This is a Glossary of acronyms used for aircraft designations in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
Terms
2 Istrebitel – N1 – two-seat fighter with Napier engineGunston, Bill. The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995. London, Osprey. 1995. see DI-1
2 Motor Gelikopter – twin-engined helicopter
Artilleriskii Korrektirovshchik – artillery correction
Aeroopylitel – air duster Po-2
Aeropyl – air dust Po-2
ARKtichyeskii - arctic
Arkadiy Shvetsov-led engine design bureau prefix, coming from the OKB-19 bureau
Amfibiya Severnogo Kraya – amphibian for northern territory
Blizhnii Bombardirovshchik – short-range bomberAntonov, Vladimir & Gordon, Yefim & others. OKB Sukhoi. Leicester. Midland. 1996.
Bombardirovshchik D D - Bolkhovitnov
Boyevoi Desantnyi Planer – troops assault glider
Blizhniy Istrebitel – short-range fighter
- towed mine glider
Blizhniy Pikiruyushchiy Bombardirovshchik – short-range dive bomberGordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Yakovlev. Hinkley. Midland. 2005.
Bronirovannyy Shturmovik – armoured ground attack aircraft
see TsKB
1. - two-seat fighter 2. Dalnost - distance/range
1. Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik – long-range bomber 2. Dnevnoi Bombardirovshchik – day bomber
Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-A – long-range bomber, academy
Dauhl'niy Bombardirovshchik-LK -
suffix Dauhl'niy Deystviya - long-range
Dauhl'niy Dvuhkmestny Bronirovannyi Shturmovik - long-range two-seat close support aircraft
Dvukhmesnyy Istrebitel' - two-seat fighter
Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel Pushechny – two-seat cannon fighter
1. Dvukhmotortnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyenyia – twin-engined escort fighter 2. Dalnyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdyeniya – (ДИС, Дальний истребитель сопровождения – long-range escort fighter)
Dvukhmyestnyi Istrebitel T - two-seat fughter - 2-seat shturmovik version of I-152
Dvukhmotornyi Krayenoi Linyeinyi - regional airliner
Dal'niy Perekhvahtchik – long-range interceptorGordon, Yefim & Rigmant, Vladimir. Tupolev Tu-144. Midland. Hinkley. 2005.
- long-range glider torpedo
Dvigatel' [izdeliye] R [Tu-4] – engine test-bed [product] R [Tu-4]Gordon, Yefim. Myasischev M-4 and 3M. Hinkley. Midland. 2003. Myasischev inhouse designation for engine test aircraft.
Dnevnoy Skorosnoy Bombardirovshchik - fast day bomber
Dalnyi Vysotnyi Bombardirovshchik – long-range high-altitude bomber
Eksperimentalnyi - experimental
Eksperimentalnyi Apparat – experimental apparatus – usually prefixed by a number
Eksperimental Dvigatyel – experimental engine
Eksperimentalnyi Gelikopter – experimental helicopter
Eksperimentalyni Istribetel – experimental fighter
Eksperimentalyni Odnomyestnyi Istribetel – experimental single-seat fighter
Frontovoy Istrebitel – frontal fighter
Foto Samolyet – Photographic aircraft
Gelikopter – helicopter
Gidro-Aeroplan Spetsialno Naznachyeniya – seaplane special destination
Giperzvukovya letayuschchaya Laboratoriya – hypersonic flying laboratory
Gidro Samolyet Transportnaya – hydro aircraft transport – pby-1 Catalina
1. Izdeliye - product or article 2. Istrebitel''' – fighter
Istrebitel-Bombardirovschik - fighter bomber / strike fighter Istrebitel' Dahl'nevo Deystviya – long-range fighterGordon, Yefim. Early Soviet Jet Bombers. Hinkley, Midland. 2004.
