Cool weapon names. Funny names of Russian weapons

Sometimes it seems that the domestic creators of military equipment have been deliberately egging on a "probable enemy" since the times of the USSR. 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

May 9, 2014 at the Victory Parade for the first time we will see sniper rifle"Vintorez" and silent machine "Val".

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. In publications on the topic of the Russian military-industrial complex, there is a Gnome six-shot hand-held revolving grenade launcher, a Raccoon ship torpedo, anti-tank mine"Tick", tactical free-fall aerial bomb with a special warhead with a capacity of up to 40 kilotons "Natasha", a silent automatic grenade launcher "Canaryka", aviation system single indication "Narcissus" ...

complexes artillery weapons we do not call them threateningly, like, say, the American "Dragon" or "Baton", but quite peacefully: "Carnation", "Acacia", "Tulip", "Hyacinth", "Peony", "Chrysanthemum" and so on . The bouquet is real... We even have the world's most powerful 30-barreled self-propelled flamethrower "Pinocchio"!

The outlandish names of the Vasilek automatic mortar, the Tray company mortar, the Sleigh mortar, the Cactus active wire security system, intercontinental ballistic missile"Molodets", artillery fire control system "Kapustnik", artillery radar complex target detection "Zoo", container missile control system "Phantasmagoria", self-propelled gun"Capacitor".

Lead directly to admiration for their names missile system coastal defense "Bal", anti-tank missile "Metis" with a night sight "Mulat", a heavy combat vehicle supporting tanks "Frame", a grenade for an underbarrel 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 misinformation 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 it 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 missile submarines strategic purpose 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 history, alas, did not leave the names of these wonderful and, I have no doubt, talented people with a heightened sense of humor. 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, I'm in the hearts and described the signals of the "Quakers" (as if I had nothing to do then at sea!) 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, engaged in the study of this phenomenon ... ".

"Foundling", "Sled", "Zoo": what deadly weapon hiding behind funny names

On the verbal names of domestic military equipment, which is capable of destroying all life on large areas, ordinary people know little. However, Grads, Tornadoes, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Vladimirs, Acacias, Tulips and other verbal usages that are mysterious to the majority appear in the headlines every now and then. Behind every pretty name in the national weapons school is difficult fate, and most often great story for its use or service. Almost all instances domestic weapons, no matter what kind of troops it belongs to, have an impressive firepower or just a very serious military functionality.

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name the technique unusual names only Soviet and Russian designers can do it. There is nothing unusual in the foreign names of military equipment, no matter what troops it belongs to. American designers, for example, call their combat vehicles almost constantly in a peculiar, militant style. Judge for yourself: combat helicopters they called "Cobra" and "Apache" - it is quite logical, because the cobra - poisonous snake, and the Apaches are a tribe of native North American Indians, who were pretty good at handling edged weapons. However, glancing at domestic weapons and studying this topic in detail, you involuntarily begin to smile, because “Sled”, “Foundling”, “Tenderness”, “Dubna”, “Vega” are not the names of some fantastic works, but real offensive and defensive means.

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"Chrysanthemum". Photo: Bogdan Rudenko

Sometimes cute, gentle and kind names for formidable army equipment are given in such a way that a person who is not initiated into the intricacies of military affairs will not immediately understand what type of weapon they are talking about. For example, when you hear that Pinocchio successfully hit the target at the training ground, you, as a person familiar with Soviet cartoons, involuntarily wrinkle your forehead in an attempt to remember when Pinocchio learned to shoot and what target he hit. However, Pinocchio in the Russian Ministry of Defense is nothing more than a heavy jet system salvo fire, built on the basis of the T-72 tank and capable of literally burning out all life on an area in 40.000 square meters. Pinocchio with 12-cylinder diesel engine has been successfully working in military conflicts for a long time - first in the Charikar valley in Afghanistan and South Salang, and then in 2000 in Chechnya. The thermobaric ammunition of the “son of Papa Carlo”, who instead of legs has impressive tracks, was enough to neutralize any enemy.

Also for lovers of floristry there is a special flower series. Only we are not talking about a family of bright and colorful, pleasantly smelling flowers, but about formidable self-propelled artillery mounts: Carnation, Hyacinth, Chrysanthemum, Tulip, Peony.

