Leningrad Plant of Experimental Engineering No. 185 named after S. M. Kirov

In September 1933, the experimental design engineering department ( OKMO ) was separated from the structure of plant No. 174 and plant No. 185 was formed (until the second half of 1936 - “Experimental Plant of Spetsmashtrest ”).

In May 1940, Plant No. 185, as the Chief Designer, was merged with Plant No. 174.

By order of the Government of the USSR No. 890 dated March 21, 1958, the department of the Chief Designer of Plant No. 174 (the "heir" of Plant No. 185 and OKMO Plant "Bolshevik") was transformed into an independent specialized Design Bureau of Transport Engineering (KBTM) OKB-174 , currently FSUE KBTM .

The plant team released a large number of samples of armored vehicles. Only on the chassis of the light tank T-26 was designed more than 20 models.

The design bureau of the plant, led by P. N. Syachintov, in pursuance of the decree of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR of August 5, 1933, “The Red Army Artillery Weapon System for the Second Five-Year Plan”, developed in 1934 the so-called “small triplex” ( SU-5 ). It included three self-propelled artillery mounts on a unified chassis of the T-26 tank - SU-5-1 , SU-5-2 and SU-5-3 - which differed mainly in weapons.

In 1933, the plant began designing on the basis of the T-26 turretless artillery tank AT-1 (self-propelled artillery installation of the closed type), armed with a new promising 76-mm gun PS-3 . Tests of the tank took place in 1935.

In accordance with STO Decree No. 51 of June 1933 “on the manufacture of two prototypes of non-floating PT-1 type tracked tanks,” in 1934 the plant manufactured two prototypes of wheeled tracked tanks, which were named T-29-4 and T-29-5 . A prototype reference tank T-29 was made by the factory in 1935 .

In 1933, under the leadership of P. N. Syachintov, the design and manufacture of a self-propelled installation for the "triplex TAON" (which soon received the SU-14 index) began. The first chassis was ready in May 1934, but due to transmission failures that were borrowed from the T-28 medium tank, its refinement lasted until the end of July 1934. Using the experience gained while working on the SU-14, the design department of the plant developed drawings for the construction of the standard model of the self-propelled gun SU-14-1 , an improved version of the SU-14, which was made in early 1936. At the end of the same year, a modification of this self-propelled gun - the SU-14-Br-2 with a 152-mm long-barreled Br-2 gun was developed.

By mid-October 1935, the SU-6 self-propelled gun was manufactured on the basis of the T-26 tank.

In 1936, development began at the plant, and in 1938 the first prototype of the T-46-5 tank (aka T-111), the first Soviet tank with anti - shell armor , was launched.

Under the leadership of S. A. Ginzburg in the summer of 1938, work began on the creation of a heavy tank of the T-100 breakthrough. The main design work on this machine was carried out by I. S. Bushnev , G. V. Kruchenykh, G. N. Moskvin , E. Sh. Paley and L. S. Troyanov . E. Sh. Paley was appointed Lead Tank Engineer. The final assembly of the machine was completed by July 31, 1939 . On the basis of this tank, samples of self-propelled guns of high power were developed and produced - T-100-X and SU-100-Y (T-100-Y) with a 130-mm naval cannon B-13; " Object 103 " with the same gun, but in a rotating tower; T-100-Z with a 152 mm M-10 howitzer; T-100-V with a 203-mm howitzer B-4 model 1931.

In 1938, the design team led by S. A. Ginzburg, in pursuance of the decree of the USSR State Defense Committee of August 7, 1938 "On the tank weapons system" began the design of the light infantry escort tank "SP". In the summer of 1940, this tank - “Object 126” (T-126SP) was made in metal. On its basis, after the unification of factories 174 and 185, the “Object 135” was developed, which was published under the index ( T-50 ).

Also under the leadership of P.N.Syachintov were developed tank guns PS-2 (37 mm.) And PS-3 (76.2 mm.)

The director of the plant for the entire period of its existence was N.V. Barykov , all this time the assistant director of the plant for design was S. A. Ginzburg .

In the design office worked:

• since 1933 I.N. Aleksenko ;
• since 1933, L. S. Troyanov , who has gone from engineer to deputy chief designer;
• in 1933-1938, G. N. Moskvin ;
• in 1934-1936 M.I. Koshkin (subsequently playing a large role in the development of the T-34 )
• in 1934-1937 N.V. Zeitz .
• in 1935-1935, I. S. Bushnev (went up the career ladder from the designer to the head of the bureau);

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