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ADD Aviation Dal`nevo Deistviya - Long Range Air Arm |
ATsN Agrerat Tsentralnovo Nadduva - on-board independently-powered turbo-supercharger |
A-VMF Aviatsiya Voenno - Morskogo Flota - Naval Air Force |
B Bombardirovochnik - as a prefih, bomber |
BAP Bombardirovochny Aviatsionny Polk - Bomber Air Regiment |
BB Blizhnii Bombardirovshchik - as a prefix, short range bomber |
BBAP Blizhne-bombardirovochny Aviatsionny Folk - Short Range Bomber Air Regiment. |
BBS Blizhny bombardirovschik, skorostnoy - short range bomber, high speed |
bis as a suffix, literally from the French or Latin 'again' or encore, more practically, a rethought or developed version, or even Mk.2. Designation used by only a few OKBs; e.g. MiG with their MiG-21 jet. |
BSh Bronirovanny Shturrnovik - armoured attack aircraft, |
cg Centre of Gravity. |
D Dalny - as a suffix, long range |
DB Dalny Bombardirovshcik - long range bomber |
DDBSh Dvukhmotornyi Dalny Bronirovannyi Shturmovik - twin engined, long range armoured attacker |
DIS Dvukhmotorny Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya - twin-engined escort fighter |
DVB Dalny Vysotny Bombardirovshick - long range, high altitude bomber. |
FKP FotoKinoPulemet - Photo-machine gun |
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GKAT Gosudarstvenny Komitet Aviatsionnoi Tekhniki - State Committee for Aviation Equipment |
GKO Gosudarstvenny Komitet Oborony - State Committee for Defence. |
GN Golos Neba - as a suffix, literally voice from the sky, psychological warfare |
GUAP Glavnoye Upravleniye Aviatsionnoi Promyshlennosti - Chief Directorate of Aircraft Industry. |
HSU Hero of the Soviet Union. |
I Istrebitel - as a prefix, fighter, or literally 'destroyer' - see also I - Izdelie |
I Izdelie - as a prefix, product, or item, used by an OKB to denominate an airframe prior to acceptance, see also I - Istrebitel |
IAP Istrebitelny Aviatsionny Polk - Fighter Air Regiment |
IAS Inzhenernaya Aviatcionaya Sluzhba - Engineering/Maintenance Service |
KBF Krasnoznamenny Baltiisky Flot - Red Banner Baltic Fleet |
KhAI Kharkovskii Aviatsionny Institut - Kharkov Aviation Institute |
KOSOS Konstruktorskii Otdel Opytnovo Samolyotostroeniya - Experimental Aircraft Design Section. |
LB-S Legky bombardirovschik-sparka - light bomber, two-seater |
LII Letno-Issledovatel'skii Institut - Ministry of Aviation Industry Flight Research Institute |
NAK Nochnoi Artilleriiskii Korrectovovshchik - as a suffix, night artillery observation. |
NB Nochnoi Bombardirovshchik - night bomber |
NII Nauchno Issledovateryskii Institut - scientific and research institute (of VVS) |
NKAP Narodny Komissariat Aviatsionnoi Promyshlennosti - State Commissariat for the Aviation Industry - People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry. |
NKVD Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del - People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, forerunner of the KGB |
OKB Opytnoye Konstruktorskoye Byuro - experimental construction bureau. |
ON Osobogo Naznachueniya - as a suffix, personal assignment or special use. |
ORAP Otdel`ny Razvedyvatelny Aviatsionny Polk - Independent Air Reconnaissance Regiment. |
PB Pikiruyushchii Bombardirovshcik - as a suffix, dive bomber |
S Skorostnoy - as a prefix or suffix, high speed |
SAP Smeshannyy aviatsionnyy polk - Mixed Aviation Regiment. |
SBB Skorostnoy Blizhniy Bombardirovschik - high speed, short range bomber. |
SB Skorostnoy Boinbardirovschik - high speed bomber. |
