Private company

KBM

Russian defense company

KB Mashinostroyeniya or KBM for short (Russian: КБ Машиностроения, КБМ, lit. 'Machine-Building Design Bureau') is a state defence enterprise, scientific and design R&D centre specialised in missile systems located in Kolomna, Moscow region, Russia and part of Rostec state corporation. KBM was founded on 11 April 1942 by order 1576 of the State Defence Committee for the mortar designs. Its first chief was Boris Shavyrin.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Apr 11, 1942Founded1
  • Industrydefence industry1
  • HeadquartersKolomna1
  • Websitewww.kbm.ru
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

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KB Mashinostroyeniya or KBM for short (Russian: КБ Машиностроения, КБМ, lit. 'Machine-Building Design Bureau') is a state defence enterprise, scientific and design R&D centre specialised in missile systems located in Kolomna, Moscow region, Russia and part of Rostec state corporation.2

The story

Founded by Boris Shavyrin on Apr 11, 1942.1

Leadership

Who has led KBM, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • mortar

Listed on Wikidata.1

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

Anti-aircraft defence systems

Gibka-S self-propelled air defense system.

Anti-tank recoilless rifles B-10 and B-11

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Man-portable air-defense systems

9K333 Verba / Верба

9K38 Igla (SA-18 "Grouse") / Игла

9K32 Strela-2 and 9K32M Strela-2M (SA-7 and SA-7b "Grail") / Стрела-2

9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14 "Gremlin") / 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") / Атака

9M123 Khrizantema (AT-15 "Springer") / Хризантема

Theatre ballistic missiles

R-400 Oka / Ока

OTR-21 Tochka / ОТРК Точка, Точка-У

Iskander, Iskander-M, Iskander-E / ОТРК Искандер, Искандер-М, Искандер-Э

Active Protection Systems:

KAZ Arena, Arena-E Арена-Э

From Wikipedia’s article on KB Mashinostroyeniya, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Apr 11, 1942Founded Founded1

Sources

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