Military Weapon nicknames

I'll always remember the unofficial name we RAF chaps gave the Argosy in 1969/70: 40,000 rivets in loose formation!

They were so old and probably not at all airworthy, and they also had the very annoying practice of coming apart, usually in mid flight!

Pieces would fall off on take off or landing and sometimes whilst in the air, things would rattle so much that nuts and bolts often seperated.

Thank you USA, for selling us Fat Alberts. God, we really needed them.

Here's a few, trying not to repeat:

F-16: Viper (nobody calls in the Fighting Falcon)
F-16B/D/F(all two seaters): Family model, stationwagon, etc.
F-35: Internet Jet
F-35B: A set of doors flying in formation
SR-71: Sled
F-15: Rodan (its so big)
F-18: Bug
A-10: Warthog (offically the Thunderbolt II), (This is what the Russians called it) Silent Cross
Marines: Leathernecks, Devil Dogs, there's a ton more
F-111: Wonderlemon
EF-111: Spark 'Vark
C-5: Aluminum Overcast (ever seen one? friggin' huge)
SSBN: Boomer
AMRAAM: Slammer
AIM-9: Heater
Typhoon: Tiffy
F-4: Double Ugly, Rhino, World's largest distributor of MiG parts
F/A-18E/F: Rhino (yeah, it's the same as the old F-4)
A-37: 6,000lb dog whistle
A-12: Flying Dorito
F-117: Wobblin' Goblin


Remember, you're not really a fascist dictator until you have a small fleet of Dassault Mirages.

Here's some Russian Aircraft nicknames: nicknames

Some from the Bundeswehr

German Leopard 2 : "Eisenschwein" (Iron pig)
"Dickblechauto" (Thick plate car)
"Bagger" (Dredger)
H&K G3A3
"Blechstreifen" (plate stripe)
"Bumsknochen" (rumbling bone)
H&K G36
"Legogewehr" (Lego rifle)
"Plastepengpeng" (plastic bang bang)
"Tupperteil" (tupperware thing)
Grenade "rumpelei" (rumbeling egg)

WWII German Machine guns were called Burp Guns, or Hitler's Zipper.
One water-cooled model was called a grease-gun because the cooling jacket on the barrel made it resemble an automechanic's grease gun.

Also, it was not a weapon, but the WWII an/crt3 rescue transmitter was called a "Gibson Girl" due to the femine contours of the cabinet. The odd shape allowed the operator to hold the transmitter firmly between the legs which freed the left hand to operate the built-in hand-cranked generator, while the right-hand was free to operate the telegraph key. The telegraph key was mounted on a large spring-metal clip that the operator could wear on his right thigh.

Actually the 'Grease gun' was the US M3 - uncultured but cheap to produce

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