It seems that our developers of military equipment and weapons are a little mocking their foreign colleagues. In the sense of the names of the technology they create. Germany has the Leopard tank. Israel has a “Merkava” (war chariot). America has an Abrams tank, France has a Leclerc, both in honor of famous generals. And we have the T-72B Slingshot. In honor of the slingshot. It is not clear why, but it is clear that KVN could only be born here.
Or, for example, the Americans take it and call their self-propelled howitzer “Paladin”. And the British call their "Archer" (Archer). All the way. Here ours come up and say: look here. Here are self-propelled howitzers 2C1 “Carnation”, 2C3 “Acacia”, self-propelled mortar 2C4 “Tulip” and long-range self-propelled guns 2C5 “Hyacinth” and 2C7 “Pion”, capable of firing nuclear shells. Smell the bouquet, please.
Here the Americans take and call their anti-tank guided missile “Dragon”. And the other is called "Shilleila" (Baton). Everything is logical. Here our people come up and say: look here. Here are the anti-tank missiles 9M14M “Baby”, 9M123 “Chrysanthemum” and the anti-tank missile “Metis” with a night sight “Mulat”. And to make it completely incomprehensible and scary to you, we also had a rocket called “Edge”.
And to make you think even more, we called the heavy tank support combat vehicle “Frame”.
And so that your head is spinning, the newest missile system coastal defense we named “Ball”.
And so that you have an idiotic smile on your turnips, our most powerful 30-barreled self-propelled flamethrower in the world is called TOS-1 “Pinocchio”.
And so that they take you straight to the madhouse today - our GP-30 underbarrel grenade launcher has the name “Shoes”.
From the latter, even I, a familiar person, get fucked up ...
And if anything, that is, there is also an 82-mm automatic mortar 2B9 “Vasilek”, a company mortar 2B14 “Tray” and a mortar 2S12 “Sled”. Prepare "Sled" in the summer, yes ...
Anti-ship missile X41 “Mosquito” (X-41 missile (3M80) is designed to destroy surface ships and transports with a displacement of up to 20,000 tons with active enemy opposition in any conditions environment, while the rocket is resistant to the destructive effect of a nuclear explosion) - not weak, right? =))
Stations of active jamming - SAP "Sorption", "Gardenia", "Omul";
ZRK - Buk, Kub, Tor, Osa, Tunguska;
Radar - N-019M Topaz, N-010 Zhuk;
Intercontinental ballistic missile“Courier” with a nuclear charge (did you call the courier? Here's a package for you!),
intercontinental ballistic missile “Agni-4”;
intercontinental ballistic missile RT-23 UTTH "Molodets" with ten nuclear charges (really, well done!),
Project 705 nuclear submarine "Lira",
artillery fire control system “Kapustnik” (apparently, it is very fun to control it),
container missile control system "Phantasmagoria" (even I'm already scared),
self-propelled gun “Condenser” (Discharge!!!)
and a grenade for a grenade launcher 7P24 “Foundling”…
Paragraph - 220-mm propaganda projectile 9M27D (MLRS "Hurricane")
Apricot - 220-mm 9M27S rocket with an incendiary warhead (MLRS "Hurricane") (do you want fruit? Here's an Apricot for you!)
Akela - combat knife (Akela missed!)
Crossbow - 30-mm anti-personnel grenade launcher TKB-0249 (Hmm ... What a good crossbow ...)
Ledum - a technical perimeter security system (correct plant, correct.)
Ballerina - 30-mm aircraft automatic gun 9A-4071 (you see, how it spins ...)
Banana - a modified T-72-120/T-72E tank (so that's what it means to "ride a banana!")
Bayan - R-135 high power HF radio station on Ural-375D chassis
Belka - 140-mm rocket M-14-S (chemical) (your beelochka-ah-ah-ah!)
Bearded man - manual flamethrower MPO-A (simply no words ...)
