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.

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Aircraft guns
2A42
Main article: Shipunov 2A42
30 mm cannon[1]
9A622
7.62 mm four-barrelled machine-gun[1]
9A623
Main article: Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-2
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
Main article: Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1
30 mm cannon a.k.a. GSh-30-1 and TKB-687[2]
A
[1]
AM
N.M. Afansa'yev & N.F. Makarov[1]
AO
[2]
APK
Aviatsionnaya Pushka Kurchevsky – aircraft cannon Kurchevsky[3]
B
Main article: Berezin UB
Berezin. A 12.7mm caliber machine gun used in

[3]

BNT
Berezin NT.
BS
Main article: Berezin UB
[poolemyot] Berezina Sinkhronnyy - Berezin's synchronised machine-gun[4]
DA
Main article: Degtyaryov machine gun § variants
[poolemyot] Degtyaryova Aviatsionnyy - Degtyaryov machine-gun for aircraft[4]
DRP
Main article: Recoilless rifle
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
Main article: Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30
Main article: Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23
Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter[3]
NS
Main article: Nudelman-Suranov NS-37
Main article: Nudelman-Suranov NS-23
Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & Suranov.[3]
OKB-15
[1]
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
Main article: ShKAS machine gun
[poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun[4]
ShVAK
Main article: ShVAK cannon
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
Main article: Berezin UB
Ooniversal'nyy [poolemyot] Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun[3]
UBS
Main article: Berezin UB
Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Sinkhronnyy- M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun[3]
UBT
Main article: Berezin UB
Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun[3]
Ultra ShKAS
Main article: ShKAS machine gun
: 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
Main article: Airborne leaflet propaganda
Aghitatsionnaya AviaBomba - psychological warfare/propaganda in the form of 'leaflet bombs'[7]
AK
- chemical bomblet for cluster bomb[1]
See also: Cluster munition § Chemical weapons
AMD
- anti shipping mine[6]
APM
- anti shipping mine[8]
See also: Naval mine § Soviet Union
ARS
Main article: rocket (weapon) § Air launched
Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket[3]
ARS
Main article: High Velocity Aircraft Rocket
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
1. - parachute flare[1]
2. Protivosamolyotnaya AviaBomba - anti-aircraft bomb[7]
PS
Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – sighting station[8]
PTAB
Protivitahnkovaya AviaBomba - armour piercing bomblets[1]
PTK
- hollow-charge bomblet for cluster bomb[1]
PUL
- synchroniser[4]
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
1. Reaktivny Snaryad - rocket projectiles[3]
2. - Radar homing[2]
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

References
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  2. Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. OKB Mikoyan. Hinkley, Midland. 2009. ISBN 978-1-85780-307-5
  3. Antonov, Vladimir & Gordon, Yefim & others. OKB Sukhoi. Leicester. Midland. 1996. ISBN 1-85780-012-5
  4. Gordon, Yefim. & Dexter, Keith. Polikarpov's Biplane Fighters. Hinkley. Midland Publishing. 2002. ISBN 1-85780-141-5
  5. Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Yakovlev. Hinkley. Midland. 2005. ISBN 1-85780-203-9
  6. Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Ilyushin. Hinkley. Midland. 2004. ISBN 1-85780-187-3
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  8. Gordon, Yefim. Myasischev M-4 and 3M. Hinkley. Midland. 2003. ISBN 1-85780-152-0
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