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==Q== | ==Q== | ||
This section is for all Chinese 'Q' guns. | This section is for all Chinese 'Q' guns. | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 6 January 2011
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
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
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
- AB-10: After Ban - 10
- 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
- ARWEN 37: Anti Riot Weapon ENfield 37mm
- 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
- Bren: Brno Enfield
- 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
- Chey Tac M200 LRRS: Cheyenne Tactical Model 200 Long Range Rifle System
- 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
- EMAC: Electromagnetic Acceleration
- 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
- GSh-18: Gryazev Shipunov-18
- 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
- Kar98k: Karabiner 98 kurz
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
- Minimi: Mini Mitrailleuse
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
- NS2000: NeoStead 2000
- 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 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
- RBS-70: RoBotSystem - 70
- 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
- SPORTS: Slap Pull Observe Release Tap Squeeze
- SPP: Special Purpose Pistol
- SR-25: Stoner Rifle - 25
- 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
- StG-44: Sturmgewehr - 44
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
- Tiki-T: Tiki - Titanium
- 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
- Galil AR: Galil Assault Rifle
- Galil ARM: Galil Assault Rifle & Machine Gun
- Galil SAR: Galil Short Assault Rifle
- Galil MAR: Galil Micro Assault Rifle
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
- MP5A1/2/3/4/5: Maschinenpistole 5 Ausführung 1/2/3/4/5
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
- QSZ-92: Qin Shang Zu - 1992
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
- SA Vz.61: SAmopal Vzor 61
Transl.:Submachine gun Model 61
- SA Vz.23: SAmopal Vzor 23
Transl.:Submachine gun Model 23
SA vz. 58
- SA Vz.58: SAmopal Vzor 58
Transl.:Submachine gun Model 58
- SA Vz.58P: SAmopal Vzor 58 Pěchotní
Transl.:Submachine gun Model 58 Infantry
- SA Vz.58V: SAmopal Vzor 58 Výsadkový
Transl.:Submachine gun Model 58 Airborne
UK vz. 59
- UK vz. 59: Univerzální kulomet vzor 59
Transl.: Universal Machine gun Model 59
LK vz. 26
- LK vz. 26: Lehky Kulomet vzor 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, Folding stock, 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