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List of gun abbreviations

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Ammunition Abbreviations

A

  • ACP: Automatic Colt Pistol
  • AE: Action Express
  • AP: Armor-Piercing
  • APCR: Armor Piercing Composite Rigid
  • APDS-T: Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot, Tracer
  • APFSDS: Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
  • AP-I: Armor-Piercing Incendiary

B

  • BMG: Browning Machine Gun

C

  • Cal: Caliber
  • CheyTac: Cheyenne Tactical
  • CS: Corson Stoughton

F

  • FMJ: Full Metal Jacket

G

  • Ga: Gauge
  • GAP: Glock Automatic Pistol

H

  • HE: High Explosive
  • HEAT: High Explosive Anti-Tank
  • HEDP: High Explosive Dual-Purpose
  • HE-Frag: High Explosive-Fragmentation
  • HE-I: High Explosive-Incendiary
  • HEI-T: High Explosive-Incendiary, Tracer
  • HEIT-SD: High Explosive-Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct
  • HESH: High Explosive Squash Head

I

  • IMI: Israel Military Industries

J

  • JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point
  • JSP: Jacketed Soft Point

L

  • LC: Long Colt
  • LR: Long Rifle

M

  • Mag: Magazine
  • mm: millimeter
  • MOA: Minute Of Angle
  • MPTs: Malokaliberniy Pistoletnyy Tsentralnogo vosplameneniya

Transl.: Small caliber centerfire pistol cartridge

N

  • NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Note: With regard to firearms, this is used in the context of NATO-standardised ammunition, such as 7.62x51mm.

P

  • Para: Parabellum

Transl.:For War

  • PM: Pistolet Makarov

Transl.:Makarov's Pistol

R

  • R: Rimmed
  • Rem Mag: Remington Magnum

S

  • S&W: Smith & Wesson
  • SIG: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society

  • SJ: Semi Jacketed
  • SPC: Special Purpose Cartridge
  • Spl: Special
  • SR: Semi-Rimmed
  • STANAG: STANdardisation Agreement

Note: STANAG ammunition is that standardised by NATO countries.

T

  • TMJ: Total Metal Jacket

W

  • Win Mag: Winchester Magnum
  • WSM: Winchester Short Magnum
  • WSSM: Winchester Super Short Magnum

Weapon Abbreviations

0-9

  • 93R: 93 Raffica

Transl.:93 Burst

A

  • AA: Anti Aircraft
    • AA-12: Atchisson Assault - 12
    • AA-12: Auto Assault - 12
  • ACOG: Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
  • ACR: Adaptive Combat Rifle
  • ACSW: Advanced Crew Served Weapon
  • AGL: Automatic Grenade Launcher
  • AGS-17: Avtomatischeskyi Granatmyot Stankovyi - 17

Transl.: Automatic Grenade Launcher, Mounted - 17

  • AICS: Accuracy International Chassis System
  • AMD-65: Automata Módosított Deszant - 1965

Transl.: Automatic Modified Landing Assault weapon - 1965

  • AMT: Arcadia Machine and Tool
  • AN-94: Avtomat Nikonova - 94

Transl.: Automatic Nikonov's - 94

  • APS: Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stetchkina

Transl.: Automatic Stechkin Pistol

  • APS UAR: Avtomat Podvodnyy Spetsialnyy Underwater Assault Rifle

Transl.: Special Underwater Automatic rifle

  • AR: Assault Rifle
  • AR: Automatic Rifle
  • AR-10: Armalite Rifle - 10
  • ARGO: Auto-Regulating Gas-Operated
  • AT: Anti Tank
  • ATGM: Anti Tank Guided Missile
  • AUG: Armee Universal Gewehr

Transl.: Universal Army Rifle

B

  • BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle
  • BDA: Browning Double Action
  • BDM: Browning Double Mode
  • BDM: Bunker Defeat Munition
  • BFA: Blank Firing Adaptor/Attachment
  • BUIS: Back-Up Iron Sight

C

  • CAL: Carabine Automatique Légère

Transl.: Light Automatic Carbine

  • CAR-15: Colt Automatic Rifle - 15
  • CAWS: Close Assault Weapon System
  • CCO: Close Combat Optic
  • CETME: Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales

Transl.:Center for Technical Studies of Special Materials

  • CETME Ameli: Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales Ametralladora ligera

