Manufacturer catalog
KB Mashinostroyeniya is the Kolomna-based Russian missile design bureau associated with Soviet and Russian precision weapons, including man-portable air-defense systems, anti-tank guided missiles, tactical missile systems, and active protection systems. Rostec describes the organization as a major scientific and production complex in its High Precision Systems structure, while sanctions and government records identify the modern legal entity as Joint Stock Company Research and Production Corporation Konstruktorskoye Byuro Mashynostroyeniya.
1 weaponsThe organization traces its origin to a special design bureau for smoothbore artillery formed in Kolomna on 11 April 1942 under Boris Shavyrin. Wartime mortar work gave way after 1956 to guided weapons, first in anti-tank missiles and then in shoulder-fired air-defense systems such as Strela, Igla, Igla-S, and Verba. Rostec's historical accounts also connect the Kolomna bureau to tactical missile work that led from Tochka and Oka to the Iskander-M family.
Current public sourcing presents KB Mashinostroyeniya through several transliterations and legal labels rather than a single export brand. OFAC records list www.kbm.ru, a Kolomna address on Oksky Prospekt, and aliases including JSC RPC KBM and Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau. Ukraine's War & Sanctions database places the company inside Rostec's High-Precision Systems chain and identifies product areas including mortars, MANPADS, anti-tank systems, tactical missile systems, and the Iskander-M missile production network.
Rostec presents Igla, Igla-S, and Verba as part of KB Mashinostroyeniya's long-running MANPADS line after Strela-2 and Strela-3. The catalog's Igla record is the published weapon entry directly tied to the exact KB Mashinostroyeniya manufacturer label.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders
Rostec identifies Verba as the latest continuation of the bureau's shoulder-fired air-defense family, while Rosoboronexport describes the export Verba MANPADS target set, passive three-spectral thermal seeker, and engagement envelope.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, Rosoboronexport - Verba MANPADS
Rostec's KBM history says Iskander development began in 1988 after the Oka program ended, and CSIS Missile Threat identifies Kolomna KBM as the design bureau that began developing the Iskander complex in 1993.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, CSIS Missile Threat - 9K720 IskanderRostec dates KB Mashinostroyeniya's origin to the wartime creation of a special smoothbore-artillery design bureau in Kolomna, initially led by Boris Shavyrin and focused on mortar weapons.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM
Rostec's historical overview says the bureau moved into rocket and missile work in 1956, beginning with anti-tank guided missile development before later MANPADS and tactical missile programs.
Sources: Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders
Rostec identifies Strela-2 as the bureau's first shoulder-fired air-defense system, with later work continuing through Strela-3, Igla, Igla-S, and Verba.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders
Rostec places the start of Iskander work in 1988 after the Soviet Oka system was eliminated under the INF Treaty; CSIS describes KBM's later 1993 development of the Iskander complex.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, CSIS Missile Threat - 9K720 Iskander
OFAC lists the current legal entity's organization date as 2 July 2012 and identifies its official website, tax number, aliases, and Kolomna address.
Sources: OFAC - JSC RPC KBM
Rostec says the Verba MANPADS was accepted into service in 2015, continuing KBM's portable air-defense system line after Strela and Igla.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM
English-language sources use several transliterations and legal-name variants for the Kolomna organization, including JSC RPC KBM, NPK KBM JSC, Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau, and Konstruktorskoye Byuro Mashynostroyeniya. Some adjacent labels already appear as separate manufacturer records; alias consolidation requires a separate merge review.
Category
Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.