List of gun abbreviations

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Ammunition Abbreviations

A

• ACP: Automatic Colt Pistol

• AP: Armor-Piercing

• APFSDS: Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot

• AP-I: Armor-Piercing Incendiary

B

• BMG: Browning Machine Gun

F

• FMJ: Full Metal Jacket

G

• GAP: Glock Automatic Pistol

H

• HE: High Explosive

• HEAT: High Explosive Anti-Tank

• HE-Frag: High Explosive-Fragmentation

• HE-I: High Explosive-Incendiary

J

• JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point

• JSP: Jacketed Soft Point

L

• LC: Long Colt

• LR: Long Rifle

M

• mm: millimeter

• MOA: Minute Of Angle

N

• NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

S

• S&W: Smith & Wesson

• SR: Semi-Rimmed

Weapon Abbreviations

A

• AA: Anti Aircraft

• AA-12: Atchisson Assault - 12
  • AA-12: Auto Assault - 12

• AB-10: After Ban - 10

• ACOG: Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight

• ACR: Adaptive Combat Rifle

• AN-94: Avtomat Nikanova - 94

• APS: Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stetchkina

• AR: Assault Rifle

• AR: Automatic Rifle

• AR-15: Armalite Rifle - 15

• ARGO: Auto-Regulating Gas-Operated

• AT: Anti Tank

• ATGM: Anti Tank Guided Missile

• AUG: Armee Universal Gewehr

B

• BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle

• BDA: Browning Double Action

• BDM: Browning Double Mode

• BDM: Bunker Defeat Munition

• BFA: Blank Firing Adaptor/Attachment

• Bren: Brno Enfield

• BUIS: Back-Up Iron Sight

C

• CAL: Carabine Automatique Légère

• CAR-15: Colt Automatic Rifle - 15

• CCO: Close Combat Optic

• CIWS: Close-In Weapons System

• CQB-R: Close Quarters Battle - Receiver

• CROWS: Common Remotely-Operated Weapon Station

• CZ: Crvena Zastava

D

• DA: Double Action

• DAK: Double Action Kellerman

• DMR: Designated Marksman Rifle

• DShK: Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny

E

• EBR: Enhanced Battle Rifle

• ECOS-N: Enhanced Combat Optical Sight - Navy

• ELCAN: Ernst Leitz Canada

F

• FAL: Fusil Automatique Léger

• FAMAS: Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne

• FGM: Fire-and-forget Ground-based Missile

• FIM-92: Fire-and-forget Interception Missile - 92

• FN: Fabrique Nationale

• FNC: Fabrique Nationale Carabine

G

• GL: Grenade Launcher

• GMG: GranatMaschinenGewehr

• GPMG: General Purpose Machine Gun

H

• H&H: Holland & Holland

• H&K: Heckler & Koch

• HMG: Heavy Machine Gun

I

• IMI: Israel Military Industries

• INSAS: Indian Small Arms System

• IR: Infrared Radiation

• ITL MARS: International Technologies Lasers Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight

K

• KAC: Knight's Armament Company

J

• JCS: Joint Combat Shotgun

L

• LAM: Laser Aiming Module

• LAW: Light Anti-armor Weapon

• LMG: Light Machine Gun

• LRF: Laser Range Finder

• LSW: Light Support Weapon

M

• M: Model

• M&P: Military & Police

• MAG: Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général

• MANPADS: MAN-Portable Air Defense System

• MASS: Modular Accessory Shotgun System

• MATADOR: Man-portable Anti-Tank, Anti-DOoR

• MG: Machine Gun
  • MG: Maschinengewehr

• MGL: Multiple Grenade Launcher

• MGO: Machine Gun Optic

• Minimi: Mini Mitrailleuse

• Mk: Mark

• MP: Machine Pistol
  • MP: Maschinenpistole

• MWS: Modular Weapon System

N

• NAA: North American Arms

• NVD: Night Vision Device

O

• OA: Olympic Arms

P

• PDW: Personal Defense Weapon

• PM: Pistolet Makarova

• PPSh-41: Pistolet Pulemyot Shpagina - 41

R

• RAS: Rail Adaptor System

• RCL: Recoilless Rifle

• RCO: Rifle Combat Optic

• RIS: Rail Interface System

• RPD: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova

• RPG: Rocket-Propelled Grenade
  • RPG: Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot

S

• S&W: Smith & Wesson

• SA80: Small Arms for the 1980s

• SAA: Single Action Army

• SASS: Semi-Automatic Sniper System

• SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon

• SCAR: SOF Combat Assault Rifle

• SSG 69: ScharfSchützenGewehr 69

• SIG: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft

• SKS: Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova

• SLR: Self-Loading Rifle

• SMAW: Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon
  • SMAW-D: Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon - Disposable

