Sergey Nepobedimy

{{Short description|Russian engineer (1921–2014)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Sergey Pavlovich Nepobedimyi

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|09|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ryazan, USSR

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|04|11|1921|09|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Kolomna, Russia

| occupation = engineer at CNIIAG

| spouse = Lora Ivanovna Nepobedimaya (Kuvshinova, 1923 — 1997)

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| children = daughter - Nataliya Sergeevna Fokina (Nepobedimaya, b. 1943)

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Sergey Pavlovich NepobedimyHis surname, Nepobedimy, means "unconquerable" ("invincible") in Russian. ({{langx|ru|Серге́й Па́влович Непобеди́мый}}; 13 September 1921 – 11 April 2014){{cite news |url=http://rupaper.com/post/24327 |title=The founder of Needle surface-to-air missile systems |work=Russian News |date=2014-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204202936/http://rupaper.com/post/24327 |archive-date=2016-02-04 |url-status=dead}} was a Soviet designer of rocket weaponry. He was the Head and Chief Designer of the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau (1965-1989). Born in Ryazan, USSR, he graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 1945 and was directed to the work at SKB-101 (KBM, currently FSUE «KB Mashinostroyeniya») of Boris Shavyrin.

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He was the principal designer of:

• anti-tank systems «Shmel» (1960),{{cn|date=April 2022}} «Malyutka» (1963){{cn|date=April 2022}} and later, the semi-automatic «Malyutka-P» (1969);{{cn|date=April 2022}}
• «Strela-2» (1968), «Strela-2M» (1970), «Strela-3» (1974), «Igla-1» (1981), «Igla» (1983);{{cn|date=April 2022}}
• supersonic anti-tank guided rocket system «Sturm» - «Sturm-B» for the helicopters (1976) and «Sturm-C» for the vehicles (1978);{{cn|date=April 2022}} «Ataka» (seriously modernized «Sturm») and first double-channeled Khrizantema.{{cn|date=April 2022}}
• tactical rocket complexes TRK "Tochka" - with SBCh, OFBCh (1975), with KBCh (1977), with G (1979), with F-R (1982) and Tochka-U (1988),{{cn|date=April 2022}} operative-tactical rocket complex OTRK "Oka" (1980).{{cn|date=April 2022}}
• active armored vehicle defence system KAZ "Arena"{{cn|date=April 2022}}

Besides, he initiated the design work on Iskander missiles, which was begun in December 1988.{{cite web|url=http://vpk-news.ru/articles/19095|title=Великий воин и защитник "Искандер"|publisher=VPK|date=10 February 2014|language=ru|access-date=14 September 2017|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006222505/http://vpk-news.ru/articles/19095|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/newspaper/item/16112-raketnaya-era-nepobedimogo|title=Ракетная эра Непобедимого|author=Вероника Ушакова|date=2014-05-19|publisher=Krasnaya Zvezda|accessdate=2017-09-14|language=ru|archive-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172921/http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/newspaper/item/16112-raketnaya-era-nepobedimogo|url-status=dead}}

In 1989, after the INF Treaty that eliminated all Soviet OTRK "Oka" (though formally they were not mentioned in the treaty), Nepobedimy stepped down as Chief Designer and retired from KBM. From 1990 until his death he worked in the Moscow Central Scientific Research Institute of Automatics and Hydraulics ad as the Chief of the scientific and technical center "REAGENT". He was the author of more than 350 scientific works, patents and one discovery.

Sergey Nepobedimy died in Kolomna in April 2014 and was buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-11 |title=Ушел Сергей Непобедимый |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2451281 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}{{Cite web |last=ntv.ru |title=На 93-м году скончался ракетный конструктор Сергей Непобедимый // Новости НТВ |url=https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/899117 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=НТВ |language=ru}}