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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
  • 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
  • HESH: High Explosive Squash Head

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

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

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

Transl.:Shpagin's Machine Pistol

  • PPS-43: Pistolet Pulemyot Sudayeva - 1943

Transl.: Sudayev's Machine Pistol - 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: Protivo Tankovoye 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: Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot

Translation: Handheld Antitank Grenade Launcher

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
  • 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

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
  • 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

  • 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

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 Skladnoy

Transl.:Dragunov's Sniper Rifle, Folding stock

  • SVDU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova Ukorochenniy

Transl.:Dragunov's Sniper Rifle, Folding stock, Shortened

SVU

  • SVU: Snayperskaya Vintovka Ukorochenniy

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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