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Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau (KBM) is the Kolomna-based Russian missile design and production enterprise identified in U.S. sanctions records as an alternate name of JSC RPC KBM. Its institutional history runs from a 1942 Soviet special design bureau for mortar weapons into guided anti-tank missiles, man-portable air-defense systems, tactical missile systems, active-protection work, and the Iskander missile family.
2 weaponsRostec dates KBM's origin to 11 April 1942, when a special design bureau for smoothbore artillery was created in Kolomna under Boris Shavyrin. Official Rostec histories describe the wartime bureau as a major source of Soviet mortar designs, followed by a postwar transition toward rocket and missile systems as anti-tank, air-defense, and tactical-missile requirements grew.
Current public records place the enterprise inside High Precision Systems within Rostec. Government sanctions and reference sources list the Kolomna address at 42 Oksky Prospekt and describe product areas that include mortars, MANPADS, anti-tank systems, tactical missile systems, Iskander-related missiles, Strela, Igla, Verba, Ataka, Khrizantema-S, Arena, and Izdeliye 305. The cataloged systems connected to this exact manufacturer name are tactical ballistic missiles rather than a full inventory of every KBM program.
Rostec describes KBM's Tochka tactical missile work beginning in the late 1960s, the original Tochka entering Soviet service in 1975, and the Tochka-U modification extending range to 120 km in 1989.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders
Ukraine's War & Sanctions database identifies the current KBM legal entity as a developer and manufacturer of 9M723 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, while CSIS Missile Threat provides open technical and service-history context for the wider 9K720 Iskander system.
Sources: Ukraine War & Sanctions - JSC NPK KBM, CSIS Missile Threat - 9K720 IskanderRostec says KBM began with an 11 April 1942 State Defense Committee decision creating a special design bureau for smoothbore artillery in Kolomna under Boris Shavyrin.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders
Rostec and GlobalSecurity describe KBM's move from mortar and recoilless-rifle work toward rocket weapons and anti-tank guided missile systems during the mid-1950s.
Sources: Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders, GlobalSecurity - KBM Kolomna
Rostec places KBM's Tochka tactical missile complex in Soviet service in 1975, followed by the longer-range Tochka-U modification in 1989.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, Rostec - From Mortars to Iskanders
Rostec describes KBM starting work on the Iskander line in 1988 after the Oka program was eliminated under the INF Treaty; CSIS separately traces Iskander development to the Kolomna bureau.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, CSIS Missile Threat - 9K720 Iskander
Rostec states that Iskander-M was accepted into service in 2006, and CSIS identifies the system's development and service history as part of the Kolomna KBM lineage.
Sources: Rostec - 80 Years of KBM, CSIS Missile Threat - 9K720 Iskander
The U.S. Treasury's OFAC action lists JSC RPC KBM with Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau as an alternate name, the www.kbm.ru website, and the 42 Oksky Prospekt address.
Sources: OFAC - Russia-related Designations, March 3 2022
Public records use several English renderings for KBM and its legal entity. This profile keeps aliases empty because nearby labels such as KBM, KBM Kolomna, and Kolomna Machine-Building Design Bureau are already represented by separate published manufacturer profiles in this catalog.
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Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.
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Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.