Manufacturer catalog

Design Bureau "Artillery Armament"

Design Bureau "Artillery Armament" is a Ukrainian artillery and armored-vehicle armament design and production enterprise associated with gun barrels, automatic grenade launchers, mortars, and combat-module weapon packages. Ukroboronprom's 2020 annual report listed State Enterprise Design Bureau "Artillery Armament" in the armored-vehicles department as an end-products developer-manufacturer, while ArmyInform described it as the only Ukrainian enterprise with a full cycle for automatic-cannon barrel production.

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The bureau's public product record centers on compact artillery and vehicle armament rather than complete armored platforms. Sources identify KBAO with KBA.117 automatic grenade launchers for BTR-3, BTR-4E, BMP-2, and upgraded BMP-1 combat modules, KBA.113 and KBA-2-01 barrels for 30 mm automatic guns, and KBA-48M-series 82 mm mortars.

KBAO is part of Ukraine's state defense-industrial base. Ukroboronprom reporting grouped it with other armored-vehicle armament developers, and ArmyInform described cooperation with Ukrainian armored-vehicle and precision-mechanics enterprises, including work connected to BMP-1 modernization and combat-module armament.

Artillery and mortar systemsAutomatic grenade launchersAutomatic-cannon barrelsArmored-vehicle combat-module armament

Notable Systems

DBA-117 (AG17) automatic grenade launcher, 30 mm automatic grenade launcher, Infantry Weapons

DBA-117 (KBA-117 / AG17) automatic grenade launcher

30 mm automatic grenade launcher

A 30 mm automatic grenade launcher for Ukrainian combat modules, identified by SpetsTechnoExport and Ukrainian Military Pages as a KBAO product for modules such as Grom, Shkval, Shturm, Katran-M, and Parus.

Sources: KBA-117, KBA-117 article, ArmyInform KBAO interview
KBA-48M 82 mm mortar, 82 mm portable mortar, Artillery

KBA-48M 82 mm mortar

82 mm portable mortar

A Ukrainian 82 mm portable mortar series; SpetsTechnoExport lists the KBA-48M with a titanium-alloy weight-saving feature, and Ukrainian Military Pages identifies KBAO as the developer and manufacturer of the KBA-48M1 variant.

Sources: KBA-48M, 82 mm KBA-48M1 mortar

Manufacturer History

  1. KBA-117 product profile documented

    Ukrainian Military Pages identified the 30 mm KBA-117 automatic grenade launcher as a product of State Enterprise Design Bureau "Artillery Armament" and described its role as a combat-module weapon.

    Sources: KBA-117 article

  2. KBA-48M1 mortar profile documented

    Ukrainian Military Pages described the KBA-48M1 as an 82 mm mortar developed and produced by KBAO, with KBAO credited on the product imagery.

    Sources: 82 mm KBA-48M1 mortar

  3. Ukroboronprom listed KBAO in armored-vehicle production structure

    Ukroboronprom's 2020 annual report grouped State Enterprise Design Bureau "Artillery Armament" with armored-vehicle end-products developer-manufacturers, alongside Precision Mechanics Plant and Plant Mayak.

    Sources: Ukroboronprom annual report 2020

  4. ArmyInform interview detailed barrel and launcher production

    ArmyInform quoted KBAO leadership saying the enterprise supplied 30 mm gun barrels and KBA.117 grenade launchers for Ukrainian armored-vehicle combat modules and had delivered more than 600 products to Ukrainian military and security formations since 2014.

    Sources: ArmyInform KBAO interview

Website links
Official websiteUkroboronprom annual report 2020SpetsTechnoExport KBA-117 product pageSpetsTechnoExport KBA-48M product page

KBAO's original website is intermittently inaccessible, so public context relies on official export pages, Ukroboronprom annual reporting, ArmyInform, and Ukrainian Military Pages. Conflict-use claims are omitted here except where separate weapon records carry direct sourcing.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Ukroboronprom annual report 2020Publisher: Ukroboronprom | Note: Supports KBAO's placement in Ukroboronprom's 2020 armored-vehicles production structure as State Enterprise Design Bureau "Artillery Armament". | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ArmyInform KBAO interviewPublisher: ArmyInform | Note: Supports KBAO's automatic-cannon barrel capability, KBA.117 and KBA48M1-02 production context, cooperation with Ukrainian defense enterprises, and post-2014 delivery totals. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KBA-117Publisher: SpetsTechnoExport | Note: Supports the KBA-117 product identity, 30 mm caliber, module-mounting context, and listed Ukrainian combat-module integrations. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KBA-117 articlePublisher: Ukrainian Military Pages | Note: Supports KBAO as the KBA-117 manufacturer and describes the launcher as an AG-17-derived weapon for combat-module installation. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • KBA-48MPublisher: SpetsTechnoExport | Note: Supports the KBA-48M 82 mm mortar identity, titanium-alloy weight-saving feature, weight, caliber, angles, rate of fire, and range figures. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • 82 mm KBA-48M1 mortarPublisher: Ukrainian Military Pages | Note: Supports KBAO as developer and manufacturer of the KBA-48M1 mortar and provides public technical details. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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KBA-48M 82 mm mortar, 82 mm portable mortar, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine WarKBA-48M 82 mm mortar82 mm portable mortarBuilt in: UkraineThe KBA-48M is a Ukrainian 82 mm portable mortar family developed by Design Bureau "Artillery Armament" from the Soviet 2B14 Podnos pattern. Public sources describe a 48.6 kg mortar with a titanium-alloy weight-saving design, a 4 km firing range, and KBA-48M1/KBA48M1-02 service-production designations; Come Back Alive and Militarnyi document KBA-48M1 mortars transferred to Ukrainian units during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.

Category

Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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