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Topic started on 14-9-2004 @ 08:11 PM by ShadowXIX
I wanted to know if people knew of Military weapon nicknames. But not nicknames from the side using them rather the side that is fighting against them. Here are some examples I know of.





The Russian Hind Gunship -called the "Devils Chariot" or ""Devils in the sky" by the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.They would slaughter tribal caravans, hovering just out of rifle range as they mowed down villagers with impunity.





The M1A1 MBT- which in the Gulf War came to be known as the " Whispering death " by Iraqie armed forces.Due to the fact the with its quiter engine and extreme range it would hit targets it was a silent killer



I think the Nickname a enemy gives a weapon is very interesting and helps define the weapon in a unique way.


reply posted on 15-9-2004 @ 02:53 PM by E_T
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Flying Cigar: Mitsubishi G4M 'Betty'
Because of the shape of the fuselage and its inflammability.

Centipede: Tupolev Tu-142 'Bear-F'
The first batch of Tu-142s had twelve-wheel main gear bogies for operations from dirt strips. Later batches reverted to four-wheel bogies.

Flying Suitcase: Handley Page Hampden
Had a narrow, very deep front fuselage.

Ground Gripper: De Havilland Trident
A bit underpowered, especially during take-off.

Kaasjager: North American F-86K Sabre
Cheese fighter, nickname of the aircraft in Dutch service. Because of the letter K, and the association of cheese with the Netherlands.

Triple Threat: Republic F-105 Thunderchief
It could bomb you, it could shoot you, and it could fall on you...

Tsetse: De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.XVIII
A Mosquito with a larger cannon.

Propably not foreign nickname but IMO one the best:
Frustrated Palm Tree: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly
Early helicopter.

:
Voting Member: F-16 pilot
Because the computers can override his commands, if they are outside the design envelope.




Piiskatykki: "whipcannon", WW2 direct fire cannons of Soviets, because of their sound.
I don't remember other ones so here's little Finnish army slang words.

Bemari: BMP-1/BMP-2

Nicknames for anti-tank mine:
tellu: telamiina~anti-tank mine
Burana 10000: burana is "wonder pill/medicine what they give to every illness
kuntonappi: nappi=pill, and kunto~excersise because of running with these is good excersise
kultanappi: kulta=gold , because of its yellow color.

Nicknames for 20 kg demolition charge:
häväri (hävityspanos ~ demolition charge)
jumppakuutio, kuntokuutio (kuutio=cube, jumppa/kunto~excersise because carrying (/running with) those is good excersise)

itko, itikka: ITKK/ilmatorjuntakonekivääri which is translation for "anti-aircraft machinegun"

kessi: kevyt kertasinko. (kevyt=light, kerta=disposable sinko=bazooka)

Petteri: BTR-50

Rebekka: RBK, target acquisition radar

Sergei: ITK-23 (ZU-23)

tenttu/tonttu: TNT/trotyyli/trinitrotolueeni(/explosive)

Tetsari: taisteluvyö/TST-vyö = battle vest.

There would be also some very nice nicknames for others things so I'll try to translate at least best of those if you want.
(like this one: piruntorjuntaupseeri, officially sotilaspastori: "anti-devil officer" aka military priest)


reply posted on 16-9-2004 @ 09:01 AM by boosted
Nobody mentioned that the A12/SR71 is called habu because the islanders of okinawa thoght it had a close resemblance to a little black poisonous snake.


The following is from habu.org:



A habu (pronounced "hah-BOO") is a poisonous snake found in southeast Asia (Japan, Phillipines, Taiwan, southeast China).
Habus are pit vipers, more closely related to the adder than to any species of North American snake. The actual "habu" (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) is relatively small, not usually getting longer than 5 feet. They are not typically aggressive but will bite if provoked. They are not as deadly as cobras or mambas, but are more much more dangerous than most North American venomous snakes. There are almost a dozen species of habu; the variety native to Okinawa (Trimeresurus okinavensis) is supposedly greenish or greenish-yellow; however, all habus are extremely rare in North America (less than a dozen specimens in all zoos combined) and photographs are very hard to come by.


When the A-12s (and later the SR-71s) were first flown to their new remote base at Kadena AFB in Okinawa, the local people thought that this strange and somewhat wicked-looking airplane was shaped like the habu snake. They started calling it the habu airplane, and later just habu. Crews who flew the airplane were also called Habu, and the name came to be recognized with the blackbird program and even incorporated into the insignia worn by the crews on their uniforms.


reply posted on 17-9-2004 @ 04:08 AM by Beast
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Finnish made Suomi-SMG which users where usually called "Tikkakosken mannikiinit" because they used this fearsome weapon.


And Finnish skitroops where called "white dead" by Russian troops because they would jump out of the snow near/next to them.

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