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  • B1000 - Series of light vans, 1961-1991 [DR]

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  • B-10 - Recoilless gun [SU]
  • B-11 - Recoilless gun [SU]

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  • B.1 - Spanish Air Force designation for the SM.79-I
  • B.2 - Spanish Air Force designation for the Heinkel He 111B/E/H
  • B.3 - Spanish Air Force designation for the Fiat Br.20
  • B.4 - Spanish Air Force designation for the Ju 86D-1
  • B.5 - Spanish Air Force designation for the SB-2
  • B.6 - Spanish Air Force designation for the Ju 88A-4
  • B.7 - Spanish Air Force designation for the He 111H-16
  • B.21 - Spanish Air Force designation for the CASA C.2111B

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  • BBC - Brown Boveri et Cie
  • BBT - French AD series incorprating searchlight and sound locators. [FR]

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  • BC - Designation system for radio equipment [US]

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  • BDL - Bharat Dynamics Limited
  • BDM - Bomber Defense Missile

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  • BF - Base Fused

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  • BG - Glide bomb designation system [US]
  • BGM - Designation system for missiles [US]
  • BGM-600 - Sea mine [SE]

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  • BHEL - Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
  • Bhim - Self-propelled 155mm gun based on Arjun chassis [IN]

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  • Bianchi - Vehicle manufacturer [IT]
  • Bierderman - Vehicle manufacturer [US]
  • Biesbok - Cargo version of the Casspir series [ZA]
  • Big Back - Series of radars [SU:RU]
  • Big Bar - Series of radars [SU:RU]
  • Big Ben - Series of 10-ton 6x4 trucks, Thornycroft [UK]
  • Big Bird - Early warning radar [RU]
  • Big Bulge - NATO codename for radar carried by the 'Bear-D' [SU;RU]
  • Big Bulge - NATO codename for radar fitted to the Ka-25 'Hormone-B' [SU:RU]
  • Big Mesh - Series of radars [SU:RU]
  • Big Nose - NATO codename for radar used on the Tu-28P 'Fiddler' [SU;RU]
  • Bill - Series of anti-tank missiles [SW]
  • Bingo fuel - Critical fuel level, usually fuel level necessary for return to base.
  • Bionix - Series of tracked armoured vehicles [SG]
  • Birch Gun - Series of experimental SPG [UK]
  • Biscay Cross - Nickname given to the cross-shaped antenna of the Naxos radar warning receiver, carried by U-boats [DE]
  • Bishop - Self-propelled gun/howitzer on Valentine chassis, 1942 [UK]
  • Bison

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  • BK - Bordkanone [DE]

      BK 3,7, 37mm, clip-fed, 180rds/min, 798m/s
      BK 5, 50mm, 50rds/min, 917m/s
      BK 7,5, 75mm, 933m/s

  • BK1990 - Series of 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicles [CN]

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  • Blackbird - Multi-engine jet reconnaissance aircraft [US]
  • Black Crow - Equipment to detect the ignition systems of piston engines. Fitted to AC-130 gunships [US]
  • Black Fly - Fairchild Sailwing drone [US]
  • Blackhawk

  • Black Hole - IR suppresion system, fitted to the exhaust stacks of the OH-58A [US]
  • Blackjack - NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-160 bomber [SU;RU]
  • Black Night - Code name for the RB-57D high-altitude recce aircraft [US]
  • Black Prince - Experimental version of the Churchill [UK]
  • Black Spot - Sensor package fitted to the NC-123 [US]
  • Black Velvet - Radar absorbing paint used for the U-2R [US]
  • Black Widow

