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This is a list of acronyms and initials used for aircraft weapons in the USSR/Russia. The Arabic letter names are phonetic representations of the
Cyrillic originals and variations are inevitable.
2A42 – 30mm cannon
[1]
9A622 – 7.62mm four-barrelled machine-gun
[1]
9A623 – 30mm twin barelled cannon (a.k.a. AO-17 and GSh-30/II)
[2]
9A624 – 12.7mm four-barrelled machine-gun
[1]
9A4071K – 30mm cannon (a.k.a. Gsh-301 and TKB-687)
[2]
A – 12.7mm machine-gun
[1]
AM-23 – 23mm cannon (N.M. Afansa'yev & N.F. Makarov) (a.k.a. TKB-495A)
[1]
AO-9 – 23mm cannon (Gsh-23)
[2]
AO-17A – Gsh-30/II 30mm cannon
[2]
AO-18 – 30mm ammunition for 9A623 cannon
[2]
APK (Aviatsionnaya Pushka Kurchevsky – aircraft cannon Kurchevsky)
[3]
B-20 - 20mm cannon (Berezin)
[3]
BNT-20E – 20mm cannon (Berezin)
DA - 7.62mm machine-gun (Degtyaryov)
[1]
GP (Gondola Pushechnaya – cannon pod)
[2]
Gsh-6-23 – 23mm cannon (six barrels) (Gryazev / Shipoonov)
[4]
GSh-6-30 – 30mm cannon (six barrels)
[3]
GSh-23 – 23mm cannon (twin barrels)
[3]
GSh-30/I – 23mm cannon (twin barrels) (a.k.a. 9A4071K)
[3]
GSh-30/II – 23mm cannon (twin barrels) (a.k.a. 9A623K)
[3]
K (Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system)
[4]
K (suffix) (Kroopnokalibernyy – large calibre)
[4]
K (suffix) (Kryl'yevoy – wing mounted)
[4]
L (suffix) (Lafetnaya – for permanent mounting)
[2]
M (suffix) (Motornaya – engine mounted)
[4]
MP-23 - 23mm cannon (a.k.a. VYa-23)
MPSh (Motornaya Pushka Shpital'novo – Shpital'nyy engine mounted cannon)
[4]
MV (Mozharovsky-Venevidov turret gun) (Georgy Mozharovsky & Ivan Venevidov)
N-37 (Nudelman - 37mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman)
[1]
N-45 (Nudelman - 45mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman)
[1]
NR-23 (Nudelman-Rikhter - 23mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter)
[3]
NR-30 (Nudelman-Rikhter - 30mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter)
[3]
NS-23 (Nudelman-Suranov - 23mm cannon)
[3]
NS-37 (Nudelman-Suranov - 37mm cannon)
[3]
NS-45 (Nudelman-Suranov - 45mm cannon)
[3]
OKB-15-57 – 57mm cannon
[1]
PKT – 7.62mm machine-gun
PV (Pulumet Vozdushnyh – ) 7.62mm machine gun (based on
Maxim machine gun by A.Nadashkevich & Feodor Tokarev)
[3]
S (suffix) (Sinkronayah - synchronised)
[4]
Sh-20 (Shpital'nyy – Boris Shpital'nyy 20mm cannon)
Sh-23 (Shpital'nyy – Boris Shpital'nyy 23mm cannon)
Sh-37 (Shpital'nyy – Boris Shpital'nyy 37mm cannon) see ShFK
Sh-45 (Shpital'nyy – Boris Shpital'nyy 45mm cannon)
ShFK-37 (Shpital'nyy FK – Boris Shpital'nyy FK-37 37 mm cannon)
[5]
ShKAS (Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii Aviatsionny Skorostreny - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun)
[3]
ShVAK (Shpital'nyy/Vladimirov Aviatsionny Krupnokalibernaya - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii large calibre aircraft cannon)
[3]
SPPU (Samoletnaya Podvesnaya Pushechnaya Ustanovka – aircraft gun pod)
[3]
TKB-495A – 23mm cannon (Tool'skoye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – Tula design bureau)
[5] see AM-23
UBK (Universalny Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun)
[3]
UBS (Universalny Berezina Sinchronny - M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun)
[3]
UBT (Universalny Berezina Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun)
[3]
Ultra ShKAS ( - 7.62mm machine-gun)
[1]
UPK (Unifitcirovanny Pushechny Konteiner – universal gun pod)
[3]
VYa-23 23mm cannon (a.k.a. MP-23) (Volkov-Yartcev)
[3]
A ( - )
[5] torpedo
AG – (Aviatsionnykh Granaht - aviation grenades)
AK ( - chemical bomblet for cluster bomb)
[1]
AMD ( - anti shipping mine)
[5]
ARS (Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket)
[3]
ARS (Aviatsionny Reaktivnii Snaryad – [high velocity] aircraft rocket)
[4]
ARGS (Aktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golvka Samonavedeniya – active radar seeker head)
[2]
ASO ( - chaff and flare dispenser)
[1]
AT (Aviatsionnaya Torpeda - anti submarine torpedoes)
[5]
AVA (suffix) ( - )
