Order of Lenin

Order of Lenin

The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...

 and Order of Labour Red Banner FSUE "KB

OKB

OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...

 Mashinostroyeniya or KBM for short is a state defense enterprise, scientific and design R&D

Research and development

The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...

 center specialized in missile systems located in Kolomna

Kolomna

Kolomna is an ancient city and the administrative center of Kolomensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, southeast of Moscow. The area of the city is about . The city was founded in 1177...

, Moscow region

Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye , is a federal subject of Russia . Its area, at , is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2010 population of 7,092,941, is the second most populous federal subject...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

.

KBM was founded on 11 April 1942 by order 1576 of the State Defence Committee for the mortar

Mortar (weapon)

A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that fires explosive projectiles known as bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. It is typically muzzle-loading and has a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber....

 designs. Its first chief was Boris Shavyirin.

Former name - SKB-101, SKB-GA - Special KB of smooth-bore artillery .

Its main constructors were Sergey Nepobedimiy

Sergey Nepobedimiy

Sergey Pavlovich Nepobedimy is a Soviet designer of rocket weaponry. He was the Head and Chief Designer of the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau ....

 and Andranik Ter-Stepaniyan.

V. M. Kashin is currently the Chief and General Designer.

Products

KBM produced more than 80% of all mortar types in USSR. Also, designed:

• Anti-tank recoilless rifle
  Recoilless rifle
  A recoilless rifle or recoilless gun is a lightweight weapon that fires a heavier projectile than would be practical to fire from a recoiling weapon of comparable size. Technically, only devices that use a rifled barrel are recoilless rifles. Smoothbore variants are recoilless guns...
  
  s B-10
  B-10 recoilless rifle
  The B-10 recoilless rifle is a Soviet 82 mm smoothbore recoilless rifle. It could be carried on the rear of a BTR-50 armoured personnel carrier. It was a development of the earlier SPG-82, and entered Soviet service during 1954...
  
   and B-11
  B-11 recoilless rifle
  The B-11 recoilless rifle is a Soviet 107 mm smoothbore recoilless rifle. It entered service in 1954, and was typically towed by a 6x6 ZIL-157 truck or a UAZ 4x4 truck.Designed by KBM, Kolomna....
  
  
• Man-portable air-defense systems
  • 9K38 Igla (SA-18 "Grouse") / Игла
  • Strela 2 (SA-7 "Grail")
    Strela 2
    The 9K32 “Strela-2” is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude surface-to-air missile system with a high explosive warhead and passive infrared homing guidance...
    
     / Стрела-2
  • 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 "Gremlin")
    9K34 Strela-3
    The 9K34 Strela-3 man-portable air defence missile system was developed in the Soviet Union as a response to the poor performance of the earlier 9K32 Strela 2 system. "9K34" is its GRAU designation and its NATO reporting name is SA-14 Gremlin. The missile was largely based on the earlier Strela...
    
     / Стрела-3
  • Dzhigit / Джигит
  • Strelets / Стрелец
• Anti-tank missile systems
  • Shmel / Шмель
  • Malyutka (AT-3 "Sagger") / Малютка
  • 9M114 Shturm (AT-6 "Spiral") / Штурм
  • 9M120 Ataka (AT-9 "Spiral-2")
    9M120 Ataka-V
    The AT-9 Spiral-2 is the NATO reporting name for the 9M120 Ataka-V SACLOS radio guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union. It is the next major generation in the 9K114 Shturm family...
    
     / Атака
  • 9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15 "Springer") / Хризантема
• Tactical ballistic missile
  Tactical ballistic missile
  A tactical ballistic missile is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically, range is less than . Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mobile to ensure survivability and quick deployment, as well as carrying a variety of warheads to target enemy facilities, assembly...
  
  s
  • R-400 Oka
    R-400 Oka
    The OTR-23 Oka was a mobile theatre ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union near the end of the Cold War to replace the obsolete SS-1C 'Scud B'. It carried the GRAU index 9K714 and was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-23 Spider...
    
     / Ока
  • OTR-21 Tochka / ОТРК Точка, Точка-У
  • Iskander, Iskander-M, Iskander-E / ОТРК Искандер, Искандер-М, Искандер-Э
• Active Protection System
  Active protection system
  An active protection system is a system designed to prevent sensor-based weapons from acquiring and/or destroying a target....
  
  s:
  • KAZ Arena
    Arena Active Protection System
    The Arena is an active protection system developed at Russia's Kolomna-based Engineering Design Bureau for the purpose of protecting armoured fighting vehicles from destruction by light anti-tank weapons, anti-tank guided missiles , and missiles with top attack warheads. It uses a Doppler radar...
    
    , Arena-E Арена-Э

External links

• Official website of KBM