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KBP Instrument Design Bureau

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KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryArms industry
Founded1927;97 years ago(1927)
FounderPavel Petrovich Tretiakov[1]
Headquarters
Tula
,
Russia
Key people
D. KonoplevManaging Director
N. KhokhlovChief Engineer,First Deputy General Director
ProductsFirearms, Ammunition,Anti-aircraft defence systems,Autocannons, Rotary cannons, Turrets, Remote controlled weapon stations, CIWS, Anti-aircraft cannons, Weapon systems for tanks and armored vehicles, Missiles, ATGMs, Artillery shells, Mortar shells, Guidance systems, Precision-guided munitions, Close-in weapon systems (CIWS), Grenade launchers
14 billion rubles
Number of employees
8,600 (2015)Edit this on Wikidata
ParentHigh Precision Systems(Rostec)[2]
Websitewww.kbptula.ru

JSCKonstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya(KBP)[3](Russian:АО «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения»,romanized:AO konstruktórskoje bjuró priborostrojénijaJoint-Stock Company - Instrument Design Bureau) is one of the main enterprises in the field ofRussian defense industry,based in Tula. It is engaged in designing high-precision weapon systems for the Army, the VMF and the VKS, as well as anti-air defense systems, high-rate-of-fire cannons and small arms, in addition to civilian products. Its full name goes as "Joint-Stock Company Instrument Design Bureau named after Academic A. G. Shipunov". Its shareholders includeHigh Precision Systems,part of the State CorporationRostec.[4]

The designing of high-precision weaponry is the priority of the KBP. The enterprise designs air-to-ground, ground-to-air and ground-to-ground weaponry. In addition to these, KBP also develops modern autocannons and grenade launchers. It also manufactures automatic, hand-held and under-slung grenade launchers, sniper rifles, submachine guns, pistols and revolvers for the law enforcement agencies.

History[edit]

KBP was founded on 1 October, 1927 as an organization at Tula Weapons Factory, engaging in designing small arms. The first major success the organization made was in the Red Armory, where its Tokarev pistol was adopted into use in February 1931. In 1936, it was renamed TsKB-14 (Central design bureau No 14).[1]During the Great Patriotic War large successes were made by aviation machineguns such asShVAK,ShKAS,Berezin UBas well asVYaandBerezin B-20aviation cannons. Over 80% of the domestic aircraft of the Soviet Air Force were equipped with weapons from the Tula designers.[5]

Post-war years[edit]

Activities of the company were restored under the supervision of engineer-gunsmith Igor Dimitriev during the post-war years. KBP designed thePM,APSpistols, theAM-23cannon, the 23-mm anti-aircraft cannon 2A7 for theShilkasystem, theZU-23AAA alongside its dual 2A14 cannons in the 1940s and the 1950s.

The enterprise began designing guided weapons and high-precision missiles in the 1960s. TheKornet-EAT missile, theKrasnopol M-2guided-missile system, theTunguskaand thePantsir-S1anti-aircraft cannon-missile systems, in addition to theKashtan CIWSwere designed in this period.

Post-Soviet years[edit]

KBP was heavily struck by the drastic reduction in state defence order and the financing of military R&D after 1991. Russia's debt to the KBP reached 20 billion rubles in 1994. Under such conditions the bureau's survival was only possible through the means of export.[6]KBP requested the government of Russia to provide independent military and technical cooperation with foreign countries, and was confirmed and subsequently expanded by an order of the Russian president in 2000.[5]A total of more than 160 designs were made by the KBP up until 1 October, 2012, the 85th anniversary of the founding of the enterprise. By this time the enterprise has integrated over 6500 inventors.[7]

On July 16, 2014, theObama administrationimposedsanctionsthrough theUS Department of Treasury'sOffice of Foreign Assets Control(OFAC) by adding KBP Instrument Design Bureau and other entities to theSpecially Designated Nationals List (SDN)in retaliation for the ongoingRusso-Ukrainian War.[8][9]

Structure[edit]

KBP's shares are held by OAO NPOVysokotochnye Kompleksyand State CompanyRostec.It has the following subsidiaries:

Products[edit]

The following weapons have been designed by KBP:

Small arms[edit]

Cannons[edit]

Grenade launchers[edit]

Anti-tank missiles[edit]

Anti-aircraft systems[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"History".Retrieved2022-01-04.
  2. ^"Rostec - High Precision Systems (Vysokotochnye Kompleksy)".Rostec. Archived fromthe originalon 21 July 2015.Retrieved17 March2015.
  3. ^"KBP Instrument Design Bureau - Home".www.kbptula.ru.
  4. ^"ОАО" Конструкторское бюро приборостроения "- ОАО" Конструкторское бюро приборостроения "".kbptula.ru(in Russian).Retrieved2017-03-19.
  5. ^ab"КБП (Тула) | Энциклопедия вооружения".www.worldweapon.info(in Russian).Retrieved2017-03-19.
  6. ^"Вестник ПВО:: Библиотека".pvo.guns.ru.Retrieved2017-03-19.
  7. ^admin."KBP Instrument Design Bureau - KBP Instrument Design Bureau".kbptula.ru.Retrieved2017-03-19.
  8. ^"Ukraine-related Sanctions; Publication of Executive Order 13662 Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List".treasury.gov. 16 July 2014.
  9. ^"Announcement of Treasury Sanctions on Entities Within the Financial Services and Energy Sectors of Russia, Against Arms or Related Materiel Entities, and those Undermining Ukraine's Sovereignty".treasury.gov. 16 July 2014.

External links[edit]

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