Funny names for unfunny weapons

[Pauloondra]

Hi guys! Found this article a few months ago, but was too lazy to translate it. Done it now Source is there.

10th place:
Underbarrel 40mm grenade launcher GP-30 named "Shoes"

(nonlethal tear gas grenades for them named "Nails")

9th place:
220mm (256kg) rocket for soft targets named "Quarantine"

8th place:
A-bombs, as a tradition, named by female names. First one (1951) there was "Maria", then (1953) "Tatyana" and now the tactical "Natasha"

7th place:
Container system of missile control named "Phantasmagoria",

and artillery fire control system "Kapustnik" (kind of home sketch show, usually being made by students for themselves)

6th place:
Rocket brigade fire automatic control system - "Vivarium"

5th place:
Cellphone station based on airplane - "Grumbler"

4th place:
Handcuffs "Tenderness", truncheon "Argument" Telescopic foldable truncheon "Surprise" )

3rd place:
30mm aviation automatic gun "Little ballerina" (for MiG-29 and Su-27)

2nd place:
Intercontinental ballistic missile "Good guy" (in western classification: SS-24 «Sсаlреl» Моd 2 (РL-4)).

1st place:
Modified version of T-72 - the T-72M1, that can be compared with next generation tank T-90S. T-72M1 equipped with the device for protect crewmen from nuclear blast's shockwave, radioactive and poisonous hazards. It can pass the river with up to 5 meters depth... This tank name is "Banana" )

A little more:
Seems like Russian weapon developers are just kidding a little on their foreign colleagues. See, Germany has "Leopard" tank. Israel has "Merkava" (battle chariot). Sounds dangerous. USA has "Abrams" and France has "Leklerk", both named for famous generals. Russia has T-72B "Slingshot"... named for a slingshot :biggrin1:

Another example, self-propelled howitzers. American "Paladin", British "Archer" and Russian:
"Pink" (sort of flowers, not color here),

"Acacia",

self-propelled mortar "Tulip",

antitank missile complex "Chrysanthemum"

long range self-propelled gun "Hyacinth",

and "Peony", able to shoot nuclear shells

Here, take the bouquet, please! :tongue1:

Also:
AT complex "Little baby"

and AT missile "Half-breed" with night sight "Mulatto"

And, for making all more incomprehensible and frightening - AT missile complex "Edge" and tank support heavy vehicle "Frame"

And for make the idiotic smile on your face: the world's most powerful 30-barreled self-propelled flamethrower named "Buratino" (our version or "Pinocchio")

Plus a little more unsorted:
ICBM "Courier" with nuclear charge

40mm 6-barelled handheld grenade launcher RG-6 named "Gnome"

Antiship missile "Mosquito" (4 tons!)

and radiolocation complex of artillery reconnaissance and fire control "Zoo"

 

[ACSpectre]

Makes you wonder how some of the nicknames came to be. Very interesting.

 

[Pauloondra]

Interesting that none of this names was given by soldiers or someone like that. These all are official names, given by developers

 

[zaraza]

GIRAFFE Radar

 

[Hedgehog]

I like the Tulip Mortar, a awsome tool I bet

 

[AirborneBob]

Are those the NATO desigantions or the Rusisian names for those systems?

 

[Pauloondra]

Those are all Russian names. Of course, every weapon or system has also a model number, like T90, or 2S7 for Pion.

 

[Vartuoosi]

"Banana" and "Slingshot":rofl:
Thanks Pauloondra, you just made my day.

 

[Louis]

"Banana" ?... Great name...

 

[Pauloondra]

My favorite is "Pinocchio" flamethrower. I just close my eyes and clearly see, as 30 flamed wooden logs one by one, in Katyusha style, flying to the enemy positions. :biggrin:
Straw-made tanks, this is your death! :flame: