Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Weapons and armament
This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for aircraft weapons in the Russian federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Aircraft designations
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Avionics and instruments
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Engines and equipment
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Miscellaneous
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Organisations
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Weapons and armament
Aircraft guns
- 2A42
- 30 mm cannon[1]
- 9A622
- 7.62 mm four-barrelled machine-gun[1]
- 9A623
- 30 mm twin-barrelled cannon a.k.a. AO-17 and GSh-30/II[2]
- 9A624
- 12.7 mm four-barrelled machine-gun[1]
- 9A4071K
- 30 mm cannon a.k.a. GSh-30-1 and TKB-687[2]
- A
- AM
- N.M. Afansa'yev & N.F. Makarov[1]
- AO
- APK
- Aviatsionnaya Pushka Kurchevsky – aircraft cannon Kurchevsky[3]
- B
- Berezin. A 12.7mm caliber machine gun used in
- BNT
- Berezin NT.
- BS
- [poolemyot] Berezina Sinkhronnyy - Berezin's synchronised machine-gun[4]
- DA
- [poolemyot] Degtyaryova Aviatsionnyy - Degtyaryov machine-gun for aircraft[4]
- DRP
- DinámoReaktívnaya Púshka - динамореактивная пушка, ДPП - recoilless rifle/cannon
- GP
- Gondola Pushechnaya – cannon pod[2]
- GSh
- Gryazev & Shipoonov[5]
- K
- 1. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system[5]
- 2. (suffix) Kroopnokalibernyy – large calibre[5]
- 3. (suffix) Kryl'yevoy – wing mounted[5]
- L
- (suffix) Lafetnaya – for permanent mounting[2]
- M
- (suffix) Motornaya – engine mounted[5]
- MP
- Motornaya Pushka – engine mounted cannon
- MPSh
- Motornaya Pushka Shpital'novo – Shpital'nyy engine mounted cannon[5]
- MV
- Mozharovsky-Venevidov turret gun Georgy Mozharovsky & Ivan Venevidov
- N
- A.E. Nudelman[1]
- NR
- Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter[3]
- NS
- Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & Suranov.[3]
- OKB-15
- PKT
- PTB
- Pushka Taubin-Baburin - cannon Taubin-Baburin (both Taubin & Baburin were executed for their guns {MP-3 / MP-6 / PTB-6 / PTB-23 / Taubin 23} failure, apparently)
- PV
- Poolemyot Vozdooshnyy – machine-gun for aircraft 7.62mm machine gun based on Maxim machine gun by A. Nadashkevich & Feodor Tokarev[4]
- S
- (suffix) Sinkronayah - synchronised[5]
- Sh
- Boris Shpital'nyy
- ShFK
- Shpital'nyy FK[6]
- ShKAS
- [poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun[4]
- ShVAK
- Shpital'nyy/Vladimirov Aviatsionny Krupnokalibernaya - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii large calibre aircraft cannon[3]
- SPPU
- Samoletnaya Podvesnaya Pushechnaya Ustanovka – aircraft gun pod[3]
- TKB
- Tool'skoye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – Tula design bureau[6] see AM-23
- UBK
- Ooniversal'nyy [poolemyot] Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun[3]
- UBS
- Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Sinkhronnyy- M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun[3]
- UBT
- Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun[3]
- Ultra ShKAS
- : Ultra [poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy – Ultra Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun- 7.62mm machine-gun[1]
- UPK
- Unifitcirovanny Pushechny Konteiner – universal gun pod[3]
- VYa
- Volkov-Yartcev[3]
Bombs, turrets, etc
- A
- torpedo[6]
- AG
- Aviatsionnykh Granaht - aviation grenades
- AgitAB
- Aghitatsionnaya AviaBomba - psychological warfare/propaganda in the form of 'leaflet bombs'[7]
- AK
- - chemical bomblet for cluster bomb[1]
- AMD
- - anti shipping mine[6]
- APM
- - anti shipping mine[8]
- ARS
- Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket[3]
- ARS
- Aviatsionny Reaktivnii Snaryad – high velocity aircraft rocket[5]
- ARGS
- Aktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golvka Samonavedeniya – active radar seeker head[2]
- ASO
- - chaff and flare dispenser[1]
- AT
- Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - anti submarine torpedoes[6]
- AVA
- (suffix) - [6] torpedo
- BetAB
- - retarded/rocket assisted runway cratering bomb[7]
- BLUB
- Blisternaya Oostanovka Berezina – Berezin's blister mount
- BrAB
- Broneboynaya AviaBomba – armour-piercing bomb[8]
- DAG
- Derzhatel' Aviatsionnykh Granaht – container aviation grenade
- DAB
- Dymovaya AviaBomba - smoke bomb[7]
- DB
- Distantsionno [oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – remote-controlled turret[8]
- DK
- - turret[9]
- DOSAB
- Dnev-naya Orienteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - day marker/signal flare bombs[7]
- DV-AB
- - smoke bomb[1]
- FAB
- Fugahsnaya AviaBomba - high explosive bomb[3]
- FotAB
- Fotograficheskaya AviaBomba – photo flash bomb[6]
- FZAB
- Foogahsno-Zazhigahtel'naya Aviabomba - high explosive/incendiary bomb[7]
- HCN
- - chemical weapon[1]
- IAB
- Imitatsionnaya Aviabomba - high explosive/incendiary bomb[7]
- IGDM
- - anti shipping mine[8]
- K
- 1. (suffix) Kassetnaya bomba – cluster bomb[2]
- 2. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system[5]
- 3. Kormovaya [strekovaya oostanovka] – tail barbette[6] Il-28 a.k.a. Il-K-6
- KAB
