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.
2A42
30 mm cannon[ 1]
9A622
7.62 mm four-barrelled machine-gun[ 1]
9A623
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
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
Berezin. A 12.7mm caliber machine gun used in
[ 3]
BNT
Berezin NT.
BS
[poolemyot] Berezina Sinkhronnyy - Berezin's synchronised machine-gun[ 4]
DA
[poolemyot] Degtyaryova Aviatsionnyy - Degtyaryov machine-gun for aircraft[ 4]
DRP
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
Aircraft cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter[ 3]
NS
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
[poolemyot] Shpitahl'novi i Komarnitskovi Aviatsionny, Skorostrel'nyy - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun[ 4]
ShVAK
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
Ooniversal'nyy [poolemyot] Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun[ 3]
UBS
Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Sinkhronnyy - M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun[ 3]
UBT
Ooniversalny Berezina [poolemyot] Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun[ 3]
Ultra ShKAS
: 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[ edit ]
A
torpedo[ 6]
AG
Aviatsionnykh Granaht - aviation grenades
AgitAB
Aghitatsionnaya AviaBomba - psychological warfare/propaganda in the form of 'leaflet bombs'[ 7]
AK
- chemical bomblet for cluster bomb[ 1]
AMD
- anti shipping mine[ 6]
APM
- anti shipping mine[ 8]
ARS
Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket[ 3]
ARS
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]
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Gordon, Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. Tupolev Tu-144 . Midland. Hinkley. 2005. ISBN 1-85780-216-0 ISBN 978 185780 216 0
Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. Antonov An-12 . Midland. Hinkley. 2007. ISBN 1-85780-255-1 ISBN 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 1-85780-237-3 ISBN 978 1 85780 237 5
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Gordon, Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. Tupolev Tu-114 . Midland. Hinkley. 2007. ISBN 1-85780-246-2 ISBN 978 1 85780 246 7
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Gordon, Yefim. Yakovlev Yak-36, Yak-38 & Yak-41 . Midland. Hinkley. 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-287-0
Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. Antonov's Turboprop Twins . Hinkley. Midland. 2003. ISBN 1-85780-153-9
Gordon, Yefim. Myasischev M-4 and 3M . Hinkley. Midland. 2003. ISBN 1-85780-152-0
Gordon, Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. Tupolev Tu-104 . Midland. Hinkley. 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-265-8
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 1-85780-259-4 ISBN 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
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Gordon, Yefim. Sal'nikov, Andrey. Zablotsky, Aleksandr. Beriev's Jet Flying Boats . Hinkley. Midland. 2006. ISBN 1-85780-236-5 ISBN 978 1 85780 236 8
Gordon, Yefim. & Dexter, Keith. Polikarpov's Biplane Fighters . Hinkley. Midland Publishing. 2002. ISBN 1-85780-141-5
Gordon, Yefim. Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons . Midland. 2004. ISBN 1-85780-188-1