The designer of the tank defense "Drozd" and shells "Krasnopol" Vasily Bakalov passed away

Shipunov Engineering Design Bureau on the official website reported the sad news. An outstanding engineer, organizer, designer of military equipment Vasily Ivanovich Bakalov died. From 1978 to 1997, he was in the position of chief and chief designer of the Central Design Bureau of COO. Today, Vasily Bakalov, a native of the Voronezh region, will be buried in the honorable alley of the Smolensk cemetery.

Vasily Bakalov graduated from the special school of the fourth military recovery detachment, in his youth he worked as a machinist, carpenter, and bricklayer. Then he entered the Electrotechnical College of Alma-Ata, after which in 1952 he became a student at the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute of Communications. The institute graduated in 1957 with honors. With a diploma of higher education comes to Tula, where he begins a new career - in the 14th Central Clinical Hospital. This labor path of Vasily Ivanovich was devoted to the creation of new weapons.

So, Vasily Bakalov is the chief designer tank defense "Drozd", one of the developers of guided artillery ammunition "Krasnopol". He was involved in the creation of the Tunguska, anti-tank guided munitions. In total, he created about one and a half hundred projects in the field of weapons and military equipment.

Vasily Bakalov - Lenin Prize laureate, had numerous state awards, including two orders of the Red Banner of Labor, the Order of the October Revolution.

"Military Review" expresses condolences to the relatives and friends of Vasily Bakalov.

Comments

[WILL]

Bright Memory to the Designer and Scientist! Condolences to family and friends!
Modern Russian awards - for some reason, bypassed the Designer ...
Actually he and without them WAS something to be proud of, Two labor Red Banners, Order of the October Revolution! Lenin Prize!

[Retvizan 8]

Thank you Vasily Ivanovich for the contribution you made to the defense capability of our state!
The Kingdom of heaven.

[Alex_Rarog]

Everlasting memory! Thanks to him for the shield and sword ... And my condolences to the family.

[New Year day]

The best born in the USSR are leaving. I hope there is a decent change. Thank you for serving the Motherland

[steelmaker]

"..... Show your fitness from childhood,
Be a step or a wall - a support in the right place.
We’ll all leave this life, alone like smoke,
leaving a vision in mind, others - not hoping for luck,
From dancing their dance is full, and they will drink their cup to the bottom.
The main thing is not to live long, but not to survive the children.
And in order to preserve their fitness in the MEMORY of children. "

[Fantazer911]

Bright memory to the defender of the fatherland!

[Mountain shooter]

A generation is leaving ... Unfortunately, this is a law of nature ... A new one is coming. Will it be the same, regardless of time, forgetting about itself, work hard? Not for rewards, not for fame - but because it is necessary!

[bessmertniy]

The elite of techies - true patriots of Russia - has always been and will be. Blessed memory to Vasily Baklanov!

[Magog]

Young people see how the scientific and technical fund of the USSR is being stolen and sold before their very eyes. New Russia is also not insured in this sense ... "Work hard" for what? So that the Serdyukovs and Vasilievs feel good? Where are the films about people like Baklanov, Kalashnikov, Grabin, ...? Bankers, lawyers, actors - these are the most popular characters among young people ...

[aszzz888]

01:41, January 28, 2020
Died military designer Vasily Bakalov. Soviet military designer Vasily Bakalov died in the 91st year of his life.

Much has been done for the motherland, for the country's defense capability! Everlasting memory!!!

[Aviator_]

And the years of the life of the Designer could be written? When he was born?

[Sova]

Eternal memory. My condolences to relatives and friends. We will not forget your contribution to the defense capability of our country.

[svp67]

Thank you, Vasily Ivanovich for your work.
Something over the past couple of months "plague" went among the "elders" of our military-industrial complex. It is clear that this cannot be avoided, but somehow a lot of them leave.

[viktor_ui]

The normal human face of a design engineer, scientist from the USSR. Very sorry and sincere condolences.