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BA

БA

Brone Avtomobil

Armored Car

BMD

БMД

Bronevaya Maschina Desantnaya


BMP

БMП

Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhota


BRDM

БPДM

Bronevaya Rasvedyvatelnaya Dosornaya Maschina


BRM

БPM

Bronevaya Rasvedyvatelnaya Maschina


BT

БТ

Bystrochodnyj Tank

Fast Tank

BTR

БТP

Bronetransportr


IS

ИC

Iosif Stalin

Joseph Stalin (Obsolete)

KV

КВ

Klementi Vorishilov

Kliment Vorishilov (Obsolete)

PAK-DA


Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Dalney Aviatsyi

Future Air Complex for Strategic Air Forces

PAK-FA


Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi

Future Air Complex for Frontal Aviation

PT

ПТ

Plavayushtshiy Tank

Amphibious Tank

SMK

CMК

Sergius Mironovitch Kirov

Sergei M. Kirov (Obsolete)

SU

Samokhodnaya Ustanovka

Self-Propelled Mounting

ZSU

ЗCУ

Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka

Anti-Aircraft Self-Propelled Mounting