List of gun abbreviations

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Ammunition Abbreviations

A

• AP: Armor-Piercing

• AP-I: Armor-Piercing Incendiary

F

• FMJ: Full Metal Jacket

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

Gun Abbreviations

A

• AA: Anti Aircraft

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

• ACOG: Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight

• ACR: Adaptive Combat Rifle

• AN-94: Avtomat Nikanova - 94

• AR: Assault Rifle

• AR-15: Armalite Rifle - 15

B

• BAR: Browning Automatic Rifle

C

• CCO: Close Combat Optic

D

• DMR: Designated Marksman Rifle

• DShK: Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny

G

• GPMG: General Purpose Machine Gun

H

• H&K: Heckler & Koch

• HMG: Heavy Machine Gun

I

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

M

• M: Model

• MG: Machine Gun
  • MG: Maschinengewehr

• Mk: Mark

S

• S&W: Smith & Wesson

• SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon

• SKS: Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova

• SR-25: Stoner Rifle - 25

T

• TMRP-6: Protivtenkovska Mina Razorno Probojna - 6

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

SVD

SVD

• SVD: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova

• SVDU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Ukorochenniy

• SVDS: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Skladnoy

SVU

• SVU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Ukorochenniy

PK

• PK: Pulemyot Kalashnikova

• PKM: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy

• PKP: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pecheneg

• PKT: Pulemyot Kalashnikova Tankovy

MP

This is for various MP-series submachine guns.

Heckler & Koch MP5

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

• MP5SD3/6: Machinenpistole 5 Schalldämpfer 3/6

• MP5K: Machinenpistole 5 Kurz

Others

• MP7A1: MachinenPistole 7 Ausführung 1

• MP-9: MachinenPistole - 9

• MP18: MachinenPistole 18

• MP38: MachinenPistole 38

• MP40: MachinenPistole 40

• MP41: MachinenPistole 41

• UMP: Universale MachinenPistole

SA

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

G3

This section lists all G3 series of abbreviations.

G3

• G3A3/4: Gewehr 3 Ausführung 3/4

PSG-1/MSG-90

• PSG-1: PräzisionsScharfschützenGewehr - 1

• MSG-90: MilitärischesScharfschützenGewehr - 90

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

NSV

• NSV: Nikitin Sokolov Volkov

• NSVT: Nikitin Sokolov Volkov Tankovy