Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Engines and equipment

This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for aero-engines and aircraft equipment in the Russian federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.

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Aero engines
Aviadvigatel - Aircraft engine[1]
APD
- Accessories gearbox[1]
AT
Avtomaht Tyaghi - auto-throttle[2]
AV
Avtomaticheskiy vint – automatic pitch [propeller][3]
BR
(suffix) Bezredooktornyy - no reduction gearbox [direct-drive][4]
BSP
- surge prevention system
BU
- booster[5]
D
Dvigatel' - engine[1]
DM
Dopolnityel'nyi Motor – supplementary motor[1]
DN
- diesel Novikov[1]
DPD
- supplementary lift engine[1]
DTRD
Dvukhkonturnyi Turboreaktivnyi Dvigatel – twin-spool gas turbine engine[5]
DV
- [1]
E
(suffix) Ekonomichnyi - economical[6]
F
(suffix) Forseerovannyi - uprated[6]
GTD
Gelikopternyi Turbo-Dvigatel' - helicopter turboshaft[1]
GTE
- [1]
K
(suffix/prefix) Korotkoresoorsnyi – short service life[7]
KhZ
Khimicheskoye Zazhigahniye – chemical ignition
M
Motornyi – prefix used for many piston engines prior to use of OKB names [ca. 1940][1]
MG
- [1]
MM
- [1]
MV
- [1]
N
Neftyanoy - of crude oil type (diesel engines)[8]
NII
- [1]
OR
Opeetnaya Raketa – experimental rocket engine[1]
ORM
Opeetnyi Reaktivnyi Motor – experimental reaction motor[1]
P
- [1]
PD
- piston engine[1]
PRD
Porokhovoy Raketnyi Dvigatel – gunpowder rocket motor[7]
PSR
Porokhovaya Startovaya Raketa – solid fuel rocket booster[6]
PuVRD
- pulsejet[1]
PVRD
- Ramjet[1]
R
(suffix) Redooktornyi - geared[7]
R
Reaktivnyi – jet-propelled [1]
RED
- digital control unit[7] FADEC
RD
Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – jet engine[7]
RDA
- [1]
RDK
- [1]
RMZ
-
RTD
Reaktivnyi Dvigatel – jet engine[9]
RTK
(suffix) Regoolator Toorbokompressora – Turbo-charger regulator[10]
RN
(suffix) -
RNV
(suffix) -
RTWD
- [1]
S
(suffix) Sdoov [Pogranichnovo Sloya] – boundary layer blowing/control[7]
S
Stendovyy – test-bed engine[9]
SIOD
Sistema Izmereniya Otnosheniya Davleniya – pressure-ratio measurement system[2]
SPRD
Startovyi Porohovoi Raketny Dvigatel – RATOG rocket assisted take off gear / JATO jet assisted take-off[5]
TA
- APU[2]
TK
(suffix) Toorbokompressor - turbocharger[5]
TKRD
Toorbokompressor Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – gas Turbine reaction engine
TR
Toorboreaktivnyi [Dvigatel] – turbojet engine[5]
TRD
- jet engine[1]
TRDD
- twin-spool turbojet[1]
TV
ToorboVintovoy – turboprop/turboshaft[1][6]
TVD
ToorboVintovoy Dvigatel – turboprop engine[5]
TvRDD
- turbofan[1]
TVVD
- Propfan[1]
U
- booster[7]
VFSh
Vint F Shaga – variable-pitch propeller[1]
VISh
Vint Izmenyayemovo Shaga – constant speed propeller[5]
VPSh
Vint Postoyannovo Shaga - fixed itch propeller[1]
VRD
Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – air reaction engine[9]
VRDK
Vozdushno-Reaktivny Dvigatel Kompressornyi – air reaction compressor jet[5]
VV
Vozdooshnyy Vint - airscew / propeller[4]
ZhRD
Zhidkostnyi Reaktivnyy Dvigatel' – liquid fuelled rocket engine[9]

Aero engine design bureaux
ACh
Aleksei Dmitriyevich Charomskii[1]
AI
Aleksandr Ivchyenko[1]
AL
Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyul'ka[1]
AM
Mikulin[1]
AMBS
Mikulin & B.S. Stechkin[1]
ASh
Arkadiya Dmitriyevich Shvetsov[1]
DM
Merkulov engines[1]
PS
Soloviev engines[1]
BD
S. S. Balandin[1]
MB
Aleksei Mikhailovich dobrotvorskii[1]
NK
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov[1]
PS
Soloviev [Aviadvigatel][1]
VD
Dobrynin engines[1]
VK
Klimov engines[1]

