Glossary of USSR/Russian aviation acronyms – Aircraft Weapons

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.


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms - Aero-Engines and Equipment


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms - Aircraft Designations


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms - Avionics and Instruments


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms - Miscellaneous, Materials and Nicknames


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms - Organisations

Aircraft guns

 * 2A42 – 30mm cannon
 * 9A622 – 7.62mm four-barrelled machine-gun
 * 9A623 – 30mm twin barelled cannon (a.k.a. AO-17 and GSh-30/II)
 * 9A624 – 12.7mm four-barrelled machine-gun
 * 9A4071K – 30mm cannon (a.k.a. Gsh-301 and TKB-687)
 * A – 12.7mm machine-gun
 * AM-23 – 23mm cannon (N.M. Afansa'yev & N.F. Makarov) (a.k.a. TKB-495A)
 * AO-9 – 23mm cannon (Gsh-23)
 * AO-17A – Gsh-30/II 30mm cannon
 * AO-18 – 30mm ammunition for 9A623 cannon
 * APK (Aviatsionnaya Pushka Kurchevsky – aircraft cannon Kurchevsky)
 * B-20 - 20mm cannon (Berezin)
 * BNT-20E – 20mm cannon (Berezin)
 * DA - 7.62mm machine-gun (Degtyaryov)
 * GP (Gondola Pushechnaya – cannon pod)
 * Gsh-6-23 – 23mm cannon (six barrels) (Gryazev / Shipoonov)
 * GSh-6-30 – 30mm cannon (six barrels)
 * GSh-23 – 23mm cannon (twin barrels)
 * GSh-30/I – 23mm cannon (twin barrels) (a.k.a. 9A4071K)
 * GSh-30/II – 23mm cannon (twin barrels) (a.k.a. 9A623K)
 * K (Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system)
 * K (suffix) (Kroopnokalibernyy – large calibre)
 * K (suffix) (Kryl'yevoy – wing mounted)
 * L (suffix) (Lafetnaya – for permanent mounting)
 * M (suffix) (Motornaya – engine mounted)
 * MP-23 - 23mm cannon (a.k.a. VYa-23)
 * MPSh (Motornaya Pushka Shpital'novo – Shpital'nyy engine mounted cannon)
 * MV (Mozharovsky-Venevidov turret gun) (Georgy Mozharovsky & Ivan Venevidov)
 * N-37 (Nudelman - 37mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman)
 * N-45 (Nudelman - 45mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman)
 * NR-23 (Nudelman-Rikhter - 23mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter)
 * NR-30 (Nudelman-Rikhter - 30mm cannon) (A.E. Nudelman & A.A. Rikhter)
 * NS-23 (Nudelman-Suranov - 23mm cannon)
 * NS-37 (Nudelman-Suranov - 37mm cannon)
 * NS-45 (Nudelman-Suranov - 45mm cannon)
 * OKB-15-57 – 57mm cannon
 * PKT – 7.62mm machine-gun
 * PV (Pulumet Vozdushnyh – ) 7.62mm machine gun (based on Maxim machine gun by A.Nadashkevich & Feodor Tokarev)
 * S (suffix) (''Sinkronayah - synchronised)
 * 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)
 * ShKAS (Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii Aviatsionny Skorostreny - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii rapid firing machine gun)
 * ShVAK (Shpital'nyy/Vladimirov Aviatsionny Krupnokalibernaya - Shpital'nyy/Komarnitskii large calibre aircraft cannon)
 * SPPU (Samoletnaya Podvesnaya Pushechnaya Ustanovka – aircraft gun pod)
 * TKB-495A – 23mm cannon (Tool'skoye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – Tula design bureau) see AM-23
 * UBK (Universalny Berezina K - M. Berezin 12.7mm machine-gun)
 * UBS (Universalny Berezina Sinchronny- M. Berezin synchronised 12.7mm machine-gun)
 * UBT (Universalny Berezina Turel'ny - M. Berezin turret 12.7mm machine-gun)
 * Ultra ShKAS ( - 7.62mm machine-gun)
 * UPK (Unifitcirovanny Pushechny Konteiner – universal gun pod)
 * VYa-23 23mm cannon (a.k.a. MP-23) (Volkov-Yartcev)

