Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov

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Aleksander Aleksandrovich Morozov (Russian: Александр Александрович Морозов; Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Морозов, romanized: Oleksándr Oleksándrovych Morózov; born 29 October 1904 – 14 June 1979) was a Soviet tanks designer, general, major-engineer (1945), and doctor of technical sciences (1972). He was awarded the Hero of the Socialist Labour award in 1942 and 1974. Morozov took part in the development of the first domestic tank, the T-24 (1930), and also the wheel-caterpillar BT-2 (1931), BT-5 (1932), BT-7 (1935) and BT-7M (1939) light tanks. As the technical lead of the project together with M. I. Koshkin and N. A. Kucherenko headed development of the medium T-34 tank in 1940. During the Second World War, he was the chief designer of upgrades of the T-34 tank, which was recognized as one of the best Soviet tanks of the Second World War. After the war, under the direction of Morozov, a number of new types of tanks were created. The Deputy of Supreme Council of the USSR of the 5th convocation awarded state awards of the USSR (1942, 1946, 1948) and Lenin Prize (1967) to Morozov. He was awarded three Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, the Orders of Kutuzov of the 1st degree,…Citește mai mult

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Career The fourteen-year-old teenager A. A. Morozov, having got a six-year education at the Moscow Mechanical Institute, came in March 1919 to the engine-building plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine. His labor activity began in technical office of the factory as the filing clerk. Further work as a copyist, draftsman, and designer acquainted him with creation at the factory of the first chain track tractor, the "Communar". In 1928 A. A. Morozov returned to the factory after service in the Red Army (as an air brigade aviation technician) Morozov as a part of design group provided production of a prototype of the maneuverable T-1-12 tank, and then participated in designing and release of the subsequent modification of the tank which received the T-24 brand. This tank was one of the first tanks of a domestic design, in it were the powerful engine and a number of original nodes of transmission were established. The period of 1929–1931 was associated for A. A. Morozov with study on correspondence department of the Moscow automotive institute of M. V. Lomonosov, and then – on evening department of the Kharkiv machine-building technical school. Upon termination of technical school Morozov was directly involved in designing and development of…Citește mai mult

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World War II At the end of 1938 both projects (A-20 and A-32) were submitted for consideration of the Main Council of War of Red Army where M. I. Koshkin is the chief designer of the factory of a name of Komintern and A. A. Morozov – his deputy made reports of their work. As a result, after discussion of introduced drafts permission to production of both tanks, having tested them to make a final choice of one of them for acceptance on arms was got. In June–August 1939 comparative testing were carried out. No essential benefits of the wheel-caterpillar tank in comparison with caterpillar were revealed, and in conclusions of the commission it was written down: "the A-32 tank as the having inventory on increase in weight, it is reasonable to protect more powerful armor, having respectively increased durability of separate details …" Therefore, soon the A-32 tank was finished loading to 24 tons and will put on additional trials. Testing confirmed a possibility of increasing the mass of the tank approximately by 5 tonnes, that allowed to increase case armor thickness from 20 to 45 mm and to strengthen a number of nodes and aggregates. The committee of…Citește mai mult

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Post World War II The post-war period of the Morozov associated with the continuation of the line of the development of mass medium tanks, partially embodied in the final stages of the war in the T-44. The whole wealth of experience in the production and use of the T-34 tank was used on the T-54 and T-55. Their designs were reflected many of the achievements of science and technology of the postwar period, as a result of which they were created and put into mass production, in particular, weapons stabilizers, electronic night-vision goggles, equipment for underwater driving system of protection against weapons of mass destruction, and others. Medium tanks the first post-war generation, started under the guidance and the ideas of Morozov, had high combat characteristics, and they are simple in design and reliable in operation. Their development was attended by many designers KB, including P.P. Vasilyev, V.G. Matyuhin, V.K. Baydakov, A.V. Kolesnikov. For the development of the T-54 A.A. Morozov was the third time awarded the USSR State Prize. In the second half of the 50s, the creative life of Morozov was associated with laying the foundations of the design of the second generation of postwar period tanks. Morozov…Citește mai mult