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Nudelman OKB-16 Weapon Systems

Nudelman OKB-16 was the Soviet design bureau led by Alexander Nudelman that developed aircraft cannon, rocket, and missile systems, including the Strela-1 lineage represented in this catalog.

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OKB-16 was created in 1934 and later came under Alexander Nudelman's direction, becoming one of the Soviet Union's most productive ordnance design bureaus. Public sources and sanctions records now also connect the lineage to the modern Moscow enterprise marketed as KB Tochmash.

For this archive, the builder matters because it ties cataloged weapons to the design house behind Soviet aircraft guns, unguided rockets, and air-defense missile systems. The profile keeps the historical bureau identity while normalizing the many transliterations and successor-company names that appear in public records.

Air-defense missile systemsAutocannons and gun systemsRocket and missile developmentPrecision engineering ordnance design

Notable Systems

9K31 Strela-1

The KB Tochmash history page lists Strela-1 among the bureau's anti-aircraft missile systems, and it is the connected catalog entry for this builder.

Sources: KB Tochmash history, 9K31 Strela-1 reference

9K35 Strela-10

KB Tochmash's product history identifies Strela-10 as a later air-defense missile line associated with the bureau.

Sources: KB Tochmash history

NR-30 autocannon

The KB Tochmash history page also lists the Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30 among the bureau's gun systems.

Sources: KB Tochmash history

Builder History

  1. OKB-16 established

    The KB Tochmash history page says the bureau was founded in 1934 as OKB-16 under Yakov Taubin.

    Sources: KB Tochmash history

  2. Alexander Nudelman takes over the bureau

    The same history account says Alexander Nudelman became the bureau's leader after Taubin's arrest and led it until 1987.

    Sources: KB Tochmash history

  3. Strela-1 enters service

    Reference sources on 9K31 Strela-1 place the short-range air-defense system in Soviet service in 1968, making it one of the bureau's best-known missile families.

    Sources: 9K31 Strela-1 reference

  4. Current joint-stock company incorporated

    OpenSanctions records the current A.E. Nudelman design-bureau company as a 2011 Russian joint-stock company at the Moscow address used by the modern successor enterprise.

    Sources: OpenSanctions profile

Website links
Official websiteOpenSanctions profileKB Tochmash historyNudelman biography

Public records use the legacy OKB-16 bureau name, the current KB Tochmash company name, and multiple transliterations for the same lineage. The profile normalizes those forms under the catalog's canonical builder facet and treats the modern Moscow company as the successor enterprise.

Builder Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: AO KB Tochmash | Note: Supports the current official enterprise identity, Moscow contact address, and the defense-production context of the successor bureau. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • KB Tochmash historyPublisher: Wikipedia | Note: Supports the 1934 OKB-16 origin, the transfer of leadership to Alexander Nudelman in 1942, the Moscow base, and the system families historically designed by the bureau. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Nudelman biographyPublisher: National Technical University of Ukraine 'Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' | Note: Supports Alexander Nudelman's bureau leadership, his long tenure in the design bureau, and the shift into missile and civil-engineering work. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenSanctions profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports the modern legal-name variants, website and address variants, 2011 incorporation date, sanctions context, and current Almaz-Antey relationship for the successor enterprise. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • 9K31 Strela-1 referencePublisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports the 1968 service entry and the 9K31 Strela-1 connection to the Nudelman OKB-16 lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • SA-9 Gaskin TEL imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the reusable Strela-1 builder image and its CC BY-SA licensing; the file page identifies the displayed vehicle as SA-9 Gaskin / 9K31 Strela-1. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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9K31 Strela-1, Vehicle-mounted short-range surface-to-air missile system, Air DefenseYemen Civil War9K31 Strela-1Vehicle-mounted short-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe 9K31 Strela-1, NATO reporting name SA-9 Gaskin, is a Soviet BRDM-2-based short-range surface-to-air missile system armed with 9M31 infrared-guided missiles. In the Yemen Civil War it is documented in Houthi-aligned air-defense holdings as equipment inherited from pre-war Yemeni Army stocks, a conservative indication of point air-defense capacity rather than a sourced claim for a specific engagement.