Boomerang - FDA anti-helicopter mine (anti ... helicopter ???)
Vasilek - 82-mm automatic mortar 2B9 (affectionate, kind)
Geranium - a special warhead for R-2 missiles (well, everything has been clear with the flower theme for a long time ...)
Dwarf - mobile RK with a small-sized winged ICBM (project) (hmm ... are there any Hobbits?)
Duel - 55-mm anti-sabotage grenade launcher DP-61 (- I challenge you to a Duel!)
Woodpecker, Lark- experienced UAVs
Cactus - experimental ballistic missile R-12U (8K63K) with KSP PRO
Hello - 23 mm rubber bullet (Volna-R cartridge)
Surprise - baton PUS-3 (telescopic and folding)
Silence - 7.62 / 30-mm rifle-grenade launcher system (... and silenceaaaa ..)
Smelchak - laser-guided mine for mortar "Tulip"
Haricot - aviation station EW SPS-5.
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Developers Russian weapons seems to be trolling their foreign opponents and colleagues with the names of Russian weapons.
Self-propelled flamethrower named "Pinocchio".
The GP-30 underbarrel grenade launcher is called “Shoe”. It can fire three types of grenades - fragmentation conventional (VOG-25), "jumping" (VOG-25P) and "non-lethal" Gvozd tear gas grenades.
Atomic bombs are traditionally called in Russia female names. In 1951, "Maria" (RDS-3 charge) was tested, in 1953 - "Tatiana" ("product 244N"), and, finally, "Natasha" - tactical atomic bomb 8U49.
The container missile control system is called Phantasmagoria, and the artillery fire control system is called Kapustnik.
"Ballerina" is a 30-mm aircraft automatic gun 9A-4071 (not in the photo). It is designed to arm the MiG-29 and Su-27 aircraft.
Intercontinental ballistic missile RT-23 UTTH "Molodets" is designed to destroy strategic targets of all types. In the west, this missile received the designation SS-24 "Scalrel" Mod 2 (PL-4).
A modified version of the famoustank T-72 - T-72M1 in terms of the totality of combat characteristics, it can be equated to the next generation tank T-90S. The T-72 is equipped with a device to protect the crew from the effects of the shock wave of a nuclear explosion, radioactive
Or, for example, the Americans take it and call their self-propelled howitzer "Paladin". And the British call their "Archer" (Archer). All the way. Here the Russians come up and say: look here. Here are self-propelled howitzers 2S1 "Gvozdika"
Self-propelled mortar 2S4 "Tulip"
Long-range self-propelled guns 2S5 "Hyacinth"
2S7 "Pion", capable of firing nuclear projectiles.
Here the Americans take and call their anti-tank guided missile "Dragon". And the other is called "Shilleyla" (Baton). Everything is logical. Here the Russians come up and say: look here. Here anti-tank complex 9M14M "Baby"
ATGM 9M123 "Chrysanthemum"
Anti-tank missile "Metis" with a night sight "Mulat".
And to make it completely incomprehensible and scary to you, there was also a rocket called "Kromka" (an experimental ATGM, so far it has not been lit up anywhere). And to make you think even more, we called the heavy tank support combat vehicle "Frame".
And to make your head spin, they called the newest coastal defense missile system "Ball".
Me and BAL princesses 
The most powerful 30-barrel self-propelled flamethrower in the world is called TOS-1 "Pinocchio".
82-mm automatic mortar 2B9 "Vasilek"
Company mortar "Tray"
M intercontinental ballistic missile "Courier" with a nuclear charge
40-mm manual six-shot revolver grenade launcher RG-6 (6G30) "Gnome",
R radar complex art. reconnaissance and fire control 1L219 "Zoo"
122-mm towed howitzer D-30A "Frog"
Four-ton anti-ship missile "Mosquito"
Such a cheerful Russian people!
