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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

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
  • HEI-T: High Explosive-Incendiary, Tracer

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

N

  • NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

S

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

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society

  • SJ: Semi Jacketed
  • 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

A

  • AA: Anti Aircraft
  • AA-12: Atchisson Assault - 12
  • ACOG: Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
  • ACR: Adaptive Combat Rifle
  • AN-94: Avtomat Nikanova - 94

Transl.: Automatic Nikanov's - 94

  • APS: Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stetchkina

Transl.: Automatic Stechkin Pistol

  • 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
  • CCO: Close Combat Optic
  • CIWS: Close-In Weapons System
  • CQB-R: Close Quarters Battle - Receiver
  • CR-21: Combat Rifle - 21st Century
  • 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

Transl.:Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-caliber

E

  • EBR: Enhanced Battle Rifle
  • ECOS-N: Enhanced Combat Optical Sight - Navy
  • EGLM: Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module
  • ELCAN: Ernst Leitz Canada

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

G

  • GL: Grenade Launcher
  • GMG: GranatMaschinenGewehr

Transl.:Grenade Machine Gun

  • GPMG: General Purpose Machine Gun

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

  • 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

Transl.: Carbine 98, Short

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

Transl.: General Purpose Machine gun

  • 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
  • Mk: Mark
  • MP: Machine Pistol
    • MP: Maschinenpistole
  • MWS: Modular Weapon System

N

  • NAA: North American Arms
  • NVD: Night Vision Device

O

  • OA: Olympic Arms
  • OICW: Objective Individual Combat Weapon

P

  • P90: Project 90
  • PDW: Personal Defense Weapon
  • PM: Pistolet Makarova

Transl.:Makarov's Pistol

  • PPSh-41: Pistolet Pulemyot Shpagina - 41

Transl.:Shpagin's Machine Pistol

  • PSL: Puşcă Semiautomată cu Lunetă

Transl.:Scoped Semiautomatic Rifle

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

Transl.: Rocket Propelled Grenade

S

  • S&W: Smith & Wesson
  • SA80: Small Arms for the 1980s
  • 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
  • SEF: Sicher Einzelfeuer Feuerstoß

Transl.:Safe Semiautomatic Full automatic

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

Transl.:Swiss Industrial Society

  • 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
  • SPR: Special Purpose Rifle
  • SRAW: Short-Range Assault Weapon
  • 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
  • TMRP-6: Protivtenkovska Mina Razorno Probojna - 6
  • TOW: Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided

U

  • UBGL: Under Barrel Grenade Launcher
  • USC: Universal Self-loading Carbine
  • USP: Universale SelbstladePistole
  • UCP: Ultimate Combat Pistol

V

  • VSS: Vintovka Snayperskaya Spetsialnaya

Transl.:Special Sniper Rifle

X

  • XM: EXperimental Model

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
  • AWM: Arctic Warfare Magnum
  • AWP: Arctic Warfare Police

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

MP

This is for various MP-series submachine guns.

Heckler & Koch MP5

  • 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

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

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: 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

Transl.: Hand-held Kalashnikov's Machine gun

  • RPK-74: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova - 74

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

SA vz.

This section is for all Czech 'SA' 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

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

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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