KB Maschinostrojenija
Design office KBM | |
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legal form | State company |
founding | April 11, 1942 |
Seat | Kolomna , Russia |
management | W. Sokolov |
Branch | armor |
Website | www.kbm.ru |
KB Maschinostrojenija or KBM for short (for Russian КБ Машиностроения, КБМ , literally "design office for mechanical engineering") is a state armaments company. KBM is a scientific and constructive research and development center specializing in missile weapons and is located in Kolomna . The company is part of the Rostec state holding company .
KBM was founded on April 11, 1942 by order 1576 of the State Defense Committee of the USSR for mortar development . The first boss was Boris Shavyrin.
Formerly, the company was called SKB-101 , SKB-GA - Special design office for smooth pipe guns ( Russian Специальное конструкторское бюро гладкоствольной артиллерии, СКБ ГА ).
The main developers were Sergei Nepobedimy and Andranik Ter-Stepanjan.
W. Sokolow is the current boss and chief developer.
Products
KBM has developed more than 80% of all mortar guns in the USSR . Amongst other things
- Recoilless anti-tank guns B10 and B11
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Man Portable Air Defense Systems
- 9K38 Igla / Игла
- 9K32 Strela-2 / Стрела-2
- 9K34 Strela-3 / Стрела-3
- Jigit / Jigit
- Strelez / Стрелец
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Anti-tank guided missile systems
- RPO rocket launcher / Шмель
- 9K11 Maljutka / Малютка
- 9K114 Schturm / Штурм
- 9K120 Ataka / Атака
- 9K123 Chrisantema / Хризантема
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Short-range missiles
- SS-23 Spider / Ока
- SS-21 Scarab / ОТРК Точка, Точка-У
- Iskander , Iskander-M, Iskander-E / ОТРК Искандер, Искандер-М, Искандер-Э
- Systems for distance-active protective measures :