[5] torpedo
BETAB ( - retarded/rocket assisted runway cratering bomb)
[1]
BLUB (Blisternaya Oostanovka Berezina – Berezin's blister mount)
DAG – (Derzhatel' Aviatsionnykh Granaht – container aviation grenade)
DAP ( - smoke bomb)
[1]
DB ( - turret)
DK ( – turret)
DV-AB ( - smoke bomb)
[1]
FAB (Fugasnaya AviaBomba - high explosive bomb)
[3]
FotAB (Fotograficheskaya AviaBomba – photo flash bomb)
[5]
HCN ( - chemical weapon)
[1]
K (suffix) (Kassetnaya bomba – cluster bomb)
[2]
K (Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system)
[4]
K (Kormovaya [strekovaya oostanovka] – tail barbette)
[5] Il-28 (a.k.a. Il-K-6)
KAB (Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba – guided bomb)
[2]
KAB (Korrekteeruyemaya Avia B - guided depth charge)
KD ( - cassette bomb dispenser)
KDB (Kormovaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret)
[6]
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
L (suffix) (Lazernoe navedeniye – Laser guidance)
[2]
LU (Lyookovaya Oostanovka – hatch [defensive armament] installation)
[6]
MAN (suffix) ([torpeda] Modernizeerovannaya Aviatsionnaya Nizhkovysotnaya – modernised aircraft torpedo for low-altitude attacks)
[5]
MV ( - turret) for Il-2 – (Mozharovskiy and Venevidov)
N ( - nuclear weapon)
[1]
NDB (Nizhnyaya verkhnyaya Distantsionno oopravlyaaemaya Bahshnya – ventral remote controlled turret)
[6]
NOV-AB ( - non-persistent agent dispenser)
[1]
NT (suffix) (Nizkoye Torpedometahniye – low altitude torpedo attack)
[5]
NU ( - cannon mount) for Il-102
OD (suffix) (Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb])
[2]
OFAB (O Fugasnaya AviaBomba – O high explosive bomb)
[2]
ORO (Odinochnoye Reaktivnoye Oroodiye – single rocket gun)
[7] ORO-82 - tube launcher for TRS-82
PLAB ( - depth charge)
[5]
PROSAB ( - parachute flare)
[1]
PTAB ( - armour piercing bomblets)
[1]
PTK ( - hollow-charge bomblet for cluster bomb)
[1]
R (Raketa – air-to-air missile [rocket])
[1]
[8]
R (suffix) (Rahdiolokatsionnaya [Golovka Samonavedniya] – radar seeker head)
[2]
RAT ( - rocket propelled torpedo)
[5]
RBK ( - cluster bomb dispenser)
[1]
RDS ( - nuclear weapon)
RGB (Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy - sonobuoy)
[5]
RGB-N (Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy)
[5]
RPK ( - fragmentation bomblet for cluster bomb)
[1]
RRAB ( - incendiary bomblet for cluster bomb)
[1]
RS (Reaktivny Snaryad - rocket projectiles)
[3]
RS ( - Radar homing)
[2]
S (Snaryad - rocket)
[5]
SAB (Svetyashchaya AviaBomba – flare bomb)
[5]
SOV-AB ( - persistent agent dispenser)
[1]
T (suffix) (Teplovaya [golovka samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker head)
[8]
TAS ( - )
[5] torpedo
TAV ( - )
[5] torpedo
TK (suffix) (Televizionno-Komahndnoye navedeniye – TV guidance)
[2]
TN ( - nuclear weapon)
[1]
Toxic-B ( - chemical weapon)
[1]
TOZ ( - )
[5] torpedo
TR (suffix) (Televizionno-Korreyatsionnoye Samonavedeniye – TV correlated guidance)
[2]
TRS (ToorboReaktivnyy Snaryad – [turbo-jet projectile] rocket projectiles)
[4]
TUM ( - dorsal powered turret)
UB (Oonifitseerovannyy Blok – universal [standardised] pod)
[5]
UB ( - rocket pod)
[2]
UB (Oopravlyayermaya Bomba – guided bomb)
[5]
UBSh ( - experimental defensive installation)- Il-2
UkhAP ( - chemical warfare liquid dispensers)
UTK-1 ( - turret) for Il-4 (I. Shebanov)
VAP ( - chemical weapon dispenser)
[1]
VDB (Verkhnyaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret)
[6]
VT (suffix) (Vysotnoye Torpedometahniye – high altitude torpedo attack)
[5]
VU (Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka – dorsal turret)
[5] (Il-10/Il-20)
VUB - (Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka Bombardirovshchika – remote controlled dorsal turret for bombers)
[6]
ZAB ( - incendiary)
[1]
ZAP ( - incendiary bomb dispenser)
[1]
ZB ( - napalm tanks)
[2]
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1-85780-181-4
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ISBN
1-85780-191-1
Gordon, Yefim. “Early Soviet Jet Bombers”. Hinkley, Midland. 2004.