Jokes about innocent names, when you personally observe the work of these machines, immediately disappear. 2S1 "Carnation" - the "smallest" artillery system in this "dimensional grid". It fires 122 mm caliber ammunition at a range of up to 15 kilometers. But in the case of another “flower” - the Pion self-propelled artillery system, everything is somewhat more interesting, because it is this self-propelled unit capable of firing special, as the military say, or, simply, nuclear weapons over a distance of over 20 kilometers. The history of the creation of a nuclear weapon for this self-propelled gun is also full of surprises. First of all, because of the name, because the special nuclear munitions are called "Kleshchevina", "Sapling" and "Perforator".

The last name, according to the memoirs of a retired lieutenant colonel of the armed forces of the USSR Andrei Mikhailovich Savenkov, generally, terrified even on experienced foreign military men: “Yes, the story with the name is, of course, the plot for the film, at least. Then the term "limited nuclear destruction”, for which, in fact, artillery of a similar plan was intended. Ammunition, of course, came up with good ones from a practical point of view. But from the point of view of names, apparently, they decided to unleash fear on the enemy, while still standing at the drawing board. As far as I remember, when the NATO headquarters found out how the name for the ammunition sounds in Russian and what it means, I think that gray-haired generals were added there instantly, ”the expert said in an interview with Zvezda.

"Svirel", "Foundling", "Sled" and "Zoo"

"Zoo". Photo: Konstantin Semyonov

Funny names, according to the stories of the military, in the Soviet and Russian army do not count. “He runs with a good hundred, or even more,” ironically remarks in an interview with Zvezda the commander of one of the EW ZVO units Andrey Tikhonov. And it is true that no name, then irony, then laughter, then awareness, and only then - the study of history. When you read about the types of shots for underbarrel grenade launchers, in general, you don’t expect a funny trick, because a grenade flying out of a device placed under the barrel of an assault rifle is capable of completely turning a small fortification. But even here, the creators of Soviet weapons distinguished themselves by creating the "Foundling" - a 7P24 grenade with a detonation mechanism after a collision with an obstacle. The expelling charge of a grenade throws it to a height of about two meters and then an explosion occurs. That's really, truly, a foundling!

The Svirel also deserves a separate story - a 40-mm shot for a regular grenade launcher GP-30 with acoustic impact. The principle of this ammunition is difficult to describe in words. However, if for a second you imagine the explosion of a meteorite flying into planet Earth, the simultaneous play of a thousand orchestras and the buzzing of a hundred or two bees, you can get a little closer in sensations to what the enemy experiences when such ammunition is used on him. A strong noise when a grenade is detonated is also accompanied by light exposure. talking plain language, the sound and light grenade "Svirel" provides the enemy with such a musical part that the mental and physical health any, even the most prepared enemy for a few minutes will be undermined.

"Sled"

When the military asks: "Where is the one hundred and twentieth sled?" the subconscious says that the military even have ordinary, traditional for Russia types winter entertainment have some use. And only a minute later, when the mortar crew delivers a heavy 120 mm mortar with an impressive ground stop, you understand that the "Sled" is a heavy army mortar, weighing more than 200 kg, which is simply impossible to cope with alone. However, "Sled", "Foundling" and "Svirel" are just the tip of the iceberg. The easiest part for Western linguists to learn.

"Zoo"- this is what can baffle even a highly erudite civilian. The problem is that, having heard the name with a certain type or object, most people, building an associative array, will move towards something alive in their reasoning, not even thinking about what the military calls the unique development "Zoo" Soviet designers, designed to determine enemy artillery positions. 1L219M, according to the Russian military, is a "complex for controlling artillery fire." If we talk about a unique development in a simple and plain language, then the "Zoo" is a complex of a special radar and auxiliary equipment, with which you can detect and detect the coordinates of any enemy artillery at an impressive distance and almost instantly direct aircraft or your own artillery there.

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The prevailing opinion is that the funny names of the Soviet and Russian technology given by some specially trained person, do not correspond to reality. Reality with names domestic technology simple, like the Soviet weapon itself.

"Names Soviet technology almost always came from research and development ciphers. Hence such unusual names appeared, ”an authoritative Russian military expert and Chief Editor magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.

