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


ASU-57
Series of air-droppable self-propelled guns [SU]

ASU-85
Series of air-portable self-propelled guns [SU]

Asura
Air-to-SURface Ramjet with Automatic guidance, a development of ASMP [FR]

ASV
Anti-Surface Vessel radar designation system [UK], 4-wheel armoured car series [US]

ASO-12-GAZ-66-90A
Truck 4x4 fire on GAZ-66 chassis [SU]

ASO-5-GAZ-66
Truck 4x4 fire engine on GAZ-66 chassis [SU]

ASO-ZiS-150
Truck 4x2 fire engine on ZiS-150 chassis [SU]

ASOP-5-GAZ-63
Truck 4x4 fire engine on GAZ-63 chassis [SU]

ASRAAM
Advanced Short Range AAM, a Sidewinder replacement. AIM-132 [US]

ASRAD
Air-defence system based on the BRDM-2 [PL]

ASROC
Anti-Submarine ROCket

ASSET
Aerothermodynamic/Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests, a lifting-body reentry vehicle [US]

ASTOR
Airborne Stand-Off Radar. Previously known as CASTOR [UK]

ASMS
Advanced Surface Missile Sytem that later became became Aegis [US]

ASM-ZiS-5
Truck 4x2 disposal tanker on ZiS-5 chassis, 1946 [SU]

ASMP
Air-Sol Moyenne Portee, a medium-range, air-to-surface, supersonic, air-breathing, nuclear-armed missile [FR]

ASM
Anti-Ship Missile, Air-to-surface missile designation system [US], Version of the GT-SM

ASLP
Air-Sol Longue Portee a long-range air-to-surface missile, with a nuclear warhead. Development halted. [FR]

Ashtray
Modification of several F-86A Sabre fighters to RF-86A reconaissance aircraft, for service in the Korean war. 1951 [US]

ASLAV
Series of wheeled armoured vehicles [AU]

Ash
NATO codename for Bisnovat K-80, R-4 air-to-air missile [SU;RU]

ASCM
Anti-Ship Cruise Missile

Ascod
Series of armoured vehicles [SP;AU]

ASARS
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System [US]

ASAT
Anti-SATtelite missile, launched by an F-15 at high altitude [US]

ASALM
Advanced Strategic Air-Launched Missile, a Mach 4 air-breathing missile. Cancelled in 1980 [US]

Asad Babyl
Version of the T-72 series [IQ]

AS42
Specialised long range patrol vehicle [IT]

AS355 M2
Multi-pupose naval helicopter of the Ecureuil 2 series, Aerospatial [FR]

AS350
General-purpose helicopter of the Ecureuil series, Aerospatial [FR]

Article 341
Name the CIA used for the Lockheed U-2 [US]

AS-90
Series of 155mm SPG's, Vickers [UK]

AS24
Vehicle 3x2 lightweight, Fabrique Nationale [BE]

Arsenal-Crossley
Series of four-wheel armoured cars [EE]

ARSR
Series of air defence radar systems [RU]

ARSV
Reconnaissance vehicle project [US]

ARTB
Advanced Radar Test Bed based on a Lockheed NC-141 [US]

Arthur
Radar version of the BV-206 [NO]

Arrow
Piper PA-28 light aircraft variant, Israeli missile system

ARPS
E-2C Hawkeye Advanced Radar Processing System which modified the AN/APS-120 radar to AN/APS-125 [US]

Army Research Lab
Subsidiary of NASA [US]

ARO
Vehicle manufacturer [RO]

ARP
Series of radio direction finders [SU;RU]

Armstrong-Whitworth
Vehicle manufacturer [UK]

ARMSCOR
Armaments Corporation (South African) [ZA]

Armored Ground Mobility System
See AGMS

Armbrust
Disposable light anti-tank weapon [DE]

Armet Armoured Vehicles
Vehicle manufacturer [US]

Armalite Inc
Small-arms manufacturer [US]

Armat
Anti-Radiation MArTel. Version of the Martel ASM [FR]

Armadillo
Tracked armoured marginal-terrain prototype

ARM
Anti-Radiation Missile

Armadillo
Series of 4x4 armoured vehicles [GT]

Arjun
Heavy tracked armoured vehicle series [IN]

ARK
Artillery locating radar complex [SU;RU]

ARLSK
Series of air defence radar systems [RU]

Argus
NC-135A project [US]

Ariel
Manufacturer [UK]

Ariete
Series of main battle tanks [IT]

Arine
Series of man-portable ground surveillance radars [ES]

Archer
NATO codename for Molniya, R-73 air-to-air missile [SU;RU]

Argosy
Tracked amphibious transport [UK], Cargo aircraft [UK]

AR-51
Series of light 4x4 vehicles [YU]

AR-ZiS-150
Trucl 4x2 fire engine on ZiS-150 chassis [SU]

AR-ZiS-151
Truck 6x4 fire engine on ZiS-151 chassis [SU]

AR-2-ZiL-131
6x6 fire engine on ZiL-131 chassis [SU;RU]

AR-2-ZiL-131-133
6x6 fire engine on ZiL-131 chassis [SU;RU]

APX
Series of turret designs [FR]

AR-15
Series of 5.56mm self loading rifles, Armalite [US]

APS
Series of wheeled armoured vehicles. PT Bindad Complex [ID]

Aprat de Comanda Vickers
Variant of the Vickers Fired Director [RO]

API
Armour Piercing Incendiary

Apoyo
Series of 6x6 wheeled armoured vehicles [AR]

APR
Series of romanian MBRL based on the Grad [RO], Series of 4x4 armoured vehicles, PT Pindad, 2003 [ID]

Aphid
NATO codename for Bisnovat R-60 air-to-air missile [SU;RU]

APFSDS-DU
Armor Penetrating, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot -- Depleted Uranium.

Apex
NATO codename for Vympel K-23, R-23air-to-air missile [SU;RU]

APB 38
Fire director used with Vickers-Resita 75mm aa gun [RO]

APD
USN designation for Fast Destroyer Transport [US]

APDS, APERS, APFSDS
Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot

APACHE
Arme Propulsee a Charges Ejectables [FR], Attack Helicopter [US]

AP-2-ZiL-130
4x2 fire engine on ZiL-130 chassis [SU]

AP-5-KamAZ-4310
6x6 fire engine on KamAZ-4310 chassis [SU]

Anza
Pakistani version of the Strela-2 [PK]

AP NM AE T
Series of bakelite anti-personnel mines [BZ]

Ansaldo High Wheel
Experimental armoured car [IT]

Antar
Series of 30-ton 6x4 tractor trucks, Thornycroft [UK]

ANR-ZiL-157
6x6 fire engine on ZiL-157 chassis [SU]

Ansaldo
Series of 4x4 wheeled armoured vehicles [IT], Vehicle Manufacturer [IT]

ANP-20-GAZ-69-20
4x4 fire jeep with trailer on GAZ-69 chassis [SU]

ANR-40-ZiL-130-127A
4x2 fire engine on ZiL-130 chassis [SU]

ANP
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion -- an attempt to build a nuclear-powered aircraft, primarily a strategic bomber [US]

ANP-20-GAZ-63-19
4x4 fire engine on GAZ-63 chassis [SU]

ANGOSTA
Air National Guard Operational Support Transport Aircraft [US]

Ann
Codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi Ki.30 light bomber [US]

Anna
Version of the P-37 aka Bar Lock radar [PL]

Anchorage
Series of dock landing ship [US]

ANG
Atlantique Nouvelle Generation [FR]

Anab
NATO designation for Soviet AAM [SU]

AN
Joint Army-Navy Electronic Systems Designations [US]