Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Weapons and armament
Introduction 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 cannon: 7.62 mm four-barrelled machine-gun: 30 mm twin-barrelled cannon a.k.a. AO-17 and GSh-30/II: 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 Kurchevsky: Berezin. A 12.7mm caliber machine gun used in : Berezin NT. : ''poolemyot Berezina Sinkhronnyy'' - Berezin's synchronised machine-gun: ''poolemyot Degtyaryova Aviatsionnyy'' - Degtyaryov machine-gun for aircraft: ''DinámoReaktívnaya Púshka'' - динамореактивная пушка, ДPП - recoilless rifle/cannon: ''Gondola Pushechnaya'' – cannon pod: Gryazev & Shipoonov: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 FK: ''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': - chemical bomblet for cluster bomb: - anti shipping mine: - anti shipping mine: ''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: - turret: ''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 turret: - 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 gun 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: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'''
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