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
30 mm cannonGunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London, Osprey. 1995.
7.62 mm four-barrelled machine-gun
30 mm twin-barrelled cannon a.k.a. AO-17 and GSh-30/IIGordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. OKB Mikoyan. Hinkley, Midland. 2009.
12.7 mm four-barrelled machine-gun
30 mm cannon a.k.a. GSh-30-1 and TKB-687
N.M. Afansa'yev & N.F. Makarov
Aviatsionnaya Pushka Kurchevsky – aircraft cannon KurchevskyAntonov, Vladimir & Gordon, Yefim & others. OKB Sukhoi. Leicester. Midland. 1996.
Berezin. A 12.7mm caliber machine gun used in
Berezin NT.
[poolemyot] Berezina Sinkhronnyy - Berezin's synchronised machine-gunGordon, Yefim. & Dexter, Keith. Polikarpov's Biplane Fighters. Hinkley. Midland Publishing. 2002.
[poolemyot] Degtyaryova Aviatsionnyy - Degtyaryov machine-gun for aircraft
DinámoReaktívnaya Púshka - динамореактивная пушка, ДPП - recoilless rifle/cannon
Gondola Pushechnaya – cannon pod
Gryazev & ShipoonovGordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Yakovlev. Hinkley. Midland. 2005.
1. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system 2. (suffix) Kroopnokalibernyy – large calibre 3. (suffix) Kryl'yevoy – wing mounted
(suffix) Lafetnaya – for permanent mounting
(suffix) Motornaya – engine mounted
Motornaya Pushka – engine mounted cannon
Motornaya Pushka Shpital'novo – Shpital'nyy engine mounted cannon
Mozharovsky-Venevidov turret gun Georgy Mozharovsky & Ivan Venevidov
A.E. Nudelman
Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter
Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & Suranov.
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)
Poolemyot Vozdooshnyy – machine-gun for aircraft 7.62mm machine gun based on Maxim machine gun by A. Nadashkevich & Feodor Tokarev
(suffix) Sinkronayah - synchronised
Boris Shpital'nyy
Shpital'nyy FKGordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Ilyushin. Hinkley. Midland. 2004.
[poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun
Shpital'nyy/Vladimirov Aviatsionny Krupnokalibernaya - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii large calibre aircraft cannon
Samoletnaya Podvesnaya Pushechnaya Ustanovka – aircraft gun pod
Tool'skoye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – Tula design bureau see AM-23
Ooniversal'nyy [poolemyot] Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun
Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Sinkhronnyy- M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun
Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun
: Ultra [poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy – Ultra Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun- 7.62mm machine-gun
Unifitcirovanny Pushechny Konteiner – universal gun pod
Volkov-Yartcev
Bombs, turrets, etc
torpedo
Aviatsionnykh Granaht - aviation grenades
Aghitatsionnaya AviaBomba - psychological warfare/propaganda in the form of 'leaflet bombs'Gordon, Yefim. Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons. Midland. 2004.
- chemical bomblet for cluster bomb
- anti shipping mine
- anti shipping mineGordon, Yefim. Myasischev M-4 and 3M. Hinkley. Midland. 2003.
Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket
Aviatsionny Reaktivnii Snaryad – high velocity aircraft rocket
Aktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golvka Samonavedeniya – active radar seeker head
- chaff and flare dispenser
Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - anti submarine torpedoes
(suffix) - torpedo
- retarded/rocket-assisted runway cratering bomb
Blisternaya Oostanovka Berezina – Berezin's blister mount
Broneboynaya AviaBomba – armour-piercing bomb
Derzhatel' Aviatsionnykh Granaht – container aviation grenade
Dymovaya AviaBomba - smoke bomb
Distantsionno [oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – remote-controlled turret
- turretGordon, Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. Tupolev Tu-104. Midland. Hinkley. 2007.
Dnev-naya Orienteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - day marker/signal flare bombs
- smoke bomb
Fugahsnaya AviaBomba - high explosive bomb
Fotograficheskaya AviaBomba – photo flash bomb
Foogahsno-Zazhigahtel'naya Aviabomba - high explosive/incendiary bomb
- chemical weapon
Imitatsionnaya Aviabomba - high explosive/incendiary bomb
- anti shipping mine
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
1. Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba – guided depth charge 2. Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba - guided bomb
- cassette bomb dispenser
Kormovaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turretGordon, Yefim. Early Soviet Jet Bombers. Hinkley, Midland. 2004.
