KB Maschinostrojenija

Design office KBM
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

The Iskander short-range missile developed by KBM in Moscow

KBM has developed more than 80% of all mortar guns in the USSR . Amongst other things

• Recoilless anti-tank guns B10 and B11
• Man Portable Air Defense Systems
  • 9K38 Igla / Игла
  • 9K32 Strela-2 / Стрела-2
  • 9K34 Strela-3 / Стрела-3
  • Jigit / Jigit
  • Strelez / Стрелец
• Anti-tank guided missile systems
  • RPO rocket launcher / Шмель
  • 9K11 Maljutka / Малютка
  • 9K114 Schturm / Штурм
  • 9K120 Ataka / Атака
  • 9K123 Chrisantema / Хризантема
• 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 :
  • Arena , Arena-E ( Russian Арена-Э )

Web links

• Official website