  • Blake - Large cruiser class [UK]
  • BLG-60 - Series of tracked armoured bridgelayers based on T-55 [DR]
  • Blinder - NATO codename for the Tupolev Tu-22 / Tu-105 bomber [SU;RU]
  • Blitz - Destroyer class [AH]
  • Blowlamp - NATO codename for the Ilyushin Il-54 bomber [SU;RU]
  • BLR - Series of four-wheel armoured vehicles [ES]
  • BLU - Bomb Live Unit, subminution for cluster bombs or dispensers [US]
  • Blue Bird - Boeing RC-135C, ELINT aircraft [US]
  • Blue Boar - Nuclear weapon, a guided glide bomb with a television/command guidance system. Cancelled in 1954 [UK]
  • Blue Cradle - Electronic warfare system, installed in the B-47s of SAC [US]
  • Blue Danube - Nuclear bomb, a free-fall weapon [UK]
  • Blue Devil - Bomb sight [UK]
  • Blue Eagle - Boeing EC-135J, ABNCP aircraft [US]
  • Blue Jay - Original project name of the British 'Firestreak' AAM [UK]
  • Blue Joker - An experimental AEW system, a radar on a balloon tethered at 5000ft [UK]
  • Blue Horizon - Series of UAV, Emit [IL]
  • Blue Lagoon - Development of infrared guidance systems for missiles that resulted in 'Blue Jay' [UK]
  • Blue Parrot - Radar set, fitted to the Buccaneer strike aircraft [UK]
  • Blue Rapier - Specification UB.109 for an unmanned, catapult-launched jet bomber [UK]
  • Blue Ridge - Series of amphibious command ship [US]
  • Blue Saga - Radar warning receiver [UK]
  • Blue Shadow - Sideways-looking radar fitted to some Canberra reconnaissance aircraft [UK]
  • Blue Sky - Original project name of the British 'Fireflash' AAM [UK]
  • Blue Steel - Air-to-surface missile with a nuclear warhead [UK]
  • Blue Streak - Medium-range ballistic missile [UK]
  • Blue Water - Tactical guided missile project that was cancelled in 1962 [UK]

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  • BM-13 - Multi-Barreled rocket launcher series [SU]
  • BM-14 - Series of 140mm multi-barrel rocket launchers [SU]
  • BM-21 - 122mm multi-barrelled rocket launcher series [SU;RU]
  • BM-22 - 22mm multi-barrellled rocket launcher series [SU;RU]
  • BM-30 - 300mm multi-barrelled rocket launcher series
  • BMARC - British Manufacture and Research Company
  • BMD-1 - Series of airportable armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BMD-2 - Series of airportable armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BMD-3 - Series of airportable armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BMD-4 - Series of airportable armoured vehicles [RU]
  • BMD-20 - Series of 200mm multi-barrel rocket launchers [SU]
  • BMD-25 - Series of 250mm multi-barrel rocket launchers [SU]
  • BMDV - Version of the Buffalo [CA]
  • BMK - Series of motor boats/tugs [SU;RU]
  • BMP-1 - Series of Tracked Armoured Vehicle [SU;RU]
  • BMP-2 - Series of Tracked Armoured Vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BMP-3 - Series of Tracked Armoured Vehicle [SU;RU]
  • BMP-23 - Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle [BG]
  • BMP-30 - Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle [BG]
  • BMP-A - Tracked Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle [SU;RU]
  • BMP-T - T-72 based mechanised infantry combat vehicle [RU]
  • BMR

  • BMR-600 - Series of 6X6 light armoured vehicles
  • BMW - Vehicle manufacturer [DE]

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  • BPDMS - Basic Point Defense Missile System [US]
  • BPM - Series of wheeled armoured vehicles [RU]
  • BPS-4-AD-90 - Truck 4x2 benzene pumping on GAZ-AA chassis [SU;RU]

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  • BQM-74 - Chukar Target Drone [US]

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  • Bradley - Series of Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle [US]
  • Brams - Air-defence-gun system based on Ondava chassis. [CZ]
  • Brandt 50mm - Rifle grenade, Brandt [FR]
  • Brass Bell - Design study, started in 1956, for a manned spaceplane, to fly reconaissance missions [US]
  • Brawny - [NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-40 bomber [SU;RU]
  • Brazo - Project to develop an anti-radar version of the Sparrow missile in 1972 [US]
  • Brcko - Series of improvised armoured vehicles [SP]
  • BRDM - USN designation for the Floating Dry Dock [US]
  • BRDM-1 - Series of Armoured Cars [SU]
  • BRDM-2 - Series of Armoured Cars [SU;RU]
  • BRDM-3 - Variant of the BTR-80 [RU]
  • Bread Bin - NATO codename for soviet RVZ-1 Proba meteorological radar [SU;RU]
  • Breda - Equipment manufacturer [IT]
  • BREM - Series of armoured recovery and repair vehicles [SU;RU]
  • Bren Carrier - Series of light tracked armoured vehicles [UK]
  • Brewer - NATO designation for the Yakovlev Yak-28 bomber [SU;RU]
  • Bridport-Gundry