Transl.:Center for Technical Studies of Special Materials Light Machine gun

  • CIWS: Close-In Weapons System
  • CQB-R: Close Quarters Battle - Receiver
  • CR-21: Combat Rifle - 21st Century
  • CROWS: Common Remotely-Operated Weapon Station
  • CTR: Compact/Type Restricted
  • CZ: Crvena Zastava (Yugoslavia/Serbia)
  • CZ: Česká Zbrojovka (Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)

D

  • DA: Double Action
  • DAK: Double Action Kellerman
  • DAO: Double Action Only
  • DMR: Designated Marksman Rifle
  • DShK: Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny

Transl.:Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-caliber

E

  • EAA: European American Armory
  • EBR: Enhanced Battle Rifle
  • ECOS-N: Enhanced Combat Optical Sight - Navy
  • EGLM: Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module
  • ELCAN: Ernst Leitz Canada
  • EMag: Export Magazine
  • EMR: Enhanced Marksman Rifle

F

  • FAL: Fusil Automatique Léger

Transl.: Light Automatic Rifle

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

Transl.: Assault rifle of the Saint-Étienne weapon factory

  • FG 42: FallschirmjägerGewehr 42

Transl.:Paratroop Rifle 42

  • FGM: Fire-and-forget Ground-based Missile
  • FIM-92: Fire-and-forget Interception Missile - 92
  • FlaK: Flugzeugabwehr-Kanone

Transl.: Anti-aircraft cannon (usage note: FlaK with a capital K is only used specifically to refer to German antiaircraft guns. Without the final K capitalised, it is acceptable in English to use "flak gun" to refer to antiaircraft guns in general and "flak" to refer to fire from such)

  • FN: Fabrique Nationale
  • FNC: Fabrique Nationale Carabine
  • FR F2: Fusil à Répétition modèle F2

G

  • GAU-19/A: Gun Aircraft Unit - 19 / for Aircraft
  • GL: Grenade Launcher
  • GMG: GranatMaschinenGewehr

Transl.:Grenade Machine Gun

  • GPMG: General Purpose Machine Gun
  • GSR: Granite Series Revolution

H

  • H&H: Holland & Holland
  • H&K: Heckler & Koch
  • HB: Heavy Barrel
  • HBAR: Heavy Barrel Automatic Rifle
  • HMG: Heavy Machine Gun
  • HSc: Hahn Selbstspanner Pistole Version C

Transl.: Self-Cocking Hammer Pistol Version C

I

  • IED: Improvised Explosive Device
  • IMBEL: Industria de Material Bélico do Brasil

Transl.:Military Material Industry of Brazil

  • IMI: Israel Military Industries
  • Inox: Inoxidizable

Transl.:Stainless

  • INSAS: Indian Small Arms System
  • IR: Infrared Radiation
  • ITL MARS: International Technologies Lasers Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight

K

  • KAC: Knight's Armament Company

Transl.: Carbine 98, Short

J

  • JSCS: Joint Service Combat Shotgun

L

  • LAM: Laser Aiming Module
  • LAR: Larisch Augat and Robinson
  • LAR: Light Automatic Rifle
  • LAW: Light Anti-armor Weapon
  • LCR: Light Compact Revolver
  • LDA: Light Double-Action
  • LMG: Light Machine Gun
  • LRF: Laser Range Finder
  • LRR: Long Range Rifle
  • LSW: Light Support Weapon
  • LWRC: Land Warfare Resources Corporation

M

  • M: Model
  • M&P: Military & Police
  • MAG: Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général

Transl.: General Purpose Machine gun

  • MANPADS: MAN-Portable Air Defense System
  • MAS-36: Manufacture d'Armes de St. Etienne - 36

Transl.:Made in the Saint-Étienne weapon factory - 36

  • MASS: Modular Accessory Shotgun System
  • MAT-49: Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle - 49

Transl.:Made in the Tulle weapon factory - 49

  • MATADOR: Man-portable Anti-Tank, Anti-DOoR
  • MEU (SOC): Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
    • MG: Machine Gun
    • MG: Maschinengewehr
  • MGL: Multiple Grenade Launcher
  • MGO: Machine Gun Optic

