Vladimir Simonov
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Vladimir Vasil'evich Simonov (Владимир Васильевич Симонов) (born 1935) is or was a Russian (Soviet) design engineer working in the Tula Arms Plant.
Biography
Vladimir Simonov was born in 1935 in KovrovKovrov
Kovrov is a city and the administrative center of Kovrovsky District of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated on the right bank of the Klyazma River . Kovrov's population as of the preliminary results of the 2010 Census was 145,492; down from 155,499 recorded in the 2002 Census, and further down from...
in the Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast
Vladimir Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Vladimir, which is located east of Moscow...
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In 1955 he graduated from the Podolia
Podolia
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Industrial Technical Secondary School (Подольский индустриальный техникум) with specialty in mining equipment
Mining
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After serving in the army in 1957 he joined the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Центральный научно-исследовательский институт точного машиностроения).
Without leaving productive work, in 1960 he graduated from the Moscow Radio-Mechanical Technical Secondary School (Московский радио-механический техникум) with specialty in radio technologies, and in 1964 the All-Union Correspondence Polytechnic Institute (Всесоюзный заочный политехнический институт), majoring
Academic major
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in mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
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During his work, he was promoted from technician-designer to lead design engineer.
Two products developed by him, the APS
APS Underwater Assault Rifle
The APS Underwater Assault Rifle is an AK-47 derivative designed by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s as an underwater firearm. It was adopted in 1975. It is made by the Tula Arms Plant in Russia...
underwater rifle and the SPP-1
SPP-1 Underwater Pistol
The SPP-1 Underwater Pistol was made in the USSR for use underwater by Soviet frogmen as an underwater firearm. It was developed in the late 1960s and accepted for use in 1971. Underwater, ordinary-shaped bullets are inaccurate and very short-range...
underwater pistol, have been adopted and manufactured in quantity, and one product is currently in trial operation along with the design of the research.
Awards and titles
For large national and economic importance of its development he has been awarded the title of Honored Inventor of Russia and State Prize Laureate of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
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