-Istrebitel' [s dvigatelem] Liberty [moschnost'yu] 400 [loshadinykh sil] - fighter with a 400hp Liberty engineGordon, Yefim. & Dexter, Keith. Polikarpov's Biplane Fighters. Hinkley. Midland Publishing. 2002. Polikarpov IL-400Istrebitel' odnomestny Pushechnyi – single-seat cannon fighterIstrebitel' Pushyechnii – fighter, cannon
1. Istrebitel' Skladnoi – folding fighter 2. Istrebitel' Soprovozhdyeniya – escort fighter 3. Istrebitel' Sylvanskii – fighter SylvanskiiIstrebitel' Shturmovik – fighter attackIstrebitel' Tyazhelyi – heavy fighterIstrebitel' Tyazhelyi Pushechnyi – heavy fighter with cannonIstrebitel' VyisokoSkorostnyi – high speed fighterIzdeliye Z - project Z
1. - 2. Koor'yerskiy - courierKhimichyevskii Boyevik – chemical fighterKorabelnii O Razvedchik – shipboard catapult reconnaissance
1. Korabelniy Razvedchik – (корабельный разведчик - Shipboard Reconnaissance) 2. Katapul'tiruyemoye Kreslo [izdeliye] R [Tu-4] – ejection seat test-bed [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for ejection seat test aircraft. 3. Kreiser Razvyedchik - cruiser reconnaissance)
- Avietka non OKB designed light aircraftKr'lya Tank – flying tank
Летающая Атомная Лаборатория - letayuschchaya ahtomnaya laboratoriya - flying nuclear laboratoryLegkii Bombardirovshchik – light bomberLegkii Bombardirovshchik-2LD – light bomber with 2 lorraine-Dietrich enginesLegkii Bombardirovshchik Sparka – light bomber, two seaterLegkii Bronirovannyi Shturmovik – (ЛБШ, Легкий бронированный штурмовик – light armored attack aircraft)Lev Pavlovich Malinovski- 1930s director of NTU-GVFLeningradskii Institoot Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota- Leningrad Institute civil air fleet
1. Legkii Kreiser – light cruiser 2. Leningradskii Kombinat – Leningrad combine
- light utility transport 1994Letayuschchaya Laboratoriya - flying laboratory
-Legkii Razvedchik – (ЛР, Легкий разведчик – light reconnaissance)Laminarnyi Sloi – laminar layerLyegkii Shturmovik – (ЛШ, Легкий штурмовик – light attack)Letayushchiy Tank – flying tank
-long-range flying torpedoMishen – [radio-controlled] targetGordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Ilyushin. Hinkley. Midland. 2004. radio-controlled versions of production aircraft had the OKB designation replaced with M, thus the RC target Il-28 became the M-28Mestnaya Amfibiya – regional amphibian
-Morskoi Blizhnii Razvedchik – marine short-range reconnaissanceMorskoi Dalnii Razvedchik – marine long-range reconnaissanceMorskoi Dalnii Razvedchik Torpedonosyets – (МДРТ, Морской дальний разведчик-торпедоносец – long-range sea recon/torpedo bomber)
-Mnogotselevoy Gruzovoy Samolet - multi-role cargo aircraft
-Morskoi Kreiser – sea cruiserMorskoi Minonosyets – marine mine carrier
-Malya Mod Shturmovik – experimental engine attacker
1. Motor Planer – motor glider 2. Morskoi Passazhirskii – naval passenger transport 3. Morskoi Podvesnoi – marine suspended
1. Mnogomestnyi Pushyechnyi Istrebitel – (МПИ, Многоместный пушечный истребитель – multi-seat cannon fighter) 2. Morskoi Poplavkovyi Istrebitel – sea floatplane fighterMorskoi Razvedchik – naval reconnaissanceMorskoi Razvedchik Liberty – naval reconnaissance, Liberty engineMorskoi Samolyet – naval aircraft
-Morskoi Torpedonosyets – naval torpedo carrierMorskoi Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik – naval torpedo carrier-bomberMorskoi тяжелый Torpedonosyets-Bombardirovshchik – (МТБТ, Морской тяжелый бомбардировщик-торпедоносец – Heavy sea bomber/torpedo bomber)Morskoi Uchyebnii – naval trainerMorskoi Uchyebnii Rhone – naval trainer, Rhone engine
-Nochno-artillerisykyi Korrektirovshchik – night artillery observerNochnoi Bombardirovshchik – night bomberNochnoy Blizhniy Bombardirovshchik – short-range night bomber
-Odnomestnyi Bronirovanny Shturmovik (ОБШ, Одноместный бронированный штурмовик – single-seat armored attack aircraft)
-Odnomestnyi Dvukhmotorny Bronirovanny Shturmovik – single-seat twin-engined armoured attack aircraft
-Odnomestnyi Pikiryushchyi Bombardirovshchik - (ОПБ, Одноместный пикирующий бомбардировщик – single-seat dive bomber)
- deck based aircraftOdnomotornyi Shturmovik – single-engined attack
1. Perekhodnyi Pyervyi - intermediate 2. Passazheerskiy – passenger