However, according to Murakhovsky, there were exceptions in the domestic military design business. “It used to happen that the names were given only later to the officially adopted equipment. For example, the T-72 tank, which was put into service, was later called "Ural", in honor of Uralvagonzavod. And although the name was not considered official at first, even in the manual for technical operation it was later named "Ural".

"Vladimir". Photo: Bogdan Rudenko

The story with another tank, no less famous, T-90, the development of which once literally pulled the entire tank-building industry of the country out of the abyss. T-90 - a formidable tank, appearance and whose weapons terrify NATO headquarters, in addition to the official, factory name, it also has a proper name - "Vladimir". However, the tank is named, despite general delusion, not in honor of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russia Vladimir Putin, but in honor of the chief designer of the tank - Vladimir Mikhailovich Potkin, which, having transferred great amount stress, suddenly died right at the workplace on May 13, 1999.

The history with the names of domestic military equipment is a real treasure for lovers of interesting things in weapons. Yet long years, according to the confessions of the military themselves, the topic with the names of weapons will excite our potential opponents. “The Western mind will never think of calling the handcuffs “Tenderness”, and the jamming system “Moshkara”. You see, here understanding is still at the mental level, if not subconscious, ”says a military representative of the Ministry of Defense in an interview with Zvezda Nikolai Koshkin.

"Poplar"

The rich and mighty Russian language played with domestic weapons into a pairs sport, essentially stymieing the entire Western notation system. Concluding the theme of unusual names, a beautiful song by Mark Bernes suddenly appears in my head “Do Russians Want Wars?”. And knowing that "Silence" (shooting complex) and "Topol" (mobile missile system) are not just the author's fantasy, but also weapons embodied in metal, Mark Bernes' song takes on a completely different meaning.

The name, based on its external similarity with any objects, dates back to the 16th century. It was then that grenades appeared in the arsenal of the French army, and the soldiers, without thinking twice, gave them the name of the fruit - and they are similar in shape and the grenade burst into small fragments resembles numerous pomegranate seeds. The same applies to lemonade. BUT anti-tank grenade launcher M9, which entered service american army during World War II, soldiers named the bazooka after musical instrument. At the same time, the names that demonstratively emphasized the deadly and threatening nature of machine guns, tanks, and missiles received the greatest popularity. All of us have heard of German tanks"Panther" and "Tiger".

However, all this has a very remote relation to Russia, since our engineers, as always, went their own way. Titles Russian weapons often unusual, witty, and sometimes even flirtatious. Sometimes there is a feeling that all the names of domestic self-propelled guns, rockets and anti-aircraft systems- this is a real mockery of a potential adversary. Looking at the names of Russian military equipment and weapons, you understand that KVN could only be born in this country.

For example, in Germany there is a tank "Leopard", in Israel - "Merkava" (war chariot). In France there is a tank "Leclerc", in America "Abrams", both named after famous generals. We also have a modification of the T-72B2 "Slingshot" tank, named after the slingshot. Or another example from the field of artillery. The Americans called their self-propelled guns "Paladin", the British "Archer" (Archer), everything seems to be clear. And if you look at domestic developments, there are only flowers: Carnations and Acacias, Peonies and Hyacinths, the latter, among other things, can also fire nuclear weapons. Probably not a single potential adversary will dare to smell such a bouquet.

SAU 2S5 "Hyacinth"

The same can be traced with us at the level of missiles, the American anti-tank missile is called "Dragon", the other is "Shilleila" (baton), everything is quite logical. However, we have our own approach - the 9M14M Malyutka ATGM, 9M123 Chrysanthemum ATGM, and the Metis anti-tank missile is equipped to the heap with the Mulatto night sight.

It should be noted that flowers in the work of Russian designers occupy special place. The Russian army is armed with a whole "garden". We have a 152-mm self-propelled gun "Hyacinth" (its second unofficial name "genocide" more accurately reflects the capabilities of the gun). There is a "Pion" - self-propelled guns with a 203-mm 2A44 cannon, there is a "Tulip" - a 240-mm self-propelled mortar, self-propelled guns 2S1 "Carnation" and 2S3 "Acacia", as well as an 82-mm automatic mortar 2B9 "Vasilek", and this not the whole bouquet yet. If we talk directly about the "Bouquet", then this is the name of the escort handcuffs for 5 people.

