On the Development of Dynamo Reactive Guns in Engineer M. N. Kondakov’s Design Bureau (OKB-43) in the 1930s
- Authors: Timofeeva R.A.1, Chumak R.N.2, Antonov V.A.3
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Affiliations:
- St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
- Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation
- Museum of National Military History (Padikovo)
- Issue: Vol 46, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 275-287
- Section: From the History of Technology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0205-9606/article/view/316295
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0205960625020046
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/hvzodn
- ID: 316295
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Abstract
The article analyzes a highly specialized area of activities of engineer M. N. Kondakov’s design bureau (KB-KON, later OKB-43, Leningrad), the creation of “dynamo-reactive” recoilless automatic cannons in the 1930s. The following projects are considered: automatic rocket launchers AURS-82 and AURS-132, 76-mm single-shot dynamo-reactive gun RP VTA, 37-mm ARKON anti-tank rifle, 45 mm automatic cannon ARKON-45, 76-mm DRP assault rifle, 37-mm rocket-propelled anti-tank rifle RPTR, mountain rocket gun GRP, and 60-mm semi-automatic rocket gun PRP-60. Their technical characteristics and design solutions are analyzed and the contributions of design engineers V. F. Lender, A. A. Tolochkov, L. I. Gorlitskii, S. G. Bukhalovskii, E. S. Rashkov, and V. E. Slukhotskii are revealed. A conclusion is drawn regarding the features of these guns and the specifics of the design bureau’s activities as a distinct scientific school for designing artillery guns of this type. The reasons for a gradual abandonment of this line of work at engineer Kondakov’s design bureau are identified.
About the authors
R. A. Timofeeva
St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
Email: rimma.a.timofeeva@gmail.com
Ul. Bol’shaya Morskaya, 18, St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia
R. N. Chumak
Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation
Email: majorruss@yandex.ru
Alexandrovsky Park, 7, St. Petersburg, 197046, Russia
V. A. Antonov
Museum of National Military History (Padikovo)
Email: programtec@mail.ru
Ul. Konnaya, 1, d. Padikovo, Istra Urban District, Moscow Region, 143582, Russia
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