During the Great Patriotic War and the pre-war era, Soviet inventors had no time for verbal experiments. New samples military equipment simply assigned the appropriate index. However, there has always been a tradition to give a nickname to weapons. Affectionate names were awarded to the most reliable and effective samples that protected the lives of soldiers.
How can one not recall the BM-13 jet complex - the legendary Katyusha. The first machine was manufactured on June 27, 1941 at the Voronezh excavator plant. The firepower of the Katyusha was used as artillery preparation. An easy-to-use machine destroyed everything alive in the square marked by the gunners, causing enormous damage to the enemy.
- Jet complex BM-13 "Katyusha"
- RIA News
There are a huge number of such examples during the years of the war. The ISU-152 heavy self-propelled artillery mount was nicknamed the St. John's wort, the B-4 203 mm howitzer was nicknamed the Sledgehammer, the Il-2 ground support aircraft became the Flying Tank, the I-16 monoplane fighter became the Ishak, and the Pe-2 dive bomber became Pawn.
After the war, the tradition of giving funny nicknames to military equipment migrated to the offices of design bureaus. This is not surprising, because Soviet scientists closely monitored the operation of weapons, and some of the young specialists went to the front, adopting soldier habits. Since the 1950s, instead of nicknames on the battlefield, military equipment has been awarded official titles still under development.
In this regard, many samples received such names that do not give an idea about the purpose of the weapon and its tactical and technical characteristics. Some of them may seem rather strange and absolutely “unmanly”. However, the original approach to the name only fuels interest in what this military equipment is actually capable of.
Artillery bouquet and natural disasters
In Russia, there is a galaxy of artillery pieces that have received "flower" names. These are the 152-mm self-propelled gun 2S5 "Hyacinth", the self-propelled anti-tank missile system 9M123 "Chrysanthemum", the self-propelled gun 2S7 "Peony", self-propelled artillery mounts 2S1 "Carnation" and 2S3 "Acacia", 240-mm self-propelled mortar "Tulip" and 82 -mm automatic mortar 2B9 "Cornflower".
At the same time, Russian jet systems salvo fire (MLRS) received associative names. Gunsmiths decided not to call the descendants of "Katyusha" female names and turned to natural phenomena.
The world's most popular MLRS BM-21 was named "Grad". Following the deadly "precipitation" appeared 9K57 "Hurricane" (220 mm), 9K58 "Smerch" (300 mm), 9K51M "Tornado" (122 and 300 mm) and TOS-1M "Sun" (220 mm). Currently, some of this military equipment causes “natural disasters” in Syria every day.
water family
Since Russia has the richest water resources, love for rivers appeared in the names of many samples air defense and other types of weapons.
The Volga, the main river of Central and Southern Russia, became the champion. "Volga" was named the first large ballistic missile R-1, the export version of the anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) S-75, 12.7 mm sniper rifle V-94 (OSV-96), aviation equipment for the KSR-5 control system, the MP-310U shipborne radio-electronic station (radar) and the P-8 early warning radar.
Gunsmiths could not ignore the rivers where Russian statehood was forged. Dnepr is a launch vehicle based on the R-36M intercontinental ballistic missile, an anti-missile defense radar, a portable VHF radio station 70RTP-2-ChM, and a radio-technical control and intelligence receiver PRKR-1 (1RK-9).
"Desna" (a tributary of the Dnieper) was called the S-75M air defense system, 22Zh6M radar, mine launcher 8P775 for the first generation R-9A missiles and an air-dropped naval mine. "Dnestr" was considered an appropriate name for a variety of military and civilian electronic equipment (radar and echo sounders).
The designers did not forget other rivers: the mighty Siberian Yenisei (anti-aircraft self-propelled unit ZSU-37-2), the Trans-Baikal Shilka (self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ZSU-23-4), the tributary of the Amur Tunguska (anti-aircraft cannon-missile system 2K22), the largest river in the northwest, the Dvina (SAM SA-75M) and the St. Petersburg Neva (export version of the S-125 Pechora air defense system).
adult pranks
Some names of military equipment, at first glance, do not fit into any logical scheme at all and seem to be a manifestation of either the bold imagination of the author or his sense of humor.