- 1. Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba – guided depth charge[2]
- 2. Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba - guided bomb[7]
- KD
- - cassette bomb dispenser
- KDB
- Kormovaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret[10]
- KG
- - turret
- Kh
- - air-to-surface missile[1]
- KhAB
- - chemical weapon phosgene[1] also ChAB
- KMGU
- KonteinerMalykhGruzov Universalny – small weapons carrier pod[3] CBLS
- KU
- Kormovaya Oostanovka – rear [defensive armament] installation a.k.a. Il-KU3 Il-22
- KRAB
- KorrekteeRuyemaya AviaBomba - guided bomb[7] 1948 IR guided bomb
- KSR
- - anti-shipping missile[8]
- L
- (suffix) Lazernoe navedeniye – Laser guidance[2]
- LU
- Lyookovaya Oostanovka – hatch [defensive armament] installation[10]
- MAN
- (suffix) [torpeda] Modernizeerovannaya Aviatsionnaya Nizhkovysotnaya – modernised aircraft torpedo for low-altitude attacks[6]
- MV
- - turret for Il-2 – Mozharovskiy and Venevidov
- N
- - nuclear weapon[1]
- NDB
- Nizhnyaya verkhnyaya Distantsionno oopravlyaaemaya Bahshnya – ventral remote controlled turret[10]
- NOSAB
- Nochnaya Orieynteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - night marker/signal flare bombs[7]
- NOV-AB
- - non-persistent agent dispenser[1]
- NT
- (suffix) Nizkoye Torpedometahniye – low altitude torpedo attack[6]
- NU
- - cannon mount for Il-102
- OD
- (suffix) Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb][2]
- ODAB
- Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya AviaBomba – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb][7]
- OFAB
- Oskolochno Fugasnaya AviaBomba – fragmentation high explosive bomb[2]
- OFZAB
- Oskolochno Fugasnaya-Zazhigahtel'naya AviaBomba – fragmentation/high explosive/incendiary bomb[2]
- OMAB
- Oryenteerno-Markernaya AviaBomba – maritime marker bombs[8]
- ORO
- Odinochnoye Reaktivnoye Oroodiye – single rocket gun[11] ORO-82 - tube launcher for TRS-82
- P
- Prakticheskaya [aviabomba] - practice bomb[7]
- PLAB
- Protivolodochaya AviaBomba - depth charge/anti-submarine bombs[7]
- PROSAB
- PS
- Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – sighting station[8]
- PTAB
- Protivitahnkovaya AviaBomba - armour piercing bomblets[1]
- PTK
- - hollow-charge bomblet for cluster bomb[1]
- PUL
- R
- 1. Raketa – air-to-air missile [rocket][1][12]
- 2. (suffix) Rahdiolokatsionnaya [Golovka Samonavedniya] – radar seeker head[2]
- RAT
- Raketnaya Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - rocket propelled torpedo[8]
- RBK
- Razovaya Bombovaya Kasseta - cluster bomb dispenser[1]
- RDS
- - nuclear weapon
- RGB
- Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy - sonobuoy[6]
- RGB-N
- Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy[6]
- RPK
- - fragmentation bomblet for cluster bomb[1]
- RRAB
- - incendiary bomblet for cluster bomb[1]
- RS
- S
- Snaryad - rocket[6]
- SAB
- Svetyashchaya AviaBomba – flare bomb[6]
- ShOAB
- Sharikovaya Oskolochnaya AviaBomba - pellet bomb/bomblet[7]
- SOV-AB
- - persistent agent dispenser[1]
- SPV
- Sistema Pushechnovo Vo'oroozheniya – defensive armament system[8]
- T
- (suffix) Teplovaya [golovka samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker head[12]
- TsOSAB
- Tsvetnaya Orieynteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - coloured marker/signal flare bombs[7]
- TAS
- - [6] torpedo
- TAV
- - [6] torpedo
- TK
- (suffix) Televizionno-Komahndnoye navedeniye – TV guidance[2]
- TN
- - nuclear weapon[1]
- Toxic-B
- - chemical weapon[1]
- TOZ
- - [6] torpedo
- TR
- (suffix) Televizionno-Korreyatsionnoye Samonavedeniye – TV correlated guidance[2]
- TRS
- ToorboReaktivnyy Snaryad – [turbo-jet projectile] rocket projectiles[5]
- TsOSAB
- Tsvetnaya oriyenteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba – coloured marker/signal flare bombs[8]
- TUM
- - dorsal powered turret
- UB
- 1.Oonifitseerovannyy Blok – universal [standardised] pod[6]
- 2. - rocket pod[2]
- 3. Oopravlyayermaya Bomba – guided bomb[6]
- UBSh
- - experimental defensive installation- Il-2
- UkhAP
- - chemical warfare liquid dispensers
- UTK
- - turret for Il-4 I. Shebanov
- VAP
- Vylivnoy Aviatsionny Pribor - chemical weapon dispenser[1]
- VDB
- Verkhnyaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret[10]
- VT
- (suffix) Vysotnoye Torpedometahniye – high altitude torpedo attack[6]
- VU
- Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka – dorsal turret[6] Il-10/Il-20
- VUB
- Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka Bombardirovshchika – remote controlled dorsal turret for bombers[10]
- ZAB
- Zazhigahtel'naya Aviabomba - incendiary bomb[1]
- ZAP
- Zazhigahtel'naya AP - incendiary bomb dispenser[1]
- ZB
- Zazhigahtel'nyy Bahk - incendiary [napalm] tanks[2]
See also
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Aircraft designations
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Avionics and instruments
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Engines and equipment
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Miscellaneous
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Organisations
- Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Weapons and armament
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