Equipment
AFA
1.AFA (AeroFotoApparaht – aerial camera)[11]
2. AviatsionnyFotoApparaht - large reconnaissance cameras)[5]
AFUS
AeroFotoUStanovka – aerial camera mount)[10]
AK
- engine driven compressor[12]
AKAFU
Avtomaticheskaya Kachayushchayasya AeroFotoUstanovka – automatic tilting camera mount[11]
AKU
Aviatsionnaya Katapool'tnaya Oostnovka – aircraft mounted ejector[7]
AKS
- hand driven cine camera[6]
AMG
Aviasionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye – aviation hydraulic fluid
APO
Aviatsionnyy Protivopozharnnyy Opryskivatel – airborne fire-fighting sprayer[10]
APU
Aviatsionnoye Pooskovoye Oostroystvo - missile launch rail[7]
APU-O
Aviatsionnaya Pooskovay Oostanovka, Odinochnaya [dlya snaryadov kalibra] 212 milimetrov – aircraft mounted launcher, single, for 212mm HVAR's[13]
ARD
Avtomaticheskiy Regoolyator Davleniya – automatic pressure regulator[14]
ART
Avtomaticheskiy Regoolyator Temperatoory – automatic temperature regulator[14]
ASO
Avtomaht Sbrosa Otrazhahteley – automatic chaff and flare dispenser[15]
AZS
- fire suppression system[12]
BANO
- navigation lights[13]
BD
1. Bahloochnyy Derzhahtel' - beam type [weapons] rack[5]
2. BomboDertchatel – bomb rack[5]
BL
- cargo winch[15]
BLM
BL Mishen - target winch[6]
BLT
- target winch[6]
BM
Booksirooyemaya Mishen – towed target[6]
BO
Bortovoy Obogrevahtel' – on-board [gasoline] cabin heater[10]
BVP
Blok Vybrosa Pomekh – interference ejector[7] 'Chuff & Fluff'
Der
Derzhahtel' - holder[4]
DK
Desahntnaya Kabina – assault trooper cabin[6]
Dnevnaya Fotorazvedka
Type D daylight reconnaissance pod[7]
DOS
Derzhahtel' Osvetitel'nykh Sredstv – racks for means of illumination (flare bomb cassette)[15]
DR
DoRazvedchik – auxiliary reconnaissance drone/aircraft[7]
Dya-ss
Derzhatel' yahshchichnyy Sredstv Signalizahtsii – box-type rack for signal means[12]
EKSP
Elektricheskaya Kasseta Signahl'nykh Patronov - electric signal flare launcher)[15]
EKSR
Elektricheskaya Kasseta Signahl'nykh R - electric signal flare launcher[12]
EMI
- multi-function engine indicators[2]
Esbr
Elektrichesky Sbrasyvatel – electric bomb release device[5]
FARM
- photo-recording module[12]
FS
- landing/taxi light[13]
FRS
- retractable landing/taxi lamps[6]
FUGOG
- fire extinguisher bottle[12]
GL
Groozvaya Lebyodka - Cargo winch[16]
GNP
- hydraulic pump[6]
GO
Ghenerahtor Odnofahznyy - generator[15]
GSh
GhermoShlem - pressure helmet[2]
GSK
- generator
GSN
- generator
GSR
- generator[7]
GT
- generator[6]
GTD
Gelikopter Turbo-Dvigatyel – helicopter turbine engine
I
(suffix) Instrooktor - instructor[7]
IUS
- electric drive system[2]
K
1. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system[11]
2. - non braking nose-wheel[17]
K
(suffix) 'Kryl'yevoy - wing-mounted)[10]
KADD
Klapan-avtomaht Dvoynovo Deystviya – dual-action automatic safety valve[13]
KAS
Kasseta/Konteyner Avareevyno-Spasahtel'naya – rescue capsule[6]
KAZ
Kompleksnyy Agrgaht Zaprahvki – self-contained refuelling pack[12]
KD
Kassetnyy Derzhahtel' - cassette-type rack[12]
KDS
- chaff and flare dispenser
KKO
Komplekt Kislorodnovo Oboroodovaniya – oxygen equipment set[7]
KKR
Kombinirovanny Konteiner Razvedy – combined reconnaissance pod[7]
KM
1. - oxygen mask[7]
2.[katapool'tnoye] Kreslo Mikoyana – Mikoyan ejection seat[7]
KP
Kislorodnyy Preebor – oxygen equipment[11]
KPA
Kislorodnyy Preebor Aviatsionny – aircraft oxygen equipment
KPS
Kormovaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – Starboard beam sighting station[12]
KPZh
Kislorodnyy Preebor Zhidkosnyy – oxygen system[16]
KS
[katapool'tnoye] Kreslo Sukhovo – Sukhoi [ejection] seat[17]
KT
Koleso Tormoznoye - brake [equipped] wheel[15]
LAS
Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya – inflatable rescue dinghy[6]
LASM
Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya Modernizeervannaya – inflatable rescue dinghy modernised[12]
LPG
- cargo winch[15]