For example, the TOS-1 Buratino heavy flamethrower system, the 9M14M Malyutka anti-tank guided missile, the MRG-1 Ogonyok 55-mm shipborne seven-barreled grenade launcher, fragmentation ammunition for the GP-25 Foundling grenade launchers, and the Variant shovel grenade launcher , a heavy control station R-410M "Diagnoz", body armor "Visit" and a 23-mm rubber bullet "Hi".
The gunsmiths, apparently, were not shy in expressing their feelings, creating the BTR-80A “Violent” armored personnel carrier, the UAZ-3150 “Shalun” car, the “Ecstasy” multiple-action flash and noise grenade, and the “Tenderness” special escort handcuffs.
- Car UAZ-3150 "Naughty"
Of course, not without "female" names. "Katyusha" did not become the beginning of a tradition - as a rule, proper names were rarely used. Nevertheless, one can recall Tatyana (tactical atomic bomb 8U69 and ZUR 215), Azalea (jamming station LO24 and LO27) and Lydia (120-mm mortar).
Female images are reflected in the 30-mm aircraft gun 9A-4071 "Ballerina", in the autonomous radar of state recognition "Stewardess", in the cluster warhead "Decoration", in the meteorological complex RPMK-1 "Smile", light women's body armor "Grace" , in rockets GS 9M216 "Excitement" and MS-24 "Weasel".
Also gunsmiths were clearly not indifferent to the fauna. "Swallow" - Tu-95LAL flying laboratory, "Aistenok" - portable artillery reconnaissance radar, "Fox" - armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicle BRDM-2, "Frog" - 122-mm towed howitzer D-30A, "Tiger" - car special purpose GAZ-23301, "Vepr" - GAZ-3902 armored car and machine gun for special forces.
- 122-mm towed howitzer D-30A "Frog"
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
From the fields of war
You should not look for any clear system in the names of military equipment, said Dmitry Kornev, founder of the Military Russia portal, in an interview with RT. “Firstly, this tradition does not apply to all weapons, and it migrated to Soviet Union, most likely from the fields of the Second World War, where the interchange of cultures took place, ”the expert believes.
Kornev recalled that Soviet soldiers used foreign samples en masse:
“In particular, trophy german weapons for convenience, renamed in the Russian manner. Also, under Lend-Lease, the USSR received US equipment, which had official nicknames. Perhaps the American tradition of giving names was borrowed by Soviet designers.
“Was there any practical use for fancy names? There is no clear answer to this question. There is a version that the inexplicable names of weapons were needed to maintain the secrecy of the development. It was a kind of cipher, and in this way we allegedly confused and continue to confuse foreign spies, ”explained Kornev.
Sometimes it seems that the domestic creators of military equipment since the days of the USSR have been deliberately egging on a "probable adversary." Well, imagine - the name of the Israeli tank "Merkava" means "War Chariot", and our tank T-72B bears the name ... "Slingshot".
30-barrel self-propelled flamethrower Pinocchio
On May 9, 2014, at the Victory Parade, for the first time we will see the Vintorez sniper rifle and the Val silent assault rifle.
What about special forces equipment? "Tenderness" handcuffs, "Laska-Super" stun gun, "Argument" club, "Bird cherry" gas. Who comes up with all this?
In the catalogs of Russian military equipment, you can find the Zador sapper shovel, the Inspiration stretcher, and the Mummy sub-caliber projectile. Publications on the topic of the Russian military-industrial complex include the Gnome six-shot hand-held revolving grenade launcher, the Raccoon ship torpedo, the Kleshch anti-tank mine, the Natasha tactical free-fall bomb with a special warhead with a capacity of up to 40 kilotons, and the Canaryka silent automatic grenade launcher. ", aviation system of a single indication" Narcissus "...
