navigation search morozov machine building design bureau type state enterprise industry arms industry founded 1927 headquarters kharkiv ukraine key people mikhail koshkin alexander morozov notable chief designers owner ukrainian defense industry company website http www.morozovkmdb.com kharkiv morozov machine building design bureau ukrainian ... or khkbm often simply called morozov design bureau or abbreviated kmdb is a state owned company in kharkiv ukraine which designs armoured vehicles including the t 80ud and t 84 main battle tanks as well as military prime movers . it was responsible for many important soviet afvs including the bt tank series and the t 34 t 54 and t 64 tanks . it is closely associated with the malyshev factory . contents 1 history 2 production 2.1 military products 2.2 armoured personnel carriers 2.3 main battle tanks 2.4 diesel engines 2.5 civil products 3 references 4 external links history edit kmdb started as the tank design team of the kharkiv locomotive factory komintern khpz now malyshev factory in 1927 in kharkiv soviet republic ukraine and was responsible for the t 12 and t 24 light tanks . in the 1930s the design team was designated as the independent t2k tank design bureau and began work on the bt tank series . in 1936 the plant was re designated plant no. 183 and the design bureau kb 190 . the plant also produced small quantities of multi turreted t 35 tanks and had a separate design bureau kb 35 to assist in their development . legendary t 34 tank on display soviet t 80 tank on display in 1937 a separate design bureau was established to build a replacement for the bt tank series under the supervision of mikhail koshkin . koshkin pushed the boundaries of the specification given to him and further development led to the t 34 the most produced and one of the best tanks of world war ii . series production began in june 1940 in kharkiv and later in the stalingrad tractor plant and sormovo shipbuilding plant . in the same year koshkin died and alexander morozov was appointed chief designer of the t 34 main design bureau gkb t 34 a post he would hold for the remaining thirty six years of his life . in 1939 the tank design bureaux of kharkiv were merged into a single agency called department 520 . in 1941 due to german advances the factory and design shops were evacuated to the ural mountains . the plant was united with uralvagonzavod plant in nizhny tagil into one enterprise called urals tank plant no. 183 . although design improvements and production continued to concentrate on the t 34 and improved t 34 85 new design work was also continued during the war . the t 44 began production in the recaptured kharkiv factory in 1945 and the first prototypes of the t 54 were built . after the war was over the factory gradually transferred operations back to ukraine now as kharkiv diesel factory no. 75 . t 54 production was started in the urals and kharkiv in 1947 48 and the move ended with the 1951 establishment of the kb 60m design bureau in kharkiv . during the post war period morozov turned over further development of the t 54 55 to the kartsev design bureau at uralvagonzavod and began work on a next generation main battle tank which would become the t 64 for which design alexander morozov would receive the order of lenin . factory no. 75 renamed malyshev plant in 1957 built tank engines and later took up production of t 54 t 55 1958 the most produced tank ever and t 64 1967 tanks . the t 64 was also built in the leningrad kirov plant and uralvagonzavod plant . in the 1960s the bureau also designed ot 54 and to 55 flame thrower tanks for production at the omsk transport machine construction plant . in 1966 the tank design bureau department 60 and experimental tank production shop shop 190 were combined into the kharkiv machine building design bureau kmdb . in 1979 after the death of morozov it was renamed in his honor . kmdb designed the t 80ud a diesel engined variant of the gas turbine powered t 80 in 1985 . production edit military products edit after the break up of the soviet union kmdb and the malyshev factory became the main tank design and manufacture enterprise in ukraine . however they were highly dependent on manufacture of components in russian facilities especially the uralvagonzavod factory in nizhny tagil . in 1996 ukraine and pakistan signed a 650 million contract for delivery of 320 t 80ud tanks . 1 deliveries were hampered by politically motivated problems with supply of russian components . ukraine was forced to develop new manufacturing capabilities and the contract was concluded in 1999 . kmdb then began supplying pakistan with the 6td 2 diesel engine for installation on the al khalid main battle tank and has assisted with pakistan s al zarrar tank project . the t 84 entered service with the military of ukraine in 1999 and the more advanced oplot version in 2001 . the tank is actively marketed for export and can incorporate russian countermeasure systems and a french fire control system . the t 84 120 and yatagan has been developed employing an auto loaded 120mm tank gun which fires nato ammunition as well as atgms . versions have seen trials in greece turkey and malaysia . kmdb also produces military tractors trainers and simulators and upgrade packages for soviet tanks and apcs . kmdb s btr 4 armoured personnel carrier has been supplied to iraq . 2 armoured personnel carriers edit btr 3u developed in 2000 2001 by a consortium comprising kmdb state scientific technical centre of artillery & rifle arms ukraine and adcom manufacturing company ltd. of the united arab emirates . 3 btr 4 supplied to iraq . dozor b developed in 2005 used by ukraine . main battle tanks edit t 80ud supplied to pakistan . t 84 variants include the oplot t 84 120 and the yatagan . diesel engines edit 6td 1 6td 2 supplied to pakistan for the al khalid mbt . civil products edit dozor a high mobility vehicle developed in 2005 used by ukraine . 4 upg 92 tracked self propelled powder type pulse action fire fighting vehicle is intended to suppress fires of a type firm substances b type liquid substances c type gas type substances and fires 5 kgs 25 tracked crane 6 bg 1 tracked bulldozer 7 mt 3 small size tractor 8 references edit ukraine and pakistan sign 650 million contract . dead link kharkiv morozov machine building design bureau . retrieved 6 may 2011 . the btr 3u armoured personnel carrier . retrieved 6 may 2011 . http www.morozovkmdb.com eng body ci dozora.php http www.morozovkmdb.com eng body ci upg92.php http www.morozovkmdb.com eng body ci kgs 25.php http www.morozovkmdb.com eng body ci bg1.php http www.morozovkmdb.com eng body mt3.php external links edit kmdb official site history of the first tanks on ukrainian territory maksym sayenko at vasyl chobitok s brone site russian . v t e automotive industry in ukraine automotive industry economy of ukraine transport in ukraine active vehicle manufacurers bohdan corporation cherkaskyi avtobus bohdan motors electron corporation electronmash electrontrans etalon auto corporation baz chaz halaz kmdb kraz khtz laz holding laz daz stryi auto ukrainian automobile corporation avtozaz zaz udi kmdb defunct vehicle manufacturers larz luaz sarz components memz izaa subsidiaries of foreign companies eurocar volkswagen koda krasz geely ssangyong related topics dnipro dozor b kozak vepr kyiv auto show retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kharkiv morozov machine building design bureau & oldid 741708688 categories defence companies of the soviet uniondefence companies of ukrainetanks of the soviet unioneconomy of kharkivdesign companies established in 19271927 establishments in ukraine1927 establishments in the soviet unionagriculture companies of the soviet unionhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2012articles containing ukrainian language textarticles containing russian language text 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