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KB Tochmash

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KB Tochmash
IndustryDefense
Founded1934
FounderYakov Taubin
Headquarters,
Russia
ProductsAnti-aircraft defence systems, MANPADS, Missiles, Autocannons, Close-in weapon systems (CIWS)
ParentHigh Precision Systems
Websitewww.kbtochmash.ru

The JSC Precision Engineering Design Bureau named after A. E. Nudelman (Russian: Конструкторское бюро точного машиностроения им. А. Э. Нудельмана, romanizedKonstruktorskoye Byuro Tochnogo Mashinostroeniya im. A. E. Nudelmana), shortened to "KB Tochmash" (Russian: КБ Точмаш, romanizedKB Tochmash), is a missile design bureau located in Moscow. It was founded in 1934 under the designation OKB-16 under the leadership of Yakov Taubin,[1] but after his arrest and execution, leadership fell to Alexander Nudelman, who would lead it until 1987.[2]

Products

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KB Tochmash has designed many weapon systems, including the following:[3]

Gun systems

Rockets

Anti-tank missiles

Anti-aircraft missile systems

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Таубин Яков Григорьевич" [Taubin, Yakov Grigoryevich]. Карта-справочник города Королев (Maps and Directories of Korolev). Retrieved 2022-01-04. (in Russian)
  2. ^ "ABOUT A.NUDELMAN". KB Tochmash. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  3. ^ "History". kbtochmash.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  4. ^ "Sosna: Air Defense Missile System". kbtochmash.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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