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JED - The military Equipment Directory Category: Military and Defence > Military equipment Date & country: 14/12/2007, UK Words: 3164

Blue Lagoon
Development of infrared guidance systems for missiles that resulted in 'Blue Jay' [UK]

Blue Jay
Original project name of the British 'Firestreak' AAM [UK]

Blue Danube
Nuclear bomb, a free-fall weapon [UK]

Blue Devil
Bomb sight [UK]

Blue Eagle
Boeing EC-135J, ABNCP aircraft [US]

Blue Horizon
Series of UAV, Emit [IL]

BLR
Series of four-wheel armoured vehicles [ES]

BLU
Bomb Live Unit, subminution for cluster bombs or dispensers [US]

Blue Bird
Boeing RC-135C, ELINT aircraft [US]

Blue Boar
Nuclear weapon, a guided glide bomb with a television/command guidance system. Cancelled in 1954 [UK]

Blue Cradle
Electronic warfare system, installed in the B-47s of SAC [US]

Blinder
NATO codename for the Tupolev Tu-22 / Tu-105 bomber [SU;RU]

Blitz
Destroyer class [AH]

Blowlamp
NATO codename for the Ilyushin Il-54 bomber [SU;RU]

Blake
Large cruiser class [UK]

BLG-60
Series of tracked armoured bridgelayers based on T-55 [DR]

Blackhawk
Series of helicopters [US]

Blackjack
NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-160 bomber [SU;RU]

Black Velvet
Radar absorbing paint used for the U-2R [US]

Black Widow
Series of twin-engine aircraft [US], Series of MAV [US]

Blackbird
Multi-engine jet reconnaissance aircraft [US]

Black Prince
Experimental version of the Churchill [UK]

Black Spot
Sensor package fitted to the NC-123 [US]

Black Hole
IR suppresion system, fitted to the exhaust stacks of the OH-58A [US]

Black Night
Code name for the RB-57D high-altitude recce aircraft [US]

Black Fly
Fairchild Sailwing drone [US]

BK1990
Series of 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicles [CN]

Black Crow
Equipment to detect the ignition systems of piston engines. Fitted to AC-130 gunships [US]

Bison
NATO codename for the Myasichew M-4 bomber [SU;RU]

BK
Bordkanone [DE] BK 3,7, 37mm, clip-fed, 180rds/min, 798m/s BK 5, 50mm, 50rds/min, 917m/s BK 7,5, 75mm, 933m/s

Bishop
Self-propelled gun/howitzer on Valentine chassis, 1942 [UK]

Bingo fuel
Critical fuel level, usually fuel level necessary for return to base.Bionix

Birch Gun
Series of experimental SPG [UK]

Biscay Cross
Nickname given to the cross-shaped antenna of the Naxos radar warning receiver, carried by U-boats [DE]

Bill
Series of anti-tank missiles [SW]

Big Nose
NATO codename for radar used on the Tu-28P 'Fiddler' [SU;RU]

Big Bulge
NATO codename for radar fitted to the Ka-25 'Hormone-B' [SU:RU]

Big Mesh
Series of radars [SU:RU]

Big Bird
Early warning radar [RU]

Big Bulge
NATO codename for radar carried by the 'Bear-D' [SU;RU]

Big Bar
Series of radars [SU:RU]

Big Ben
Series of 10-ton 6x4 trucks, Thornycroft [UK]

Biesbok
Cargo version of the Casspir series [ZA]

Big Back
Series of radars [SU:RU]

BHEL
Bharat Heavy Electricals LimitedBhim

Bianchi
Vehicle manufacturer [IT]

Bierderman
Vehicle manufacturer [US]

BG
Glide bomb designation system [US]

BGM
Designation system for missiles [US]

BGM-600
Sea mine [SE]

Betty
US codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi G4M / G6M bomber [US]

BF
Base Fused

BERP
British Experimental Rotor Programme. Development of the high-performance rotor system later fitted to eg. the Westland Lynx helicopter.Bertone Runabout

Bess
US codename for the German Heinkel He 111 bomber, erronously assumed to be in Japanese service [US]

Berlin
FuG 240 airborne radar [DE]

Berna-Perl
Manufacturer of Automobiles

Beijing Jeep Corporation
Vehicle manufacturer [CN]

BEL
Bharat Electronics LimitedBelAZ

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Aerospace manufacturer [US]

Bellanca
Aircraft manufacturer [US]

Belle
US codename for the Japanese Kawanishi H3K flying boat [US]

Ben
US codename applied to the Japanese Nagoya-Sento KI-001 fighter which didn't actually exist.Benz Patent-Motorwagen

Bereg
Wheeled self-propelled gun system [RU]

Berliert
Vehicle Manufacturer [FR]

Bee Line
Upgrading of F-4B Phantom IIs to F-4N in the early 1970s [US]

Beech
Aircraft manufacturer [US]

Beholla
Series of semi-automatic pistols, Beck & Hollander, 1914-18 [IG]

Bee Hind
NATO codename for gun laying radar on the tail guns of the Tu-95 [SU;RU]

Beast
NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-10 bomber [SU;RU]

Becker
Series of 20mm guns [IG]

Bedford
Vehicle manufacturer [US]

Bearcat
Series of piston-engine aircraft [US]

Beardmore
Series of artillery weapons, Beardmore [UK]

BDL
Bharat Dynamics LimitedBDM

Beagle
NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-28 bomber [SU;RU]

Bear
NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-20, Tu-95 and Tu-142 bombers [SU;RU]

BBC
Brown Boveri et CieBBT

BC
Designation system for radio equipment [US]

BAZ
Vehicle Manufacturer [SU;RU]

Bazus
Artillery command version of the Tatrapan [SK]

Bayard
Trade name for Pieper produced pistols [BE]

Bay City
Equipment manufacturer [US]

Bay Window
Alternative name for 'Homing Eye', an infrared guidance system [UK]

Batignolles-Chatillon
Series of experimental tanks, 1954 [F]

BAV
Series of 6x6 amphibious trucks, ZiL [SU]

Basir-110
D band air defense radar [IR]

Bastion
Anti-Tank Missile SystemBat

Barracuda
Jamming pod [FR], Manufacturing Company [SE], Camouflage Systems [SE], Decoy Systems [SE], 4-wheel armoured vehicle [KR]

Barkas
Vehicle manufacturer [HU]

Barmine
Series of anti-tank mines [UK]

Bark
NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-2 bomber [SU;RU]

Barax
Jamming pod [FR]

Barbed Tape Company
Equipment manufacturer [US]

Barbier-Bernhard-Turenne
Series of fire control equipment [FR]

BARCAP
Barrier Combat Air PatrolBardales

Barge
NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-85 bomber [SU;RU]

BAP
Bombe Anti-Piste, lit: anti-runway bomb [FR]

Bar Brick
Series of radars [SU;RU]

Bar Lock
NATO codename for surveillance radar of SA-5 system [SU;RU]

BAMSE
Bofor's medium range surface-to-air missileBand Stand