KBP Instrument Design Bureau
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KBP Instrument Design Bureau (ФГУП «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения») is a Russia
n (former Soviet
) developer and manufacturer of high-precision weapons. It was established in 1927 in Tula
, USSR. Arkady Shipunov has been the Designer General since 1962. It was announced on the KBP website that on 25 September 2006, "Based on the results of the competition carried out by the Federal Agency of Industry, Rybas Alexandr Leonidovich is appointed as the Designer General and Head of KBP Instrument Design Bureau". The reason for his replacement for Shipunov is unknown.
The following weapons have been designed by KBP:
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...
n (former Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) developer and manufacturer of high-precision weapons. It was established in 1927 in Tula
Tula, Russia
Tula is an industrial city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located south of Moscow, on the Upa River. Population: -History:...
, USSR. Arkady Shipunov has been the Designer General since 1962. It was announced on the KBP website that on 25 September 2006, "Based on the results of the competition carried out by the Federal Agency of Industry, Rybas Alexandr Leonidovich is appointed as the Designer General and Head of KBP Instrument Design Bureau". The reason for his replacement for Shipunov is unknown.
The following weapons have been designed by KBP:
- AK-630AK-630The AK-630 is a Soviet fully automatic naval close-in weapon system based on a six-barreled 30 mm Gatling gun. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar and television detection and tracking. The system's primary purpose is defense against anti-ship missiles and other...
Gatling cannon - 9A-91 carbine
- GWS HermesGWS HermesHermes is a family of modularly-designed guided missiles developed in Russia by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau. Capable of being fired from aerial , land based and naval platforms, the Hermes system features a two-stage missile with a high-powered booster, and fire-and-forget...
Guided Weapon System - 9K115-2 Metis-M (AT-13 "Saxhorn-2") anti-tank missile
- 9K121 Vikhr (AT-16 "Scallion") anti-tank missile
- 9M113 Konkurs (AT-5 "Spandrel") anti-tank missile
- 9M133 Kornet (AT-14 "Spriggan")9M133 KornetThe Kornet is a Russian anti-tank missile . It is a second generation ATGM intended to deal with main battle tanks and to engage slow and low flying helicopters, but is not intended to fully replace previous systems, due to the cost...
anti-tank missile - Tunguska-M1 (SA-19 "Grison")Tunguska-M1The 2K22 Tunguska is a Russian tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon armed with a surface-to-air gun and missile system. It is designed to provide day and night protection for infantry and tank regiments against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and cruise missiles in all weather conditions...
anti-aircraft system - Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 "Greyhound")Pantsir-S1Pantsir-S1 is a combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system produced by KBP of Tula, Russia mounted either on a tracked or wheeled vehicle or stationary...
anti-aircraft system - VSSK VykhlopVSSK VykhlopVKS is a Russian bullpup, straight-pull bolt-action, magazine-fed sniper rifle chambered for the 12.7 x 54 mm subsonic round. The weapon is also known by the name VSSK and the additional name Vykhlop, which comes from the development program...
sniper rifle - VSK-94VSK-94The VSK-94 is a 9 mm silenced sniper rifle developed by the Russia KBP Instrument Design Bureau as a low-cost alternative to the VSS rifle. The rifle is based on the 9A-91 assault rifle. The VSK-94 was designed to accurately engage unarmored point targets at ranges up to 400 m.The VSK-94 retains...
sniper rifle - SA-19 Grisom anti-aircraft missile
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CIWS - 30F39 KrasnopolKrasnopol (Weapon)The Krasnopol is a 152/155 mm cannon-launched, fin-stabilized, semi-automatic laser-guided, explosive projectile intended to engage hard point targets such as tanks, self-propelled howitzers, or other high-value targets....
152-mm Laser Guided Projectile - GShG-7.62GShG-7.62 machine gunThe Shipunov GShG-7.62 is a four-barreled rotary machine gun, similar to firearms such as the M134 "Minigun". It is a gas operated, self-powered weapon which is in contrast with most other rotary guns , and has been used only in gun pods and flexible mounts on Kamov Ka-29 prototypes.-See...
Gatling gun - Yak-B 12.7 mmYak-B 12.7mm machine gunThe Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 mm is a remotely controlled 12.7x108mm caliber four-barrel Gatling gun developed by the Soviet Union for the Mil Mi-24 attack gunship and low-capacity troop transporter with 1470 rounds, which can also be mounted in GUV-8700 machine-gun pods with 750 rounds.It has a...
Gatling gun - GSh-30-1 cannon
- GSh-30-2Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2 or GSh-2-30 is a powerful dual-barrel autocannon developed for use on certain Soviet military aircraft....
cannon - GSh-23 cannon
- GSh-6-23Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23 is a powerful, fast-firing six-barreled 23 mm Gatling gun used by some modern Soviet/Russian military aircraft....
Gatling cannon - GSh-6-30Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 is a Russian 30 mm cannon used by Soviet and later CIS military aircraft.The GSh-6-30, designed in the early 1970s and entering service in 1975, is a six-barreled Gatling gun similar in design to the Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23. It was based on the naval AO-18 used in...
Gatling cannon - PP-90PP-90The PP-90 is a Russian 9 mm folding submachine gun, developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula for use with special units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs...
folding submachine gunSubmachine gunA submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were... - PP-90M1PP-90M1The PP-90M1 is a 9x19mm Parabellum Russian submachine gun developed by KBP Instrument Design Bureau in the 1990s. It features a 64-round helical magazine, and other than sharing a manufacturer is unrelated to the similarly named PP-90M....
helical-feed submachine gunSubmachine gunA submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were... - PP-93PP-93The PP-93 submachine gun was developed in the 1990s at the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula as a non-folding version of earlier PP-90 clandestine submachine gun, for use by security and law enforcement units...
submachine gunSubmachine gunA submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were... - PP-2000PP-2000The PP-2000 is a submachine gun made by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau. It was first publicly displayed at the Interpolytech-2004 exhibition in Moscow even though its patent was filed in 2001 and issued in 2003.- Overview :...
submachine gunSubmachine gunA submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
/PDW - "Rys"RMB-93The RMb-93 is a pump-action shotgun designed and manufactured by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia. It is the baseline model of the Rys series of shotguns, taking the modelname of Rys-K....
series of shotgunShotgunA shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug...
s - GSh-18 pistolPistolWhen distinguished as a subset of handguns, a pistol is a handgun with a chamber that is integral with the barrel, as opposed to a revolver, wherein the chamber is separate from the barrel as a revolving cylinder. Typically, pistols have an effective range of about 100 feet.-History:The pistol...
- 6G-30 grenade launcherGrenade launcherA grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
- GM-94 grenade launcherGrenade launcherA grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
- GP-25 , GP-30 grenade launcherGrenade launcherA grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
- AGS-17AGS-17The AGS-17 Plamya is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher currently in production in the Russian Federation and in service worldwide.-Description:...
, AGS-30 grenade launcherGrenade launcherA grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand.... - DrozdDrozdDrozd is an active protection system developed in the Soviet Union, designed for increasing tanks' protection against anti-tank missiles and RPGs. It is considered the world's first operational active protection system, created in 1977–78 by A...
active protection system - BerkutBerkut rifleThe Berkut is a family of semi-automatic, gas-operated hunting carbines designed and manufactured in Russia by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula. The Berkut family of rifles is available in .308 Winchester, 7.62x54mmR and for larger game, 9x53R...
hunting rifle
External links
- KBP official site English language
- KBP official site Russian language
- KBP in Focus
- Krasnopol Guided Weapon System
- Конструкторское бюро приборостроения