Judging by other names, it can be noted that sentimentality is not alien to our military engineers. Apparently, the dull dullness of army life is pressing on them, so they yearn for romance and spiritual awe. Probably, it is precisely because of this that the radio direction-finding meteorological complex RPMK-1 is called "Smile", the thermobaric warhead 9M216 - "Excitement", the 240-mm rocket MS-24 with a chemical warhead - "Laska", the 122-mm rocket 9M22K with a cluster Warhead - "Decoration". Special mention should be made of the UAZ-3150 Shalun car, the MP-352 Pozitiv shipborne radar and the 23-mm rubber bullet Hello. The “Visit” body armor, the “Variant” grenade launcher-shovel, the playful infantry shovel “Azart”, the “Tenderness” handcuffs and the “Ecstasy” multiple-action flash and noise grenade can also be attributed to the same series.

grenade-shovel "Variant"

An equally popular topic for inspiration in the defense industry is animal world. But even here we will not talk about "cheetahs" and "tigers" (although in fairness it should be noted that there are "tigers" in the Russian army), Russian designers are honest people. Tigers in Russia, of course, are found, but very limited, only on Far East, but there is a lot of protein, which is probably why Belka is a 140-mm M-14S rocket projectile, a radio station military intelligence 4TUD and RM-207A-U target missile rolled into one. There are also “Boars” in our country - a multi-purpose target missile system 96M6M, “Flies” - a 64-mm RPG-18 rocket-propelled anti-tank grenade, “Raccoons” - a 533-mm homing torpedo SET-65, “Grasshoppers” - a mobile robotic complex MRK -2, "Canaries" - silent automatic grenade launcher 6S1.

Experienced automatic grenade launcher TKB-0134 we call "Kozlik", and the ground portable DV-SV radio receiver R-880M "Shrimp". Of the overseas animals, you can meet in the Russian army "Panda" - the N001VP radar sighting system for modifications of the Su-27, and "Hummingbird" - a 324-mm aviation anti-submarine torpedo. Crowns all this complex artillery reconnaissance and fire control 1L219 - "Zoo" and you know, there is even some logic here.

They beat the military and the eternal theme of health. That is why today the Russian army has at its disposal the armored personnel carrier BTR-80A "Violence" and the heavy TRS station R-410M "Diagnoz". In addition, there is a special medical machine for airborne troops BMM-1D "Traumatism" and software and hardware complex 65s941 "Tonus".

UAZ 3150 "Naughty"

Military designers could not get around the topic of professions, while judging by the names, many of them previously worked in the field of journalism. This is hinted at by the MKZ-10 “Subtitle” electronic compatibility complex, the Gazetchik-E radar protection means, and the somewhat ambiguous “Paragraph” - a 220-mm 9M27D propaganda rocket designed for the Uragan MLRS.

Found in the names of military products and references to other completely non-military professions. So, for example, the 30-millimeter 9A-4071 automatic cannon is called "Ballerina", and the autonomous integrated secondary air traffic control and state identification radar is called "Stewardess". Some of the military designers were apparently well acquainted with the work of the Courier, hence the name for the 15P159 mobile ground-based missile system with the RSS-40 small-sized ICBM.

There are also quite hospitable, primordially Russian notes in the name of our weapons, for example, in the Gzhel bulletproof vest or the EW L-183-1 Bukovitsa control and verification equipment. These names are quite suitable for the formation of the Russian folk image. This also includes the immensely joyful names for the RT-23 UTTKh (RS-22) Molodets ICBM and the heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1 Pinocchio and TOS-1M Solntsepek, as well as the 55-millimeter ship's seven-barreled grenade launcher MRG-1 Twinkle.

TOS-1 "Pinocchio"

Somehow apart in this row there are two more interesting systems: manual flamethrower RPO-2 "Priz" and proximity fuse 9E343 "Semifinal". Although in fairness, both the first and second options contain certain hints to justify their name.

