• Source: 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.




Aircraft guns



2A42

30 mm cannon
9A622
7.62 mm four-barrelled machine-gun
9A623

30 mm twin-barrelled cannon a.k.a. AO-17 and GSh-30/II
9A624
12.7 mm four-barrelled machine-gun
9A4071K

30 mm cannon a.k.a. GSh-30-1 and TKB-687
A

AM
N.M. Afansa'yev & N.F. Makarov
AO

APK
Aviatsionnaya Pushka Kurchevsky – aircraft cannon Kurchevsky
B

Berezin. A 12.7mm caliber machine gun used in

BNT
Berezin NT.
BS

[poolemyot] Berezina Sinkhronnyy - Berezin's synchronised machine-gun
DA

[poolemyot] Degtyaryova Aviatsionnyy - Degtyaryov machine-gun for aircraft
DRP

DinámoReaktívnaya Púshka - динамореактивная пушка, ДPП - recoilless rifle/cannon
GP
Gondola Pushechnaya – cannon pod
GSh
Gryazev & Shipoonov
K
1. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system
2. (suffix) Kroopnokalibernyy – large calibre
3. (suffix) Kryl'yevoy – wing mounted
L
(suffix) Lafetnaya – for permanent mounting
M
(suffix) Motornaya – engine mounted
MP
Motornaya Pushka – engine mounted cannon
MPSh
Motornaya Pushka Shpital'novo – Shpital'nyy engine mounted cannon
MV
Mozharovsky-Venevidov turret gun Georgy Mozharovsky & Ivan Venevidov
N
A.E. Nudelman
NR

Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter
NS

Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & Suranov.
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
S
(suffix) Sinkronayah - synchronised
Sh
Boris Shpital'nyy
ShFK
Shpital'nyy FK
ShKAS

[poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun
ShVAK

Shpital'nyy/Vladimirov Aviatsionny Krupnokalibernaya - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii large calibre aircraft cannon
SPPU
Samoletnaya Podvesnaya Pushechnaya Ustanovka – aircraft gun pod
TKB
Tool'skoye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – Tula design bureau see AM-23
UBK

Ooniversal'nyy [poolemyot] Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun
UBS

Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Sinkhronnyy- M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun
UBT

Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun
Ultra ShKAS

: Ultra [poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy – Ultra Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun- 7.62mm machine-gun
UPK
Unifitcirovanny Pushechny Konteiner – universal gun pod
VYa
Volkov-Yartcev




Bombs, turrets, etc



A
torpedo
AG
Aviatsionnykh Granaht - aviation grenades
AgitAB

Aghitatsionnaya AviaBomba - psychological warfare/propaganda in the form of 'leaflet bombs'
AK
- chemical bomblet for cluster bomb

