Death with a good name

Unlike Western corporations who prefer to give their child an awesome name, the Russian (and before that the Soviet) arms manufacturers prefer their works narekat names gentle and affectionate.
"Pinocchio", TOS-1 - heavy flamethrower system (TOS) multiple rocket launchers on the basis of the T-72




2A36 "Hyacinth-B" - 152-mm towed gun. Military nickname - "Genocide»



Landing craft project 21820 "Dugong» (Dyugon - on NATO Codification) - a series of new
Russian landing craft air-cavity



SET-65 "Raccoon" - anti-submarine homing torpedo electric caliber 533 mm,
intended to destroy submarines



"Hummingbird" - 324-millimeter aviation anti-submarine torpedoes



8U49 "Natasha" (where 8U49 - HC index BBC) - Soviet tactical nuclear bomb,
developed by SRI-1011 capacity of 40 kilotons



"Spark 55" -millimetrovy ship's seven-MRG-1 grenade



BTR-MD "Shell" (HBTU Index - Object 955) -Russian desantiruemye armored personnel carrier



Modification of the T-72B2 "Slingshot»



RT-2PM2 "Topol-M" (ASU Index Strategic Missile Forces - Russian missile system
strategic intercontinental ballistic missile with



2S4 "Tulip" - 240-mm self-propelled mortar setting



Chrysanthemum (index set / missiles - 9K123 / 9M123, by NATO and the US Department of Defense - AT-15 Springer)
- Self-propelled anti-tank missile system

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