SBB Skorostnoy Blizhniy Bombardirovschik - high speed, short range bomber. |
SDB Skorostnoy Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik - fast day bomber |
SFR Skorostnoy photorazvedchik - high speed photographic reconnaissance aircraft. |
ShAP Shturmovoy Aviatsionny Polk - Attack Air Regiment |
ShKAS Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny - rapid-firing aircraft machine gun (designed by Shpitalny and Kornaritski). |
ShVAK Shpitalny-Yladimirov Aviatsionnaya Krupnokalibernaya - large calibre aircraft cannon (design by Shpitalny and Vladimirov). |
SPB Skorostnoy Pikiruyuschy Bombardirovschik - high speed dive bomber, also denominate the TB-3/Polikarpov Zveno composite |
T Torpedonosyets, as a suffix, torpedo |
T Tyazhelowooruzhenny - suffix, heavily armed |
TB Tyazhyoly Bombardirovshchik - heavy bomber |
TIS Tyazhely Istrebitel Soprovzhdeniya - heavy escort fighter |
TsAGI Tsentral'ny Aerogidrodynamichesky Institut - Central Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Institute |
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TsIAM Tsentral`ny Institut Aviatsionnogo Motorostroeniya -Central Institute of Aviation Motors |
TsKB Tsenlral'noye Konstruktorskoye Byuro - central, ie state, design bureau |
VAP Vylivnoy Aviatsionny Pribor - literally pour out airborne unit, precursor of napalm tanks |
VI Vysotny Istrebitel - suffix, high altitude fighter |
VIAM Vsesoyuzny Institut Aviatsionnykh Materialov All-Union Institute for Aviation Materials. |
VIT Vozdushny Istrebitel Tankov - anti-tank fighter |
VR Vysotny razvedchik - as a suffix, high altitude reconnaissance fighter |
VS Voiskovaya Seriya - as a suffix, military series, re U-2/Po-2. |
VVS Yoenno-vozdushniye Sily - air forces of USSR |
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Airframe and Engine Design Rureaux * |
AM Alexander Mikulin |
Ar Arkhangelsky, Alexander |
ACh Aleksei Charomskii |
ASh Arkadi Shvetsov |
Gr Grushin, Pyotr |
Gu Gudkov, Mikhail (see also LaGG) |
Il Ilyushin, Sergei |
La Lavochkin, Semyon |
LaG Lavochkin and Gorbunov |
LaGG Lavochkin, Gorbunov and Gudkov (see also Gu) |
MiG Mikoyan, Artyom and Gurevich, Mikhail |
Pe Petllyakov, Vladimir |
Po Polikarpov, Nikolay - but only applied to the U-2, which became the Po-2 |
ASh Arkadii Shvetsov |
Su Sukhoi, Pavel |
Ta Tairov, Vsevolod |
Tu Tupolev, Andrey |
VD Viktor Dobrynin |
VK Vladimir Klimov |
Yak Yakovlev, Alexander |
Yer Yermolaev, Alexander |
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USA - BRITISH GLOSSARY OF NOMENCLATURE |
Accumulator - Pressure reservoir |
Battery - Accumulator |
Check valve - Nonreturn valve |
Cotter pin - Split pin |
Inverter - Motor generator (ac to dc) |
Lean mixture - Weak mixture |
Life raft - Dinghy |
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Lock washer - Spring washe |
Manifold pressure - Boost |
(Inches of mercury above zero) Change of 2.036 inches 23.92 inches of mercury 50.2 inches of mercury |
(Pounds per square inch from 0 at sea level) Change of 1 pound boost 0 pounds boost 10 pounds boost |
Oleo strut - Compression leg |
Piston pin - Gudgeon pin |
Propeller - Airscrew |
Low pitch - Fine pitch |
High pitch - Coarse pitch |
Reticle (gun sight) - Graticule |
Radio mast - Rod aerial |
Snap roll - Flick roll |
Stabilizer - Tail plane |
Tachometer - Revolution counter |
Tow target - Drouge target |
Wrench - Spanner |
* Accepted abbreviations to denote airframe (surname only used for the abbreviations) or engine design (first name and surname) origin within this volume are as follows.