AMD
- anti shipping mine
APM
- anti shipping mine

ARS

Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket
ARS

Aviatsionny Reaktivnii Snaryad – high velocity aircraft rocket
ARGS
Aktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golvka Samonavedeniya – active radar seeker head
ASO
- chaff and flare dispenser
AT
Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - anti submarine torpedoes
AVA
(suffix) - torpedo
BetAB
- retarded/rocket-assisted runway cratering bomb
BLUB
Blisternaya Oostanovka Berezina – Berezin's blister mount
BrAB
Broneboynaya AviaBomba – armour-piercing bomb
DAG
Derzhatel' Aviatsionnykh Granaht – container aviation grenade
DAB
Dymovaya AviaBomba - smoke bomb
DB
Distantsionno [oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – remote-controlled turret
DK
- turret
DOSAB
Dnev-naya Orienteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - day marker/signal flare bombs
DV-AB
- smoke bomb
FAB
Fugahsnaya AviaBomba - high explosive bomb
FotAB
Fotograficheskaya AviaBomba – photo flash bomb
FZAB
Foogahsno-Zazhigahtel'naya Aviabomba - high explosive/incendiary bomb
HCN
- chemical weapon
IAB
Imitatsionnaya Aviabomba - high explosive/incendiary bomb
IGDM
- anti shipping mine
K
1. (suffix) Kassetnaya bomba – cluster bomb
2. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system
3. Kormovaya [strekovaya oostanovka] – tail barbette Il-28 a.k.a. Il-K-6
KAB
1. Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba – guided depth charge
2. Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba - guided bomb
KD
- cassette bomb dispenser
KDB
Kormovaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret
KG
- turret
Kh
- air-to-surface missile
KhAB
- chemical weapon phosgene also ChAB
KMGU
KonteinerMalykhGruzov Universalny – small weapons carrier pod CBLS
KU
Kormovaya Oostanovka – rear [defensive armament] installation a.k.a. Il-KU3 Il-22
KRAB
KorrekteeRuyemaya AviaBomba - guided bomb 1948 IR guided bomb
KSR
- anti-shipping missile
L
(suffix) Lazernoe navedeniye – Laser guidance
LU
Lyookovaya Oostanovka – hatch [defensive armament] installation
MAN
(suffix) [torpeda] Modernizeerovannaya Aviatsionnaya Nizhkovysotnaya – modernised aircraft torpedo for low-altitude attacks
MV
- turret for Il-2 – Mozharovskiy and Venevidov
N
- nuclear weapon
NDB
Nizhnyaya verkhnyaya Distantsionno oopravlyaaemaya Bahshnya – ventral remote controlled turret
NOSAB
Nochnaya Orieynteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - night marker/signal flare bombs
NOV-AB
- non-persistent agent dispenser
NT
(suffix) Nizkoye Torpedometahniye – low altitude torpedo attack
NU
- cannon mount for Il-102
OD
(suffix) Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb]
ODAB
Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya AviaBomba – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb]
OFAB
Oskolochno Fugasnaya AviaBomba – fragmentation high explosive bomb
OFZAB
Oskolochno Fugasnaya-Zazhigahtel'naya AviaBomba – fragmentation/high explosive/incendiary bomb
OMAB
Oryenteerno-Markernaya AviaBomba – maritime marker bombs
ORO
Odinochnoye Reaktivnoye Oroodiye – single rocket gun ORO-82 - tube launcher for TRS-82
P
Prakticheskaya [aviabomba] - practice bomb
PLAB
Protivolodochaya AviaBomba - depth charge/anti-submarine bombs
PROSAB
1. - parachute flare
2. Protivosamolyotnaya AviaBomba - anti-aircraft bomb
PS
Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – sighting station
PTAB
Protivitahnkovaya AviaBomba - armour piercing bomblets
PTK
- hollow-charge bomblet for cluster bomb
PUL
- synchroniser
R
1. Raketa – air-to-air missile [rocket]
2. (suffix) Rahdiolokatsionnaya [Golovka Samonavedniya] – radar seeker head
RAT
Raketnaya Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - rocket propelled torpedo
RBK
Razovaya Bombovaya Kasseta - cluster bomb dispenser
RDS
- nuclear weapon
RGB
Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy - sonobuoy
RGB-N
Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy
RPK
- fragmentation bomblet for cluster bomb
RRAB
- incendiary bomblet for cluster bomb
RS
1. Reaktivny Snaryad - rocket projectiles
2. - Radar homing
S
Snaryad - rocket
SAB
Svetyashchaya AviaBomba – flare bomb
ShOAB
Sharikovaya Oskolochnaya AviaBomba - pellet bomb/bomblet
SOV-AB
- persistent agent dispenser
SPV
Sistema Pushechnovo Vo'oroozheniya – defensive armament system
T
(suffix) Teplovaya [golovka samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker head
TsOSAB
Tsvetnaya Orieynteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - coloured marker/signal flare bombs
TAS
- torpedo
TAV
- torpedo
TK
(suffix) Televizionno-Komahndnoye navedeniye – TV guidance
TN
- nuclear weapon
Toxic-B
- chemical weapon
TOZ
- torpedo
TR
(suffix) Televizionno-Korreyatsionnoye Samonavedeniye – TV correlated guidance
TRS
ToorboReaktivnyy Snaryad – [turbo-jet projectile] rocket projectiles
TsOSAB
Tsvetnaya oriyenteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba – coloured marker/signal flare bombs
TUM
- dorsal powered turret
UB
1.Oonifitseerovannyy Blok – universal [standardised] pod
2. - rocket pod
3. Oopravlyayermaya Bomba – guided bomb
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
VDB
Verkhnyaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret
VT
(suffix) Vysotnoye Torpedometahniye – high altitude torpedo attack
VU
Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka – dorsal turret Il-10/Il-20
VUB
Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka Bombardirovshchika – remote controlled dorsal turret for bombers
ZAB
Zazhigahtel'naya Aviabomba - incendiary bomb
ZAP
Zazhigahtel'naya AP - incendiary bomb dispenser
ZB
Zazhigahtel'nyy Bahk - incendiary [napalm] tanks




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




References






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