Alexander Emmanuilowitsch Nudelman

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Alexander Emmanuilowitsch Nudelman ( Russian Александр Эммануилович Нудельман ; born August 21, 1912 in Odessa , † August 2, 1996 in Moscow ) was a Soviet weapons designer of Jewish descent. Numerous weapon systems were developed under his leadership. Nudelman made particular merits in the development of on-board weapons for aircraft as well as unguided rockets and anti-tank guided missiles .

Life

Nudelman was born on August 21, 1912 in the Peresyp district of Odessa. His father was a foundryman and model maker. Nudelman attended a vocational school and graduated from the technical college in his hometown in 1929 . Subsequently, Nudelman worked as a designer. In the experimental design office 16 ( Russian опытно-конструкторское бюро 16 (ОКБ-16) ), also known as KB Totschmasch (КБ Точмаш), of the Nudelman from Odessa known Jakow Grigorjewitsch Taubin , he was the leader in the development of the aircraft ) involved. At the same time, Nudelman studied at the Odessa Polytechnic Institute (Одесский политехнический институт), which he successfully graduated in 1935. In May 1941, after Taubin's arrest, he was appointed head of the design office. From 1942 until his retirement in 1986 he held the post of head and chief designer of the OKB-16. During the Second World War , the design office was primarily concerned with the development of automatic cannons for aircraft. After the end of the war, OKB-16 evaluated German developments in the field of unguided and guided missiles. In the period that followed, the focus of the design office's work changed. The OKB-16 developed unguided air-to-surface missiles, short-range anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank guided missiles. In this area it was a leader in what was then the Soviet Union.

In 1962 gained Nudelman with a thesis on concepts and design automatic new generation cannon armament the academic degree of Doctor of Science .

Nudelman worked closely with Professor Leonid Andrejewitsch Linnik (Леонид Андреевич Линник). The first Soviet clinical laser system developed in the OKB-16 was developed in the Institute for Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy “W. P. Filatow “(Институт глазных болезней и тканевой терапии им. В. П. Филатова) experimentally and clinically proven. This work led to the introduction of medical laser procedures by Professor Linnik in Odessa in 1963.

From 1986 Nudelman works as a consultant. From 1986 to 1991 he was an advisor to the Soviet Ministry of Defense Industry , then until his death as an advisor to KB “Totschmasch”. Nudelman died on August 2, 1996. He was buried with military honors in the Kunzewo Cemetery in Moscow.

Nudelman has received several awards. In 1943, 1946 and 1951 he received the Stalin Prize , in 1970 and 1979 the State Prize of the USSR and in 1964 the Lenin Prize . He was honored as a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1966 and 1982 and was also awarded the Order of Lenin , the Order of the October Revolution , the Order of Kutuzov, first and second class, and twice the Order of the Red Banner . Nudelman was also an academician of the Kosmos Academy “K. E. Ziolkowski ”(академия космонавтики им. К. Э. Циолковского). The KB “Totschmasch” was named in his honor in the Institute for Precision Engineering “A. E. Nudelman “(КБ точного машиностроения им. А. Э. Нудельмана).

developments

Numerous weapon systems were developed and included in the armament of the Soviet Army under Nudelman's direction :

Aircraft weapons

  • 37-mm automatic cannon NS-37 ( Russian НС-37 )
  • 23-mm automatic cannon NS-23 (Russian НС-23)
  • 37mm automatic cannon N-37 (Russian Н-37)
  • 45-mm automatic cannon NS-45 (Russian НС-45)
  • 57-mm automatic cannon NS-57 (Russian НС-57)
  • 76-mm automatic cannon NS-76 (Russian НС-76)
  • 23-mm automatic cannon NR-23 (Russian НР-23)
  • 30-mm automatic cannon NR-30 (Russian НР-30)

Unguided air-to-surface missiles

  • S-5 (Russian С-5)
  • S-8 (Russian С-8)
  • S-25 (Russian С-25)

Anti-tank guided missiles

  • 2K8 Falanga (Russian ПТРК «Фаланга»)
  • 9K112 Kobra (Russian КУВ «Кобра»)
  • 9M128 Zenit guided missile (Russian ПТУР "Зенит") of the 9K112 Kobra weapon system

Anti-aircraft missile systems

Medical equipment

  • ophthalmic laser OK-1 and OK-2 (Russian ОК-1 and ОК-2)

literature

  • G. Swishchev et al. a .: Avijazija: enziklopedija. Bolschaja rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1994, p. 386. (Russian)

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personal data
SURNAME Nudelman, Alexander Emmanuilowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Нудельман, Александр Эммануилович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet weapons designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1996
Place of death Moscow