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TsKIB SOO

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Russian small arms design bureau

The Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms (Russian: Центральное конструкторско-исследовательское бюро спортивного и охотничьего оружия), abbreviated TsKIB SOO (Russian: ЦКИБ СОО) is a Russian small arms design bureau based in Tula, Russia. It was established in 1946, and it is currently managed as a branch of the KBP Instrument Design Bureau.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Central Design and Research Bureau of Sporting and Hunting Arms (Russian: Центральное конструкторско-исследовательское бюро спортивного и охотничьего оружия), abbreviated TsKIB SOO (Russian: ЦКИБ СОО) is a Russian small arms design bureau based in Tula, Russia. It was established in 1946, and it is currently managed as a branch of the KBP Instrument Design Bureau.2

Products and brands

Notable products designed at TsKIB SOO include:

high-quality custom hunting shotguns (MTs 5, MTs 6, MTs 7, MTs 8, MTs 30, MTs 109, MTs 110, MTs 111, MTs255, etc.)

TKB-022PM, TKB-0146, TKB-408, TKB-517 assault rifle prototypes

TKB-015A, GPMG prototype

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OTs-38 Stechkin silent revolver

OTs-12 Tiss assault rifle

OTs-14 Groza assault rifle

OTs-28 23mm shotgun (ru:ОЦ-28)

ASh-12.7 12.7 mm battle rifle

OSV-96 12.7 mm sniper rifle

12.7mm NSV machine gun and Afanasev A-12.7 machine gun

40mm GP-25/GP-30/GP-34 and RG-6 grenade launchers

AGS-40 Balkan 40 mm automatic grenade launcher

Afanasev Makarov AM-23 aircraft cannon

"Rys" ("Lynx") series of shotguns

RSh-12 and RSh-9 assault revolvers

From Wikipedia’s article on TsKIB SOO, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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