Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau ( Ukrainian : Харківське Конструкторське Бюро з Машинобудування ім. О.О. Морозова, or ХКБМ, KhKBM ), often simply called Morozov Design Bureau or abbreviated KMDB , is a state-owned Ukrainian company in Kharkiv which designs armoured vehicles, including the T-80UD and T-84 main battle tanks , as well as military prime movers . It was responsible for designing and creating many important Soviet-era armoured fighting vehicles , including the BT tank series, with its most famous designs being the T-34 , T-54 , and T-64 tanks. It is closely associated with the Malyshev Factory .
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38-728: 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 anti-tank guided missiles . Versions have seen trials in Greece , Turkey , and Malaysia . KMDB also produces military tractors , trainers and simulators, and upgrade packages for Soviet tanks and armoured personnel carriers . KMDB's BTR-4 armoured personnel carrier has been supplied to Iraq. Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin ( Russian : Орден Ленина , romanized : Orden Lenina , pronounced [ˈordʲɪn ˈlʲenʲɪnə] )
57-652: A next-generation main battle tank, which would become the T-64 , for which 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 (from 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
76-829: 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 known tanks of World War II. Series production began in June 1940 in Kharkiv, and followed by production at the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and the Sormovo Shipbuilding Plant in Gorky . In
95-670: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau KMDB started as the Tank Design Team of the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory Komintern (KhPZ, now Malyshev Factory ) in 1927, in Kharkiv , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , and was responsible for the T-12 and T-24 light tanks. In the 1930s,
114-652: 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. After the break-up of
133-810: 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. Deliveries were hampered by politically motivated problems with supply of Russian components. Ukraine
152-405: 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. In 1937, a separate design bureau was established to build
171-486: The left chest without a ribbon. Later it was worn as a medal suspended from a red ribbon with pairs of yellow stripes at the edges (see image above). The ribbon bar is of the same design. The portrait of Lenin was originally a riveted silver piece. For a time it was incorporated into a one-piece gold badge, but finally returned as a separate platinum piece until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. The first Order of Lenin
190-532: 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
209-536: The titles " Hero of the Soviet Union " and " Hero of Socialist Labour " were also given the order as part of the award. It was also bestowed on cities, companies, factories, regions, military units, and ships. Various educational institutions and military units who received the said Order applied the full name of the order into their official titles. The first design of the Order of Lenin was sculpted by Pyotr Tayozhny and Ivan Shadr based on sketches by Ivan Dubasov . It
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#1732781184253228-669: The war was over, the factory gradually transferred operations back to Ukraine (now named "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 Leonid N. Kartsev Design Bureau at Uralvagonzavod, and began work on
247-658: Was an award named after Vladimir Lenin , the leader of the October Revolution . It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union . The order was awarded to: From 1944 to 1957, before the institution of specific length of service medals, the Order of Lenin was also used to reward 25 years of conspicuous military service. Those who were awarded
266-488: Was awarded between 1930 and 1932. The second design was awarded from 1934 until 1936. This was a solid gold badge, featuring a silver plated disc bearing Lenin's portrait. The disc is surrounded by two golden panicles of wheat , and a red flag with "LENIN" in Cyrillic script ( Russian : ЛЕНИН ). A red star is placed on the left and the "hammer and sickle" emblem at the bottom, both in red enamel. The third design
285-406: Was awarded from 1936 until 1943. The design was the same as previous, but the central disc was gray enamelled and Lenin's portrait was a separate piece made of platinum fixed by rivets . The fourth design was awarded from 1943 until 1991. Design was the same as previous, but was worn as a medal suspended from a ribbon (all previous were screwback). The badge was originally worn by screwback on
304-623: Was awarded to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda on 23 May 1930. Also among the first ten recipients were five industrial companies, three pilots, and the Secretary to the Central Executive Committee Avel Enukidze . The first person to be awarded a second Order of Lenin was the pilot Valery Chkalov in 1936. Another pilot, Vladimir Kokkinaki , became the first to receive a third Order in 1939. The first five foreign recipients – who were presented with
323-635: Was combined with the 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
342-599: 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
361-502: Was made by Goznak of silver with some lightly gold-plated features. It was a round badge with a central disc featuring Vladimir Lenin 's profile surrounded by smokestacks , a tractor and a building, possibly a power plant. A thin red-enamelled border and a circle of wheat panicles surrounded the disc. At the top was a gold-plated " hammer and sickle " emblem, and at the bottom were the Russian initials for "USSR" ( Russian : СССР ) in red enamel. Only about 800 of this design were minted. It
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