LPS
Levaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – Port beam sighting station[12]
MKS
Mnogokoolpol'naya [parashootnaya] Sistema – multi-canopy [parachute] system[6]
MLAS-M
M Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya-M – M single man inflatable rescue dinghy-M
MLAS
- multiple ejector rack[7]
MRK
Mekhanizm Razvorota Kolesa – [nosewheel] steering mechanism[7]
MS
- cockpit voice recorder[6]
MSK
Morskoy Spasahtel'nyy Kostyum – maritime rescue suit[6]
MSRP
- flight data recorder[6]
NAFA
Nochnoy AeroFotoApparaht - night reconnaissance cameras[11]
NAZ
Nosimyy Avareeynyy Zapahs – survival kit[6]
Nochnaya fotrazvedka
– Type N night reconnaissance pod[7]
OPB
Opticheskiy Pritsel Bombardirovochnyy – optical bomb sight)
OS
- fire extinguisher bottle[6]
OMP
OM Pritsel - Il-10m gunners gunsight[6]
PAN
Pritsel AN - telescopic sight[11]
PAU
Pulemet Aviatcionny Uchebny – aircraft gun camera[9]
PDSB
Parashootnaya DSB- parachute droppable container[15]
PDUR
Parashootnaya DUR - parachute droppable package[15]
PGS
Parashootnaya Groozovaya Sistema – parachute cargo system[15]
PM
1. Planeeruyushchaya Mishen – gliding target[7]
2. Pikeeruyuschchaya Mishen – diving target[6]
PMP
Pritsel MP - Il-10m pilots gunsight)
PO
Preobrazovahtel' Odnofahznyy – AC converters[14]
PPD
- pitot boom[15]
PSK
Pritsel PD - collimating sight)
PSN
Plot spasahtel'nyy Nadoovnoy – six man life raft[6]
PSP
Pritsel Strelkovyy Periskopicheskiy – flexible periscopic sight
PT
1. Preobrazovahtel' Tryokhfahznyy – AC converters[14]
2. Parashoot Tormoznoy – brake parachute[7]
PTB
Podvesnoy Toplivnyy Bahk – metal/external drop tanks[5]
PLGB
- compressed cardboard drop tanks
PVD
Preeyomnik Vozdooshnovo Davleniya – air pressure sensor[7]
Rahdiotekhnicheskaya razvedka
– Type R Elint pod[7]
RD
Regoolaytor Davleniye – pressure regulator[13]
RTSh
Raspylitel Toornel'nyy Shirokozakhvahtnyy – wide-strip tunnel type spreader[10]
S
1. - gun camera[11]
2. - parachute[6]
ShRAP
- ground power receptacle[2]
SIO
Sistema Imitahtsii Otkahzov – malfunction simulation system[14]
SK
- ejection seat[7]
SKAT
Stahntsiya Kompleksnaya Aerogheofizicheskaya Tryokhmetodnaya – three method integrated airborne geophysical module[10]
SKG
- liquid oxygen (LOX) converter[14]
SMI
- anti collision beacon[6]
SPM
- rotating anti-coll light[15]
SSP
- fire warning system
STG
- starter-generator[6]
TAFA
Topograficheskiy AeroFotoapparaht – topographic aircraft camera[10]
TG
ToorboGenerahtor - turbo-generator[6]
TS
- starter generator[15]
TSM
Teleskopicheskiy Strelyayushchiy Mekhanizm – telescopic firing mechanism[7] ejection gun
TNU
Toorbonasosnaya Oostanovka – [air] turbo hydraulic pump[2]
TV Razvedka
Ttpe T TV reconnaissance pod[7]
U (suffix)
1. Oonifi-tseerovannyy - universal)[10]
2. Oochenik - trainee[7]
UBSh
Oonifitseerovannyy Ballon Sharovoy – universal [fire extinguisher] spherical bottles[2]
UKhO
Oonifitseerovannyy Khvostovoy Otsek – standardised tail compartment [for ECM])[12]
UPAZ
Universalny Podvesnoy Agregat Zapravki – in-flight refuelling pod[5]
VAP
Vylivnoy Aviatsionnyy Pribor – fire-fighting module[6]
VK
Ventileeruyemyy Kostyum – ventilated suit[7]
VKK
Vysotnyy Kompenseeruyuschchiy Kostyum - altitude compensation/pressure suit[7][14]
VMSK
- heat insulated and waterproof maritime pressure/rescue suit[14]
VP
Vintovoy Podyomnik - screw-jack[2]
VPS
1. Verkhnaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – dorsal sighting system[12]
2. Vytyazhnaya Parashoonaya Sistema – parachute extraction system[6]
VSS
Vysotnyy Spasahtel'nyy Skafandr – high altitude rescue suit[7]
ZSh
Zashchitnyy Shlem - flying helmet[7]

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  • Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. Kamov Ka-27/-32 Family. Hinkley, Midland. 2006. ISBN 1-85780-237-3 ISBN 978 1 85780 237 5
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