chief was
Boris Shavyrin
Boris Ivanovich Shavyrin (also transliterated as Shavirin, Shavyirin; russian: Бори́с Ива́нович Шавы́рин) (1902, Yaroslavl – 1965) was a Soivet artillery and rocket engineer who developed the first air-augmented rocket, Gn ...
. The company was awarded the
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...
and the
Order of Labour Red Banner.
Former names include SKB-101, SKB-GA (russian: Специальное конструкторское бюро гладкоствольной артиллерии, СКБ ГА, , Special KB (Design Bureau) of smooth-bore artillery). The company is also sometimes known as Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau .
The company is part of the
High Precision Systems
High Precision Systems (russian: Высокоточные комплексы, Vysokotochnye Kompleksy) is a holding company within the Russian state-owned Rostec group involved in the defence-industry complex.
It focuses on high-precision systems ...
group.
Its main constructors were
Sergey Nepobedimiy and
Andranik Ter-Stepaniyan.
V. M. Sokolov is currently the Chief and General Designer.
Products
KBM produced more than 80% of all mortar types in USSR. Also, designed:
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Anti-aircraft defence systems
**
Gibka-S self-propelled air defense system.
* Anti-tank
recoilless rifle
A recoilless rifle, recoilless launcher or recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated "RR" or "RCL" (for ReCoilLess) is a type of lightweight artillery system or man-portable launcher that is designed to eject some form of countermass such as propel ...
s
B-10 and
B-11
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Man-portable air-defense systems
Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters.
Overview
MANPADS were developed in the 1950s to provide military ...
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9K333 Verba
The 9K333 ''Verba'' (russian: Верба, "Willow") is a Russian fourth-generation man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) MANPADS. "9K333" is the Russian GRAU designation of the system.
Its NATO reporting name is SA-25.
History
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/ Верба
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9K38 Igla (SA-18 "Grouse") / Игла
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9K32 Strela-2 and 9K32M Strela-2M (SA-7 and SA-7b "Grail") / Стрела-2
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9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 "Gremlin") / Стрела-3
** Dzhigit / Джигит
** Strelets / Стрелец
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Anti-tank missile
An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a Missile guidance, guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy Armoured fighting vehicle, heavily armored military v ...
systems
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Shmel / Шмель
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Malyutka (AT-3 "Sagger") / Малютка
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9M114 Shturm (AT-6 "Spiral") / Штурм
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9M120 Ataka (AT-9 "Spiral-2") / Атака
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9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15 "Springer") / Хризантема
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Theatre ballistic missile
A theatre ballistic missile (TBM) is any ballistic missile with a range less than , used against targets " in-theatre". Its range is thus between that of tactical and intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The term is a relatively new one, encompa ...
s
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R-400 Oka / Ока
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OTR-21 Tochka
OTR-21 ''Tochka'' (russian: оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс (ОТР) «Точка» ("point"); en, Tactical Operational Missile Complex "Tochka") is a Soviet tactical ballistic missile. Its GRAU desi ...
/ ОТРК Точка, Точка-У
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Iskander, Iskander-M, Iskander-E / ОТРК Искандер, Искандер-М, Искандер-Э
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Active Protection System
An active protection system is a system designed to actively prevent certain anti-tank weapons from destroying a vehicle.
Countermeasures that either conceal the vehicle from, or disrupt the guidance of an incoming guided missile threat are design ...
s:
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KAZ Arena, Arena-E Арена-Э
References
External links
Official website of KBM
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Guided missile manufacturers
Defence companies of the Soviet Union
Research institutes in the Soviet Union
High Precision Systems
Companies based in Moscow Oblast
1942 establishments in the Soviet Union
Design bureaus