  • Bristol LWL6B 'Queen Mary' - Bus on C35F bodychassis [UK]
  • Bristol LWL6B 'Queen Mary' ECW - Bus on C35F bodychassis [UK]
  • Briar Patch - Boeing KC-135R, ELINT aircraft [US]
  • Brigg - Receiver for Kogge [DE]
  • Bright Star - IR floodlight, fitted to UK helicopters and used in combination with NVG [UK]
  • British Leyland - Vehicle manufacturer [UK]
  • BRM - Tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicle [SU;RU]
  • Broad Jump - Improvement program for the F-106 that ran from1960-63 and introduced an infrared seeker in front of the cockpit [US]
  • Brockway - Vehicle manufacturer [US]
  • BROM - Yugoslav copy of Styx SSC [YU]
  • Bronco - Series of articulated tracked carriers, Singapore Technologies [SG]
  • Bronekator - Series of armoured river gunboats [SU]
  • Bronieford - Series of 4x2 armoured cars based on Ford Model A chassis, 1930-1935 [SU]
  • Brontosaur - Improvised armoured vehicles used during the siege of leningrad in 1941 [SU]
  • Broussard - NATO codename for Yakovlev Yak-28 bomber (Redesignated Brewer) [SU;RU]
  • Brown Cradle - [US] Electronic warfare system, a version for TAC of the 'Blue Cradle' system used by SAC. Installed in B-66s.

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  • BS-3 - 100mm antitank gun towed [SU;RU]
  • BSA - Motorcycle/Cycle manufacturer [UK]

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  • BT-1 - Series of medium wheel/track tanks, 1931-2 [SU]
  • BT-2 - Series of medium wheel/track tanks, 1931-3 [SU]
  • BT-4 - Series of medium wheel/track tanks, 1932 [SU]
  • BT-5 - Series of medium wheel/track tanks, 1933-4 [SU]
  • BT-6 - Series of medium wheel/track tanks, [SU]
  • BT-7 - Series of medium wheel/track tanks, [SU]
  • BTDS - Baseline Terminal Defense System ie the 'Sentry' ABM missile [US]
  • BTM - Series of tractor based trenching machines [SU]
  • BTR-3 - Series of 8x8 wjeeled armoured vehicles [UA]
  • BTR-4 - Series of wheeled armoured vehicles [UA]
  • BTR-40 - Series of 4x4 armoured vehicles [SU]
  • BTR-50 - Series of tracked armoured vehicles [SU]
  • BTR-60 - Series of 8x8 armoured vehicles [SU]
  • BTR-70 - Series of 8x8 armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BTR-80 - Series of 8x8 armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BTR-90 - Series of 8x8 armoured vehicles [RU]
  • BTR-94 - Variant of the BTR-80 [RU]
  • BTR-112 - Experimental tracked armoured personnel carrier [SU]
  • BTR-152 - Series of 6 wheel armoured vehicles [SU]
  • BTR-D - Series of air-portable armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BTR-R - Series of air-portable armoured vehicles [SU;RU]
  • BTR-T - T-55 based mechanised infantry combat vehicle [RU]
  • BTS - Series of designations for armoured recovery vehicles {SU;RU]
  • BTU - Dozer blade attachment for main battle tanks [SU;RU]

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  • BV.1 - Spanish Air Force designation for the Henschel Hs 123
  • BV-55 - Ballistic Computer [SU;RU]
  • BV-206 - Tracked articulated all-terrain personnel carrier {SWEDEN]
  • BVP - Tracked mechanised infantry combat vehicle [YU]
  • BVP-1 - Tracked Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle [CS]
  • BVP-2 - Tracked Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle [CS]

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  • BWP-1 - BMP-1 in polish service.
  • BWP-2 - BMP-2 in polish service.
  • BWR - BRM reconnaissance vehicles in polish service.
  • BWYIC - Beijing Wan Yuan Industry Corporation

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  • BZ-35-ZiS-5 - Truck 4x2 fueler 3,200l on ZiS-5 chassis [SU;RU]
  • BZ-35-ZiS-5 - Truck 4x2 fueler 3,200l on ZiS-5 chassis [SU;RU]
  • BZ-35-ZiS-6 - Truck 6x4 fueler 3,200l on ZiS-6 chassis [SU;RU]
  • BZ-35-ZiS-6 - Truck 6x4 fueler 3,200l on ZiS-6 chassis [SU;RU]
  • BZ-38U-GAZ-60 - Truck half-track fueler on GAZ-60 chassis 1938 [SU;RU]
  • BZ-38U-GAZ-AAA - Truck 6x4 fueler on GAZ-AAA chassis 1938 [SU;RU]
  • BZ-39-ZiS-5 - Truck 4x2 fueler on ZiS-5 chassis 1939 [SU;RU]
  • BZ-39-ZiS-5V - Truck 4x2 fueler on ZiS-5V chassis [SU;RU]
  • BZ-43-ZiS-5V - Truck 4x2 fueler on ZiS-5V chassis 1943-50 [SU;RU]
  • BZ-6-ZiS-5 - Truck 4x2 fueler on ZiS-5 chassis 1934 [SU;RU]

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