Transl.:Mini Machine gun

  • Mk: Mark
  • MNVD: Monocular Night Vision Device
    • MP: Machine Pistol
    • MP: Maschinenpistole
  • MWS: Modular Weapon System

N

  • NAA: North American Arms
  • NOD: Night Optical Device
  • NTK-62: NanaTenrokujyuunimiriKikanjyuu - 62
  • NVD: Night Vision Device
  • NVG: Night Vision Goggles

O

  • OA: Olympic Arms
  • OICW: Objective Individual Combat Weapon
  • OSR: Optimized Sniper Rifle

P

  • P90: Project 90
  • PaK: Panzerabwehrkanone

Transl.: Anti-tank cannon

  • PAMAS: Pistolet Automatique de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne

Transl.: Automatic Pistol Manufactured by the Saint-Étienne weapon factory

  • PAW-20: Personal Assault Weapon - 20 
  • PDR: Personal Defense Rifle
  • PDW: Personal Defense Weapon
  • PIAT: Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank
  • PIVADS: Product Improvement Vulcan Air Defense System
  • PMag: Polymer Magazine
  • PPSh-41: Pistolet Pulemyot Shpagina - 1941

Transl.:Shpagin's Submachine Gun

  • PPS-43: Pistolet Pulemyot Sudayeva - 1943

Transl.: Sudayev's Submachine Gun - 1942

  • PRS: Precision Rifle / Sniper
  • PSL: Puşcă Semiautomată cu Lunetă

Transl.:Scoped Semiautomatic Rifle

  • PSM: Pistolet Samozaryadny Malogabaritny

Transl.: Small Self-loading Pistol

  • PTRD-41: Protivotankovoye Ruzhyo Degtyaryova - 1941

Transl.: Degtyaryov's Anti Tank Rifle - 1941

  • PYa: Pistolet Yarygina

Transl.:Yarygin's Pistol

R

  • RAS: Rail Adaptor System
  • RCL: Recoilless Rifle
  • RCO: Rifle Combat Optic
  • RIS: Rail Interface System
  • RPD: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova

Transl.: Light Machine gun, Degtyaryov's

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

Translation: Handheld Antitank Grenade Launcher (usage note: this is what RPG stands for in the Russian RPG-X series of weapons only. In general use, it has the above meaning)

S

  • S&W: Smith & Wesson
  • SA80: Small Arms for the 1980s
  • SA: Semi-Automatic
  • SA: Single Action
  • SAA: Single Action Army
  • SAR-21: Singapore Assault Rifle - 21 st Century
  • SASS: Semi-Automatic Sniper System
  • SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon
  • SCAR: SOF Combat Assault Rifle
  • SDMR: Squad Designated Marksman Rifle
  • SEF: Sicher Einzelfeuer Feuerstoß

Transl.:Safe Semiautomatic Full automatic

  • SSG 69: ScharfSchützenGewehr 69
  • SIG: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society

  • SIRS: Selective Integration Rail System
  • SKS: Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova

Transl.: Self-loading Carbine system Simonov's

  • 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
  • SPORTS: Slap Pull Observe Release Tap Squeeze
  • SPP: Special Purpose Pistol
    • SPR: Special Purpose Rifle
    • SPR: Special Police Rifle
  • SPW: Special Purpose Weapon
  • SRAW: Short-Range Assault Weapon
  • SS-77: Smith & Soregi - 1977
  • Sten: Shepherd, Harold Turpin, and Enfield
  • SUSAT: Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux
  • STANAG: STANdardisation Agreement

Note: STANAG is a series of NATO standards on everything from military bridges to smallarms ammunition, to allow commonality of equipment between various national militaries of NATO members. It is most usually used on this wiki to describe the STANAG pattern magazines for infantry weapons

Transl.:Assault Rifle - 44

  • SVT-40: Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva - 40

Transl.:Tokarev's Self-loading Rifle - 40

  • SWS: Sniper Weapon System

T

  • TA31RCO: Trijicon ACOG 31 Rifle Combat Optic
  • TAGS: Transparent Armor Gun Shield
  • TEC-DC9: IntraTEC-Designed for California 9
  • TIS: Thermal Imaging Sight
  • TLE: Tactical Law Enforcement
  • TMP: Taktische Maschinenpistole