• SMG: Submachine Gun

• SMLE: Short Magazine Lee-Enfield

• SOPMOD: Special Operations Peculiar Modification

• SPR: Special Purpose Rifle

• SR-25: Stoner Rifle - 25

• SRAW: Short-Range Assault Weapon

• Sten: Shepherd, Harold Turpin, and Enfield

• SUSAT: Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux

• STANAG: STANdardisation Agreement

• SWS: Sniper Weapon System

T

• TAR-21: Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century

• TEC-DC9: IntraTEC-Designed for California 9

• TMRP-6: Protivtenkovska Mina Razorno Probojna - 6

• TOW: Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided

U

• UBGL: Under Barrel Grenade Launcher

• USP: Universale SelbstladePistole

• UCP: Ultimate Combat Pistol

V

• VSS: Vintovka Snayperskaya Spetsialnaya

X

• XM: EXperimental Model

Special Abbreviations

AK

This is for all Kalashnikov/similar guns related abbreviations.

AK

• AK-47: Avtomat Kalashnikova - 47

• AK-74: Avtomat Kalashnikova - 74

AKS

• AKS-47: Avtomat Kalashnikova Skladnoy - 47

• AKS-74: Avtomat Kalashnikova Skladnoy - 74

• AKS-74U: Avtomat Kalashnikova Skladnoy - 74 Ukorochenniy

AKM

• AKM: Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy

• AKMSU: Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy Skladnoy Ukorochenniy

AW

• AW: Arctic Warfare

• AWM: Arctic Warfare Magnum

• AWP: Arctic Warfare Police

DP

• DP: Degtyaryova Pekhotny

• DPM: Degtyaryova Pekhotny Modernizirovanniy

• DA: Degtyaryova Aviatsionny

• DT: Degtyaryova Tankovy

G3

This section lists all G3 series of abbreviations.

G3

• G3A3/4: Gewehr 3 Ausführung 3/4

• G3KA4: Gewehr 3 Ausführung Kurz 4

PSG-1/MSG-90

• PSG-1: PräzisionsScharfschützenGewehr - 1

• MSG-90: MilitärischesScharfschützenGewehr - 90

G36

• G36K: Gewehr 36 Kurz

• G36C: Gewehr 36 Carbine

• MG36: MaschinenGewehr 36

• AG36: AnbauGranatwerfer 36

MP

This is for various MP-series submachine guns.

Heckler & Koch MP5

• MP5A1/2/3/4/5: Maschinenpistole 5 Ausführung 1/2/3/4/5

• MP5SD3/6: Maschinenpistole 5 Schalldämpfer 3/6

• MP5K: Maschinenpistole 5 Kurz

Others

• MP7A1: MaschinenPistole 7 Ausführung 1

• MP-9: MaschinenPistole - 9

• MP-10: MaschinenPistole - 10

• MP18: MaschinenPistole 18

• MP38: MaschinenPistole 38

• MP40: MaschinenPistole 40

• MP41: MaschinenPistole 41

UMP

• UMP: Universale MaschinenPistole

NSV

• NSV: Nikitin Sokolov Volkov

• NSVT: Nikitin Sokolov Volkov Tankovy

PK

• PK: Pulemyot Kalashnikova

• PKM: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy

• PKP: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pecheneg

• PKT: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Tankovy

PP

• PP: Polizeipistole

• PPK: Polizeipistole Kriminal

Q

This section is for all Chinese 'Q' guns.

• QBZ-95: Qīngwuqi Bùqiāng Zìdòng - 1995

• QBB-95: Qīngwuqi Bùqiāng Bānyòng - 1995

• QCW-05: Qiāng Chōngfēng Wēishēng - 2005

RPG

This is for various RPG launchers.

• RPG-2: Rocket-Propelled Grenade 2

• RPG-7: Rocket-Propelled Grenade 7

• RPG-22: Rocket-Propelled Grenade 22

• RPG-26: Rocket-Propelled Grenade 26

RPK

• RPK: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova

• RPK-74: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova - 74

SA vz.

This section is for all Czech 'SA' guns:

SA vz. 61/23

• SA Vz.61: SAmlopal Vzor 61

• SA Vz.23: SAmlopal Vzor 23

SA vz. 58

• SA Vz.58: SAmlopal Vzor 58

• SA Vz.58P: SAmlopal Vzor 58 Pěchotní

SVD

SVD

• SVD: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova

• SVDS: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Skladnoy

• SVDU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Ukorochenniy

SVU

• SVU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Ukorochenniy