- turret
- air-to-surface missile
- chemical weapon phosgene also ChAB
KonteinerMalykhGruzov Universalny – small weapons carrier pod CBLS
Kormovaya Oostanovka – rear [defensive armament] installation a.k.a. Il-KU3 Il-22
KorrekteeRuyemaya AviaBomba - guided bomb 1948 IR guided bomb
- anti-shipping missile
(suffix) Lazernoe navedeniye – Laser guidance
Lyookovaya Oostanovka – hatch [defensive armament] installation
(suffix) [torpeda] Modernizeerovannaya Aviatsionnaya Nizhkovysotnaya – modernised aircraft torpedo for low-altitude attacks
- turret for Il-2 – Mozharovskiy and Venevidov
- nuclear weapon
Nizhnyaya verkhnyaya Distantsionno oopravlyaaemaya Bahshnya – ventral remote controlled turret
Nochnaya Orieynteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - night marker/signal flare bombs
- non-persistent agent dispenser
(suffix) Nizkoye Torpedometahniye – low altitude torpedo attack
- cannon mount for Il-102
(suffix) Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb]
Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya AviaBomba – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb]
Oskolochno Fugasnaya AviaBomba – fragmentation high explosive bomb
Oskolochno Fugasnaya-Zazhigahtel'naya AviaBomba – fragmentation/high explosive/incendiary bomb
Oryenteerno-Markernaya AviaBomba – maritime marker bombs
Odinochnoye Reaktivnoye Oroodiye – single rocket gunGordon, Yefim. Soviet Rocket Fighters. Hinkley, Midland. 2006. / ORO-82 - tube launcher for TRS-82
Prakticheskaya [aviabomba] - practice bomb
Protivolodochaya AviaBomba - depth charge/anti-submarine bombs
1. - parachute flare 2. Protivosamolyotnaya AviaBomba - anti-aircraft bomb
Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – sighting station
Protivitahnkovaya AviaBomba - armour piercing bomblets
- hollow-charge bomblet for cluster bomb
- synchroniser
1. Raketa – air-to-air missile [rocket]Gordon, Yefim. Soviet Heavy Interceptors. Hinkley, Midland. 2004. 2. (suffix) Rahdiolokatsionnaya [Golovka Samonavedniya] – radar seeker head
Raketnaya Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - rocket propelled torpedo
Razovaya Bombovaya Kasseta - cluster bomb dispenser
- nuclear weapon
Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy - sonobuoy
Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy
- fragmentation bomblet for cluster bomb
- incendiary bomblet for cluster bomb
1. Reaktivny Snaryad - rocket projectiles 2. - Radar homing
Snaryad - rocket
Svetyashchaya AviaBomba – flare bomb
Sharikovaya Oskolochnaya AviaBomba - pellet bomb/bomblet
- persistent agent dispenser
Sistema Pushechnovo Vo'oroozheniya – defensive armament system
(suffix) Teplovaya [golovka samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker head
Tsvetnaya Orieynteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba - coloured marker/signal flare bombs
- torpedo
- torpedo
(suffix) Televizionno-Komahndnoye navedeniye – TV guidance
- nuclear weapon
- chemical weapon
- torpedo
(suffix) Televizionno-Korreyatsionnoye Samonavedeniye – TV correlated guidance
ToorboReaktivnyy Snaryad – [turbo-jet projectile] rocket projectiles
Tsvetnaya oriyenteerno-Signahl'naya AviaBomba – coloured marker/signal flare bombs
- dorsal powered turret
1.Oonifitseerovannyy Blok – universal [standardised] pod 2. - rocket pod 3. Oopravlyayermaya Bomba – guided bomb
- experimental defensive installation- Il-2
- chemical warfare liquid dispensers
- turret for Il-4 I. Shebanov
Vylivnoy Aviatsionny Pribor - chemical weapon dispenser
Verkhnyaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret
(suffix) Vysotnoye Torpedometahniye – high altitude torpedo attack
Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka – dorsal turret Il-10/Il-20
Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka Bombardirovshchika – remote controlled dorsal turret for bombers
Zazhigahtel'naya Aviabomba - incendiary bomb
Zazhigahtel'naya AP - incendiary bomb dispenser
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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