KBP Instrument Design Bureau
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KBP Instrument Design Bureau (ФГУП «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения») is a Russian (former Soviet) developer and manufacturer of high-precision weapons. It was established in 1927 in Tula, USSR. Arkady Shipunov has been the Designer General since 1962. It was announced on the KBP website that on 25 September 2006, "Based on the results of the competition carried out by the Federal Agency of Industry, Rybas Alexandr Leonidovich is appointed as the Designer General and Head of KBP Instrument Design Bureau". The reason for his replacement for Shipunov is unknown.
The following weapons have been designed by KBP:
- AK-630 Gatling cannon
- 9A-91 carbine
- 9К115-2 Metis-M anti-tank missile
- 9K121 Vikhr anti-tank missile
- 9M113 Konkurs anti-tank missile
- 9M133 Kornet anti-tank missile
- Tunguska-M1 anti-aircraft system
- Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft system
- VSSK Vykhlop sniper rifle
- VSK-94 sniper rifle
- SA-19 Grisom anti-aircraft missile
- Kashtan CIWS
- 30F39 Krasnopol 152-mm Laser Guided Projectile
- GShG-7.62 Gatling gun
- GSh-30-1 cannon
- GSh-30-2 cannon
- GSh-23 cannon
- GSh-6-23 Gatling cannon
- GSh-6-30 Gatling cannon
- PP-90 submachine gun
- PP-93 submachine gun
- PP-2000 submachine gun/PDW
- "Rys" series of shotguns
- GSh-18 pistol
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