Bombs, turrets, etc

 * A ( - ) torpedo
 * AG – (Aviatsionnykh Granaht - aviation grenades)
 * AK ( - chemical bomblet for cluster bomb)
 * AMD ( - anti shipping mine)
 * ARS (Aviatsionny Raketny Snaryad – aircraft unguided rocket)
 * ARS (Aviatsionny Reaktivnii Snaryad – [high velocity] aircraft rocket)
 * ARGS (Aktivnaya Rahdiolokatsionnaya Golvka Samonavedeniya – active radar seeker head)
 * ASO ( - chaff and flare dispenser)
 * AT (Aviatsionnaya Torpeda'' - anti submarine torpedoes)
 * AVA (suffix) ( - ) torpedo
 * BETAB ( - retarded/rocket assisted runway cratering bomb)
 * BLUB (Blisternaya Oostanovka Berezina – Berezin's blister mount)
 * DAG – (Derzhatel' Aviatsionnykh Granaht – container aviation grenade)
 * DAP ( - smoke bomb)
 * DB ( - turret)
 * DK ( – turret)
 * DV-AB ( - smoke bomb)
 * FAB (Fugasnaya AviaBomba - high explosive bomb)
 * FotAB (Fotograficheskaya AviaBomba – photo flash bomb)
 * HCN ( - chemical weapon)
 * K (suffix) (Kassetnaya bomba – cluster bomb)
 * K (Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system)
 * K (Kormovaya [strekovaya oostanovka] – tail barbette) Il-28 (a.k.a. Il-K-6)
 * KAB (Korrekteeruyemaya AviaBomba – guided bomb)
 * KAB (''Korrekteeruyemaya Avia B - guided depth charge)
 * KD ( - cassette bomb dispenser)
 * KDB (Kormovaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret)
 * KG ( - turret)
 * Kh ( - air to surface missile)
 * KhAB ( - chemical weapon (phosgene)) also ChAB
 * KMGU (KonteinerMalykhGruzov Universalny – small weapons carrier pod) CBLS
 * KU (Kormovaya Oostanovka – rear [defensive armament] installation) (a.k.a. Il-KU3) Il-22
 * L (suffix) (Lazernoe navedeniye – Laser guidance)
 * LU (Lyookovaya Oostanovka – hatch [defensive armament] installation)
 * MAN (suffix) ([torpeda] Modernizeerovannaya Aviatsionnaya Nizhkovysotnaya – modernised aircraft torpedo for low-altitude attacks)
 * MV ( - turret) for Il-2 – (Mozharovskiy and Venevidov)
 * N ( - nuclear weapon)
 * NDB (Nizhnyaya verkhnyaya Distantsionno oopravlyaaemaya Bahshnya – ventral remote controlled turret)
 * NOV-AB ( - non-persistent agent dispenser)
 * NT (suffix) (Nizkoye Torpedometahniye – low altitude torpedo attack)
 * NU ( - cannon mount) for Il-102
 * OD (suffix) (Omno-Detoneeruyushchaya – volume detonation bomb [fuel/air bomb])
 * OFAB (O Fugasnaya AviaBomba – O high explosive bomb)
 * ORO (Odinochnoye Reaktivnoye Oroodiye – single rocket gun) ORO-82 - tube launcher for TRS-82
 * PLAB ( - depth charge)
 * PROSAB ( - parachute flare)
 * PTAB ( - armour piercing bomblets)
 * PTK ( - hollow-charge bomblet for cluster bomb)
 * R (Raketa – air to air missile [rocket])
 * R (suffix) (Rahdiolokatsionnaya [Golovka Samonavedniya] – radar seeker head)
 * RAT ( - rocket propelled torpedo)
 * RBK ( - cluster bomb dispenser)
 * RDS ( - nuclear weapon)
 * RGB (Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy - sonobuoy)
 * RGB-N (Rahdio-Ghidroakoosticheskiy Booy N - sonobuoy)
 * RPK ( - fragmentation bomblet for cluster bomb)
 * RRAB ( - incendiary bomblet for cluster bomb)
 * RS (Reaktivny Snaryad - rocket projectiles)
 * RS ( - Radar homing)
 * S (Snaryad - rocket)
 * SAB (Svetyashchaya AviaBomba – flare bomb)
 * SOV-AB ( - persistent agent dispenser)
 * T (suffix) (Teplovaya [golovka samonavedeniya] – Infra-Red seeker head)
 * TAS ( - ) torpedo
 * TAV ( - ) torpedo
 * TK (suffix) (Televizionno-Komahndnoye navedeniye – TV guidance)
 * TN ( - nuclear weapon)
 * Toxic-B ( - chemical weapon)
 * TOZ ( - ) torpedo
 * TR (suffix) (Televizionno-Korreyatsionnoye Samonavedeniye – TV correlated guidance)
 * TRS (ToorboReaktivnyy Snaryad – [turbo-jet projectile] rocket projectiles)
 * TUM ( - dorsal powered turret)
 * UB (Oonifitseerovannyy Blok – universal [standardised] pod)
 * UB ( - rocket pod)
 * UB (Oopravlyayermaya Bomba – guided bomb)
 * UBSh ( - experimental defensive installation)- Il-2
 * UkhAP ( - chemical warfare liquid dispensers)
 * UTK-1 ( - turret) for Il-4 (I. Shebanov)
 * VAP ( - chemical weapon dispenser)
 * VDB (Verkhnyaya Distantsionno [Oopravlyayemaya] Bahshnya – dorsal remote-controlled turret)
 * VT (suffix) (Vysotnoye Torpedometahniye – high altitude torpedo attack)
 * VU (Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka – dorsal turret) (Il-10/Il-20)
 * VUB - (Verkhnyaya [Strelkovaya] Oostanovka Bombardirovshchika – remote controlled dorsal turret for bombers)
 * ZAB ( - incendiary)
 * ZAP ( - incendiary bomb dispenser)
 * ZB ( - napalm tanks)