Our artillery systems are not called threateningly, like, say, the American "Dragon" or "Baton", but quite peacefully: "Carnation", "Acacia", "Tulip", "Hyacinth", "Peony", "Chrysanthemum" etc. The bouquet is real... We even have the world's most powerful 30-barreled self-propelled flamethrower "Pinocchio"!
The Vasilek automatic mortar, the Tradnos company mortar, the Sleigh mortar, the Cactus active wire security system, the Molodets intercontinental ballistic missile, the Kapustnik artillery fire control system, the Zoo artillery radar target detection system enchant with outlandish names ", the Phantasmagoria container missile control system, the Capacitor self-propelled gun.
The Bal coastal defense missile system, the Metis anti-tank missile with the Mulat night sight, heavy fighting machine support for tanks "Ramka", a grenade for a grenade launcher "Foundling", an underbarrel grenade launcher "Obuvka", a radar complex for artillery reconnaissance and fire control "Zoo". Quite recently, the Soviet Kromka missile was decommissioned.
However, stop exaggerating - for those who are especially interested, they can easily find a bunch of similar names of Soviet and Russian military equipment on the Internet.
Not going along with the opinions of "narrow specialists" about the need for strict secrecy of the latest developments and the mandatory disinformation of potential enemies, the site browser nevertheless decided to independently get to the origins of the origin of such remote and sincerely smiling names of Soviet and Russian military equipment.
It turns out that the fashion for some specific, except for digital and abbreviated ciphers, the names of weapons began to be used all over the world back in the 50s and 60s of the last century.
The first were the Americans, who came up with sonorous and even frightening names for their combat systems. Apparently, this forced our ironic designers to write original "letters to the Turkish Sultan."
For example, the formidable Trident (Trident) or Polaris (Polar Star) naval missile systems clearly inspired one of our developers of the world's most massive Project 667A strategic nuclear submarine to give her the code "Navaga" (this is "in the world" small edible fish, very tasty after frying).
After that, the confused "probable and potential", so as not to confuse and puzzle their commanders and intelligence officers once again, introduced the so-called "NATO Classification" for Soviet submarines. And for some reason, our same "Navaga" was called Yankee (Yankees).
Now, even in Russian naval reference books, our atomic marines also have NATO names. So, for example, our project APL 667BDRM is named "Dolphin" - or "Delta-4". Project 661 "Anchar" (aka " gold fish"- this is NATO Papa (simply - dad).
The world's largest heavy strategic missile submarines of project 941 "Shark" according to NATO classification - SSBN Typhoon (Typhoon). And submarines of project 971 "Pike-B" by NATO - Akula. Project 949A "Antey" submarines according to NATO classification - Oscar-II. Well, and so on, all "our" NATO members renamed "their own" according to some unknown principle.
However, I can only assume - all the renaming was carried out according to the principle "if we do not understand, then you will also suffer!".
But still - who gave such names to our weapons? Here is what a well-known naval historian, writer and publicist, a long-time author of the site, Captain 1st Rank Sergey Aprelev says:
"The names of these wonderful and, no doubt, talented people with a heightened sense of humor, history, alas, did not leave. It may very well be that the names of some of our types of weapons were given randomly, arbitrarily, and even far from "at the very top." Such a case: our submarine recorded the noises of the so-called "Quakers". The commander was instructed to describe these signals, so to speak, in his own words, so that it was understandable and figurative. Well, he entrusted this matter to the first mate, that is, to me, as a literary writer. Well, in my hearts, I described the signals of the "Quakers" (as if I had nothing to do at sea then!) as follows: "They resemble the jumping of steel balls on a cast-iron plate with decreasing amplitude." And the impression is that this description was included in the secret reports of a special group of scientists involved in the study of this phenomenon ... ".