If we take this issue seriously, then we can figure out that the names of weapons are given in accordance with established traditions:
- according to the modification letter: Angara - S-200A, Vega - S-200V, Dubna - S-200D, etc.
- by the name of the competitions or R&D: "Judge", "Rook".
- by abbreviation: "Nona" - New Ground Artillery Gun, "Kord" - Kovrov Gunsmiths-Dyagterevtsy, etc.
- based on the logic of the series: ACS - "flower series": "Peony", "Hyacinth", "Tulip", etc.; air defense systems - "river series": "Tunguska", "Shilka", "Neva", "Dvina"; MLRS - various natural phenomena: "Grad", "Hurricane", "Smerch", "Tornado".
- associative names: MANPADS - "Needle", "Arrow"; complex for setting radio interference "Moshkara"; camouflage sniper suits - "Kikimora" and "Leshy".
- army humor: a sapper shovel - "Azart", handcuffs "Tenderness", a shot to an underbarrel grenade launcher - "Foundling", a heavy flamethrower system "Pinocchio".
- in honor of the creators: the T-90 tank has the name "Vladimir" (after the name of the chief designer of the machine), the Antey-2500 air defense system (after the name of the creator company).
- according to a pronounced action or property: fire extinguishing system "Hoarfrost" (sprays powder), dynamic protection "Contact" (triggered by contact).

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Voting on the choice of names for several types of new weapons has ended on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which the President of the country spoke about on March 1 during his message to the Federal Assembly, reports RT .

As a result, the new combat laser complex was named "Peresvet", the unmanned underwater vehicle will be called "Poseidon", the newest cruise missile will be called "Petrel". About eight million people took part in the action. NSN .

Participants of the competition often offered very outstanding names. For example, it was proposed to name the combat laser "Bagheera", "Viem", "Gepard", "Gorynych", "Stargazer", "Ophthalmologist", "Matryoshka" and "Fly Swatter", reports FAN .

The main battles flared up around the naming option cruise missile with a nuclear power plant. "Alyonushka", "Albatross", "Blagovest", "Berdysh", "Vatnik", "Retribution", "Guarantor", "Argument", "Hummingbird", "Swallow", "Robin", "Peacemaker", "Nadyusha ”,“ Surprise ” - a far from complete list of names proposed by the Russians.

The editor-in-chief suggested calling the rocket "Volodya". The head of Chechnya said that the newest strategic weapon has earned the name "Palmyra" - in memory of the Russian soldiers who died in Syria.

The first example of Russia's latest strategic weapon, which Putin presented during his address, was a missile system with a heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat" (Satan-2 according to the classification). On the this moment Together with the enterprises of the rocket industry, they have already begun the active phase of testing the missile system. "Sarmat" will replace the complex "Voevoda" (Satan according to NATO classification), which was created back in the USSR.

The flight range of the Sarmat missile (16,000 km) exceeds the flight range of the Voyevoda (11,000 km), and the missile also has a large number and power of warheads, Putin explained. The Sarmat rocket weighs over 200 tons. What makes it difficult to intercept by missile defense means is that it has a short active flight segment. Sarmat will be equipped with a wide range of high-yield nuclear weapons, including hypersonic ones, as well as modern systems overcoming missile defense.

The head of state announced that unmanned aerial vehicles have been developed in Russia underwater vehicles, capable of moving at "very great depths" and at intercontinental ranges. The speed of drones is a multiple of the speed of submarines, the most modern torpedoes, as well as all types of surface ships, including the fastest.

Underwater vehicles have low noise, high maneuverability and are practically invulnerable to the enemy, the president added, noting that at the moment there are no means in the world that could resist them.

The latest Russian underwater drones have low noise, high maneuverability and are practically invulnerable to the enemy, which will allow them to hit wide range targets, including aircraft carrier groups, coastal fortifications and infrastructure. A multi-year test cycle of an innovative nuclear power plant for a drone was completed at the end of 2017.

Its uniqueness lies in its small dimensions and, at the same time, its ultra-high power-to-weight ratio. Its volume is 100 times smaller than that of modern nuclear submarines, but at the same time it has more strong power and switches to combat mode 200 times faster, the president said.

The developers of Russian weapons seem 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. T-72 is equipped with a device to protect the crew from the impact of the shock wave 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 self-propelled howitzers 2С1 "Carnation"

Self-propelled mortar 2S4 "Tulip"

Long-range self-propelled guns 2С5 "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 "Mulatto".

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 so that you think even more, heavy combat vehicle tank support we called "Frame".