刘鼎,原名阚尊民(1903—1986),兵工专家,是我国兵器工业的主要创建者和领导人之一。革命战争时期,在条件极其艰苦的情况下研制了火炮、步枪、炸药包抛射机、掷弹筒和无烟火药等,为人民兵工和国防工业的创建、发展和壮大做出了不可磨灭的贡献。建国后,在国防建设、武器制式化、建立兵工技术基础,研制新型武器等方面作了大量开创性工作。 Liu Ding, formerly known as Kan Zunmin (1903-1986), a military expert, is one of the major founders and leaders of China’s ordnance industry. In the period of the revolutionary war, artillery, rifles, explosives and packet projectiles, launchers and smokeless gunpowder were developed under extremely difficult conditions and made an indelible mark for the creation, development and expansion of the people’s military and defense industries contribution. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a great deal of groundbreaking work has been done in the fields of national defense construction, weapons standardization, establishment of military technology bases and the development of new types of weapons.