KBP Instrument Design Bureau

KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryArms industry
Founded1927; 97 years ago (1927)
FounderPavel Petrovich Tretiakov[1]
Headquarters,
Russia
Key people
D. Konoplev Managing Director
N. Khokhlov Chief Engineer, First Deputy General Director
ProductsFirearms, Ammunition, Anti-aircraft defence systems, Autocannons, Rotary cannons, Turrets, Remote controlled weapon stations, CIWS, Anti-aircraft cannons, Weapon systems for tanks and armored vehicles, Missiles, ATGMs, Artillery shells, Mortar shells, Guidance systems, Precision-guided munitions, Close-in weapon systems (CIWS), Grenade launchers
14 billion rubles
Number of employees
8,600 (2015) Edit this on Wikidata
ParentHigh Precision Systems (Rostec)[2]
Websitewww.kbptula.ru

JSC Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya (KBP)[3] (Russian: АО «Конструкторское бюро приборостроения», romanizedAO konstruktórskoje bjuró priborostrojénija Joint-Stock Company - Instrument Design Bureau) is one of the main enterprises in the field of Russian defense industry, based in Tula. It is engaged in designing high-precision weapon systems for the Army, the VMF and the VKS, as well as anti-air defense systems, high-rate-of-fire cannons and small arms, in addition to civilian products. Its full name goes as "Joint-Stock Company Instrument Design Bureau named after Academic A. G. Shipunov". Its shareholders include High Precision Systems, part of the State Corporation Rostec.[4]

The designing of high-precision weaponry is the priority of the KBP. The enterprise designs air-to-ground, ground-to-air and ground-to-ground weaponry. In addition to these, KBP also develops modern autocannons and grenade launchers. It also manufactures automatic, hand-held and under-slung grenade launchers, sniper rifles, submachine guns, pistols and revolvers for the law enforcement agencies.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference KBPhistory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Rostec - High Precision Systems (Vysokotochnye Kompleksy)". Rostec. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ^ "KBP Instrument Design Bureau - Home". www.kbptula.ru.
  4. ^ "ОАО "Конструкторское бюро приборостроения" - ОАО "Конструкторское бюро приборостроения"". kbptula.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-03-19.