Josef Kotin
Josef Yakovlevich Kotin (Russian: Жозеф Яковлевич Котин; 10 March 1908, Pavlograd, Russian Empire, now Ukraine - 21 October 1979, Moscow) was a Soviet armored vehicle design engineer, Head of all three Leningrad armor design bureaux (1937–39), Chief Designer of the Narkomat for Tank Industry (1939-1941), Deputy Narkom for the tank industry of the Soviet Union (1941-1943), Director of the Research Institute at Kirov Plant, Deputy Defense Industry Minister of the Soviet Union 1968-1972.[1][2] He is best known for leading the design of some of the Kliment Voroshilov tanks, IS tank family, T-10 tank, SU-152 self-propelled heavy howitzer, Kirovets K-700 tractor and many other armored vehicles and heavy machinery.[1]
Josef Kotin received the title of Hero of Socialist Labour (1941), he was four times a Stalin Prize winner (1941,1943,1946,1948).[1] He was married to Nataliya Poklonova, who was an engineer with the RKKA UMM (Soviet army office of motorization and Mechanization).[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Котин Жозеф Яковлевич". Warheroes.
- ^ "Joseph Kotin - a Prominent Designer of Armored | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".
- ^ Forczyk, Robert, Panzerjager vs. KV-1, p.13, Osprey, 2012
- 1908 births
- 1979 deaths
- Soviet engineers
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- People from Pavlohrad
- Stalin Prize winners
- Tank designers