Transl.:Tactical Machine Pistol

  • TMRP-6: Protivtenkovska Mina Razorno Probojna - 6
  • TOW: Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided
  • TRP: Tactical Response Pistol
  • TT-33: Tulskiy Tokarev - 33

U

  • UBGL: Under Barrel Grenade Launcher
  • UMC: Union Metallic Cartridge
  • USC: Universal Self-loading Carbine
  • USP: Universale SelbstladePistole

Transl.:Universal Self-loading Pistol

  • UCP: Ultimate Combat Pistol

V

  • VADS: Vulcan Air Defense System
  • VSS: Vintovka Snayperskaya Spetsialnaya

Transl.:Special Sniper Rifle

X

  • XM: EXperimental Model
  • XVR: EXtreme Velocity Revolver

Z

  • ZPU: Zenitnaya Pulemyot Ustanovka

Transl: Anti-aircraft Machine gun Mount

  • ZU-23: Zenitnaya Ustanovka 23mm

Transl: 23mm Anti-aircraft Mount

Special Abbreviations

AK

This is for all Kalashnikov/similar guns related abbreviations.

AK

  • AK-47: Avtomat Kalashnikova - 47

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle - 47

  • AK-74: Avtomat Kalashnikova - 74

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle - 74

  • AK-107: Alexandrov Kalashnikova - 107

AKM

  • AK-74M: Avtomat Kalashnikova - 74 Modernizirovanniy

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle - 74 Modernized

  • AKM: Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Modernized Automatic rifle

  • AKMSU: Avtomat Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy Skladnoy Ukorochenniy

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Modernized Automatic rifle, Folding stock and Shortened

AKS

  • AKS-47: Avtomat Kalashnikova Skladnoy - 47

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle, Folding stock - 47

  • AKS-74: Avtomat Kalashnikova Skladnoy - 74

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle, Folding stock - 74

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

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Automatic rifle, Folding stock - 74 Shortened

AW

  • AW: Arctic Warfare
  • AW50: Arctic Warfare 50
  • AW50F: Arctic Warfare 50 Folding stock
  • AWC: Arctic Warfare Covert
  • AWM: Arctic Warfare Magnum
  • AWP: Arctic Warfare Police
  • AWSM: Arctic Warfare Super Magnum

C8

  • C8FT: Canada 8 Flat-Top
  • C8FTHB: Canada 8 Flat-Top Heavy Barrel

DP

  • DP: Degtyaryova Pekhotny

Transl.:Degtyaryov's Machinegun

  • DPM: Degtyaryova Pekhotny Modernizirovanniy

Transl.:Degtyaryov's Modernized Machinegun

  • DA: Degtyaryova Aviatsionny

Transl.:Degtyaryov's Machinegun for Aircraft mounting

  • DT: Degtyaryova Tankovy

Transl.:Degtyaryov's Machinegun for Tank mounting

G3

This section lists all G3 series of abbreviations.

G3

  • G3A3/4: Gewehr 3 Ausführung 3/4

Transl.:Rifle 3 Version 3/4

  • G3KA4: Gewehr 3 Kurz Ausführung 4

Transl.:Rifle 3 Short Version 4

PSG-1/MSG-90

  • PSG-1: PräzisionsScharfschützenGewehr - 1

Transl.:Precision Marksman Rifle - 1

  • MSG-90: MilitärischesScharfschützenGewehr - 90

Transl.:Military Marksman Rifle - 90

G36

  • G36K: Gewehr 36 Kurz

Transl.:Rifle 36 Short

  • G36C: Gewehr 36 Carbine

Transl.:Rifle 36 Carbine

  • MG36: MaschinenGewehr 36

Transl.:Machine Gun 36

  • AG36: AnbauGranatwerfer 36

Transl.:Attached Grenade launcher 36

Galil

MAC

  • MAC-10: Military Armament Corporation - 10
  • MAC-11: Military Armament Corporation - 11

MP

This is for various MP-series submachine guns.

