Georgy Dmitrievich Shirenin (1907 - 1945) - Soviet designer of mortars.
| Shirenin George Dmitrievich | |
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| Date of Birth | August 14 (27), 1913 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Petersburg Russian empire |
| Date of death | August 10, 1945 (31 years old) |
| Place of death | Kolomna Moscow region RSFSR , USSR |
| Citizenship |  the USSR |
| Occupation | mortar constructor |
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Biography
Born on August 14 ( August 27 ), 1907 in St. Petersburg . He graduated from the Lensovet FZU in Leningrad (1927) with a degree in drawing student.
He worked in Leningrad as a draftsman and designer at the Promet factory (1927–1936), a leading designer at factory No. 7 (1936–1940), and a leading designer at NII-13 (1940–1942) (from 1941, evacuated to Molotov ) .
In 1942 - 1945, the head of the SKB group of the People’s Commissariat of Arms ( Kolomna ).
A participant in the creation of Soviet 82, 120, 160, 240 mm mortars, BMB-1 and BMB-2 naval bombs. One of the creators of the simplified 120-mm mortar model of 1941. The author of many original design decisions.
He died on August 10, 1945 in Kolomna ( Moscow region ).
Awards and Prizes
- Stalin Prize of the first degree (1942) - for the development of mortar designs
Sources
- http://kbm.ru/ru/photo-gallery/650.html
- Rocket and space technology. Arkady Ivanovich Melua, V.V. Panov. Humanistic Publishing House, 2003 - Total pages: 749