1. Planer Bombardirovshchik – glider bomber 2. Pikiriyushchii Bombardirovshchik – dive bomberPushechnyy Bronirovannyi Shturmovik (ПБШ, Пикирующий бронированный штурмовик – cannon-armed armoured assault aircraft)Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. OKB Mikoyan. Hinkley, Midland. 2009. Perekhvatchik [s ToorboKompressorom] Dollezhalya – interceptor with a dollezhal' designed superchargerPushechnii Istrebitel – cannon fighterPassazhirskii Leningrad – passenger transport LeningradPassazhirskii Maybach – passenger transport Maybach engine
1. Passazheerskiy Samolyot – airliner / passenger aircraft 2. Proxrachnyy Samolyot – transparent aircraftPlaner Spetsial'no Naznachenaya – glider for special purposes
1. Razvedchik – reconnaissance 2. Reaktivnii - jetRazvedchik-Bombardirovshchik – reconnaissance-bomberRekord Dalnosti – long distance record aircraftRekord Dalnost Diesel'nyi – diesel-engined long-range record aircraft
-Rot front – Red Front
1. Razreznoye Krylo – slotted wing 2. Razdvizhnoye Krylo – extending wingRazdvizhnoye Krylo - Istrebitel – extending wing fighter
-Razvedchik Otkrytogo Morya – reconnaissance open sea
1. - 2.Raketnyy Plahner – rocket-powered glider
-Rekord Vysoty – record height
1. Skorostnoi - speedy 2. Sparka – twin / coupled 3. Samolet - aircraft 4. Strelovidnoye [krylo] – swept wingsGordon, Yefim. Sukhoi Interceptors. Hinkley, Midland. 2004. 5. Sapfir - Fitted with Sapfir-21/RP-22 fire-control radar
Russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик - Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik - high speed bomber,
1. Skorostnyi Dnyevnoi Bombardirovshchik – high-speed day bomber 2. Strategicheskiy Dal'niy Bombardirovshchik – strategic long-range bomber
-Samolyot Yefremova i Nadiradze – Yefremova and Nadiradze's aircraft UT-2NSamolet Gonochnii - Racing AeroplaneShturmovik – attack
1. Shturmovik Bombardirovshchik – ShB (ШБ, Штурмовик-бомбардировщик – attack/bomber) 2. Shturmovik Brovirovanny – armoured attack aircraft
-Shturmovik Osobogo Naznachyeniya – (ШОН, Штурмовик особого назначения – special purpose attack aircraft)Shassi [izdeliye] R – undercarriage [product] R [Tu-4] Myasischev inhouse designation for bicycle u/c test aircraft.Shtabnoi Samolet – staff aeroplane
-Skorostnii Krylo – high-speed wing
- Avietka non OKB designed light aircraftSanitarnyi Kabina Filatov – ambulance cabinSyel'skolkhozyaistyennyi - agriculturalSamoletnyy Komandno-Izmeritel'nyy Punkt – airborne measuring and control point Beriev Samolyot 976
-Samolet Osobogo Naznachyeniya – aircraft special/personal assignment
1. Spetzprimeneniya or Spetsialno Primeneniya – special purposes 2. Stratosfernyi Plane – stratospheric gliderSkorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik – (СПБ, Скоростной пикирующий бомбардировщик – high-speed dive bomber)Skorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi Bombardirovshchik / D – fast dive bomber / DSkorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikPoplavkii – fast dive bomberfloatSkorostnoi Pikiruyushchnyi BombardirovshchikBSB – fast dive bomber -
Samolet Passazheerskiy Dal'niy - long-range passenger aircraft???? - (Ilyushin Il-18)
1. Svyazno Passazhirskii L – liaison passenger 2. Samolyet dlya Podvodnikh Lodok – aeroplane for submarine boats Skorostnoi Passazhirskii Samolet – high-speed passenger aircraftskorstnoi Razvedchik – (СР, Скоростной разведчик – high-speed reconnaissance)Skorostnoi Razvedchik Bombardirovshchik – high-speed reconnaissance-bomberStratosfernii Samolyet – stratospheric aircraftSkoropodyemnyi Skorotrelnyi – speedster, high-speed lift, fast-shooter
-Samolyet UrkVozdukhPut – aircraft Ukrainian civil aviation authoritySamolet Vozdushnogo Boya – aircraft for air combat
1. Torpedonosyets – torpedo carrier 2. Treugol'noye(треугольный) [krylo] - triangular wingTransportnaya Amfibiya – transport amphibianTransportnaya Amfibiya Fotografichyeskii – transport amphibian, photographicTyazholyy Bombardirovshchik – heavy bomberTreneirovochni Istrebitel (ТИ, Тренировочный истребитель – trainer fighter)Tyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya – heavy escort fighterTyazhelyi Istrebitel Soprovozhdeniya Mnogotsyelevoi -A – heavy escort fighter, multirole ATjazholij Krejser - heavy cruiserTorpedonosyets Otkrytogo Morya – (Торпедоносец открытого моря – Torpedo bomber for open seas)
- thick wing section
-Transportnyi Samolet – transport aircraftTyazheli Shturmovik – heavy attacker