ISBN
1-85780-181-4
Gordon, Yefim. “Early Soviet Jet Fighters”. Hinkley, Midland. 2002.
ISBN
1-85780-139-3
Gordon, Yefim. “Sukhoi Interceptors”. Hinkley, Midland. 2004.
ISBN
1-85780-180-6
Gordon, Yefim. “Soviet Rocket Fighters”. Hinkley, Midland. 2006. ISBN (10) 1 85780 245 4 / ISBN (13) 978 1 85780 245 0
Gordon, Yefim. “Soviet Heavy Interceptors”. Hinkley, Midland. 2004.
ISBN
1-85780-191-1
Gordon, Yefim. “Lavochkin's Last Jets”. Hinkley, Midland. 2004. ISBN (10) 1 85780 253 5 / ISBN (13) 978 1 85780 253 5
Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry & Komissarov, Sergey. “OKB Ilyushin”. Hinkley, Midland. 2004.
ISBN
1-85780-187-3
Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995”. London, Osprey. 1995.
ISBN
1-85532-405-9
Antonov,Vladimir & Gordon, Yefim & others. “OKB Sukhoi”. Leicester. Midland. 1996.
ISBN
1-85780-012-5
Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. “OKB Yakovlev”. Hinkley. Midland. 2005.
ISBN
1-85780-203-9
Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. “OKB Mikoyan”. Hinkley, Midland. 2009.
ISBN
978-1-85780-307-5
Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. “OKB Ilyushin”. Hinkley. Midland. 2004.
ISBN
1-85780-187-3
Gordon,Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. “Tupolev Tu-144”. Midland. Hinkley. 2005. ISBN(10) 1 85780 216 0 ISBN(13) 978 185780 216 0
Gordon,Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. “Antonov An-12”. Midland. Hinkley. 2007. ISBN(10) 1 85780 255 1 ISBN(13) 978 1 85780 255 9
Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry & Komissarov, Sergey. “Mil's Heavylift Helicopters”. Hinkley, Midland. 2005.
ISBN
1-85780-206-3
Gordon, Yefim. “Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack ”. Hinkley, Midland. 2003.
ISBN
1-85780-147-4
Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. “Antonov's Jet Twins”. Hinkley, Midland. 2005.
ISBN
1-85780-199-7
Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. “Kamov Ka-27/-32 Family”. Hinkley, Midland. 2006. ISBN(10) 1 85780 237 3 ISBN(13) 978 1 85780 237 5
Gordon,Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. “Antonov An-2”. Midland. Hinkley. 2004.
ISBN
1-85780-162-8
Gordon,Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. “Tupolev Tu-114”. Midland. Hinkley. 2007. ISBN(10) 1 85780 246 2 ISBN(13) 978 1 85780 246 7
Gordon,Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. “Ilyushin Il-12 and Il-14”. Midland. Hinkley. 2005. ISBN (10) 1 85780 223 3 ISBN (13) 978 1 85780 223 8
Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. “Antonov's Turboprop Twins”. Hinkley. Midland. 2003.
ISBN
1-85780-153-9
Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry. “Mil Mi-8/Mi-17”. Hinkley. Midland. 2003.
ISBN
1-85780-161-X
Gordon, Yefim & Dexter, Kieth “Polikarpov's I-16 Fighter”. Hinkley. Midland. 2001.
ISBN
1-85780-131-8
Gordon, Yefim. “Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat ”. Hinkley. Midland. 2007. ISBN(10) 1 85780 259 4 ISBN(13) 978 1 85780 259 7
Gordon, Yefim & Dexter, Kieth “Mikoyan's Piston-Engined Fighters”. Hinkley. Midland. 2003.
ISBN
1-85780-160-1
Gordon,Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. “Tupolev Tu-4”. Midland. Hinkley. 2002.
ISBN
1-85780-142-3
Gordon,Yefim. “Sukhoi S-37 and Mikoyan MFI”. Midland. Hinkley. 2001 reprinted 2006. ISBN(10) 1 85780 120 2 ISBN(13) 978 1 85780 120 0
Gordon, Yefim. Khazanov, Dmitry. “Yakovlev's Piston-Engined Fighters”. Hinkley. Midland. 2002.
ISBN
1-85780-140-7
Gordon, Yefim. Sal'nikov, Andrey. Zablotsky, Aleksandr. “Beriev's Jet Flying Boats”. Hinkley. Midland. 2006. ISBN(10) 1 85780 236 5 ISBN(13) 978 1 85780 236 8