Heckler & Koch MP5

Transl.:Machine Pistol 5 Version 1/2/3/4/5

  • MP5SD3/6: Maschinenpistole 5 Schalldämpfer 3/6

Transl.:Machine Pistol 5 Sound Dampener 3/6

  • MP5K: Maschinenpistole 5 Kurz

Transl.:Machine Pistol 5 Short

Others

  • MP7A1: MaschinenPistole 7 Ausführung 1

Transl.:Machine Pistol 7 Version 1

  • MP-9: MaschinenPistole - 9

Transl.:Machine Pistol - 9

  • MP-10: MaschinenPistole - 10

Transl.:Machine Pistol - 10

  • MP18: MaschinenPistole 18

Transl.:Machine Pistol 18

  • MP38: MaschinenPistole 38

Transl.:Machine Pistol 38

  • MP40: MaschinenPistole 40

Transl.:Machine Pistol 40

  • MP41: MaschinenPistole 41

Transl.:Machine Pistol 41

UMP

  • UMP: Universale MaschinenPistole

Transl.:Universal Machine Pistol

NSV

  • NSV: Nikitin Sokolov Volkov
  • NSVT: Nikitin Sokolov Volkov Tankovy

PK

  • PK: Pulemyot Kalashnikova

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Machine gun

  • PKM: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Machine gun Modernized variant

  • PKP: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pecheneg

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Machine gun Pecheneg (Pecheneg is an ancient aggressive tribe who lived in what later became Russia)

  • PKT: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Tankovy

Transl.:Kalashnikov's Machine gun for mounting on Tank

PM

  • PM: Pistolet Makarova

Transl.:Makarov's Pistol

  • PMM: Pistolet Makarova Modernizirovanniy

Transl.:Makarov's Pistol Modernized

PP

  • PP: Polizeipistole

Transl.:Police Pistol

  • PPK: Polizeipistole Kriminal

Transl.:Police Pistol Criminal

Q

This section is for all Chinese 'Q' guns.

  • QBZ-95: Qīngwuqi Bùqiāng Zìdòng - 1995

Transl.: Light , Rifle, Automatic - 1995

  • QBB-95: Qīngwuqi Bùqiāng Bānyòng - 1995

Transl.: Light , Rifle, Squad automatic weapon, 1995

  • QCW-05: Qiāng Chōngfēng Wēishēng - 2005

Transl.: Gun, Assault, Silenced - 2005

  • QCQ-05: Qiāng Chōngfēng Qīngxíng - 2005

Transl.: Gun, Assault, Light - 2005

RPG

This is for various RPG launchers.

  • RPG-2: Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot 2
  • RPG-7: Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot 7
  • RPG-18: Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot 18
  • RPG-22: Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot 22
  • RPG-26: Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot 26

RPK

  • RPK: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova

Transl.: Hand-held Kalashnikov's Machine gun

  • RPK-74: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova - 74

Transl.: Hand-held Kalashnikov's Machine gun - 74

SIG SG

SIG SG 510

  • SIG SG 510: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Sturmgewehr 510

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 510

SIG SG 540

  • SIG SG 540: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Sturmgewehr 540

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 540

SIG SG 550

  • SIG SG 550: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Sturmgewehr 550

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 550

  • SIG SG 551: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Sturmgewehr 551

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 551

  • SIG SG 552: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Sturmgewehr 552

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 552

  • SIG SG 556: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft Sturmgewehr 556

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society Assault Rifle 556

SIG 750

  • SIG 750 SAPR: Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft 750 Semi Auto Precision Rifle

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society 750 Semi Auto Precision Rifle

VZ

This section is for all Czech 'vz' guns:

SA vz. 61/23

Transl.:Submachine gun Model 61

Transl.:Submachine gun Model 23

SA vz. 58

Transl.:Submachine gun Model 58

Transl.:Submachine gun Model 58 Infantry

Transl.:Submachine gun Model 58 Airborne

UK vz. 59

Transl.: Universal Machine gun Model 59

LK vz. 26

Transl.: Light Machine gun Model 26

SVD

SVD

  • SVD: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova

Transl.:Dragunov's Sniper Rifle

  • SVDS: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Skladnaya

Transl.:Dragunov's Sniper Rifle, Folding stock

  • SVDU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Ukorochennaya

Transl.:Dragunov's Sniper Rifle, Shortened

SVU

  • SVU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Ukorochennaya

Transl.: Dragunov's Sniper rifle, Shortened

Tavor

  • TAR-21: Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century
  • GTAR-21: Grenade Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century
  • CTAR-21: Compact Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century
  • MTAR-21: Micro Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century
  • STAR-21: Sniper Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st century
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