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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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BA ~ Series of soviet armoured vehicles, 1921-1943 [SU] Backfin ~ NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-98 bomber [SU;RU] Backfire ~ NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-22M / Tu-26 bomber[SU;RU] Back Net ~ NATO codename for Surveillance radar for SA-5 [SU;RU] Backup ~ Pistol, semi-automatic, 9mm kurz [US] Badger ~ NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-16 bomber [SU;RU] BAe ~ British Aerospace [UK] BAI Aerosystems, Inc. ~ Aerospace manufacturer [UK] BAL-607 ~ Portable battlefield radar [CN] BAL-E ~ Coastal defence missile system [RU] Balkan ~ Series of 4x4 wheeled armoured vehicles, Armet Armoured Vehicles [US] BALLUTE ~ Balloon Parachute (bomb retarder) Baltimore ~ Series of twin-engine, monoplane, light bombers, Martin, 1940-49 [US] BAMSE ~ Bofor's medium range surface-to-air missile Band Stand ~ NATO codename for radar associated with SS-N-7 [SU;RU] Bank ~ NATO codename for North American B-25 Mitchell bomber in Soviet service. Bantam ~ Manufacturer [US] BAP ~ Bombe Anti-Piste, lit: anti-runway bomb [FR] Barax ~ Jamming pod [FR] Barbed Tape Company ~ Equipment manufacturer [US] Barbier-Bernhard-Turenne ~ Series of fire control equipment [FR] Bar Brick ~ Series of radars [SU;RU] BARCAP ~ Barrier Combat Air Patrol Bardales ~ M113 variants in service with Israel [IL] Barge ~ NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-85 bomber [SU;RU] Bark ~ NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-2 bomber [SU;RU] Barkas ~ Vehicle manufacturer [HU] Bar Lock ~ NATO codename for surveillance radar of SA-5 system [SU;RU] Barmine ~ Series of anti-tank mines [UK] Barracuda Jamming pod [FR] Manufacturing Company [SE] Camouflage Systems [SE] Decoy Systems [SE] 4-wheel armoured vehicle [KR] Basilisk ~ FLamethrower vehicle based on armoured AEC hull, AEC [UK] Basir-110 ~ D band air defense radar [IR] Bastion ~ Anti-Tank Missile System Bat Winged bomb with active radar homing, May 1945 [US] NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-2 and Tu-6 bomber British equipment which allowed Mosquito nightfighters to home in to the emissions of radio jammers Soviet combat engineer vehicle Batignolles-Chatillon ~ Series of experimental tanks, 1954 [F] BAV ~ Series of 6x6 amphibious trucks, ZiL [SU] Bayard ~ Trade name for Pieper produced pistols [BE] Bay City ~ Equipment manufacturer [US] Bay Window ~ Alternative name for 'Homing Eye', an infrared guidance system [UK] BAZ ~ Vehicle Manufacturer [SU;RU] Bazus ~ Artillery command version of the Tatrapan [SK]

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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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Beagle ~ NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-28 bomber [SU;RU] Bear ~ NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-20, Tu-95 and Tu-142 bombers [SU;RU] Bearcat Series of piston-engine aircraft [US] Series of 4x4 MRAP vehicles [US] Beardmore ~ Series of artillery weapons, Beardmore [UK] Beast ~ NATO codename for Ilyushin Il-10 bomber [SU;RU] Beaver-Eel ~ Series of improvised 6x4 armoured vehicles, Leyland Motors, 1940-41 [UK] Beaverette ~ Series of wheeled 4x2 armoured vehicles, 1940-41 [UK] Becker ~ Series of 20mm guns [IG] Bedford ~ Vehicle manufacturer [US] Beech ~ Aircraft manufacturer [US] Bee Hind ~ NATO codename for gun laying radar on the tail guns of the Tu-95 [SU;RU] Bee Line ~ Upgrading of F-4B Phantom IIs to F-4N in the early 1970s [US] Beholla ~ Series of semi-automatic pistols, Beck & Hollander, 1914-18 [IG] Beijing Jeep Corporation ~ Vehicle manufacturer [CN] BEL ~ Bharat Electronics Limited BelAZ ~ Truck, 4x2, quarry dumper Bell ~ Aircraft manufacturer [US] Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. ~ Aerospace manufacturer [US] Bellanca ~ Aircraft manufacturer [US] Belle ~ US codename for the Japanese Kawanishi H3K flying boat [US] Ben ~ US codename applied to the Japanese Nagoya-Sento KI-001 fighter which didn't actually exist. Ben Hur ~ Series of trailer, cargo, 1-ton, single-axle, 1941-45 [US] Benz Patent-Motorwagen ~ Car, 3x2 Model I [DE] Beowulf ~ Series of 50cal assault weapons, Alexander Arms [US] Bereg ~ Wheeled self-propelled gun system [RU] Berezina ~ Civilian transport version of the BMP-1 [SU/RU] Berliert ~ Vehicle Manufacturer [FR] Berlin ~ FuG 240 airborne radar [DE] Berna-Perl ~ Manufacturer of Automobiles BERP ~ British Experimental Rotor Programme. Development of the high-performance rotor system later fitted to eg. the Westland Lynx helicopter. Bertone Runabout ~ Car, 4x2 open car [IT] Bess ~ US codename for the German Heinkel He 111 bomber, erronously assumed to be in Japanese service [US] Betty ~ US codename for the Japanese Mitsubishi G4M / G6M bomber [US]

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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 NATO codename for the Myasichew M-4 bomber [SU;RU] Variant of the CLAVP [CA] Series of improvised armoured vehicles [UK]

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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] Black Fox ~ Series of thermal stealth systems, Eltics [IL] Blackhawk Series of helicopters [US] Series of experimental jet aircraft [US] 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 Series of twin-engine aircraft [US] Series of MAV [US] 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] Blitzer ~ Series of electromagnetic rail guns, General Atomics, 2010 [US] 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] BMM ~ Series of armoured ambulances [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 T-55 based mine clearing vehicle [RU] Wheeled armoured vehicle series [ES] BMR-600 ~ Series of 6X6 light armoured vehicles BMW ~ Vehicle manufacturer [DE]

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Boarhound ~ Variant of the T18, 1940-42 [UK] Bob NATO codename for the Ilyushin Il-4 bomber [SU;RU] US codename for the Japanese Aichi 97 seapleane which did not actually exist US codename for the Japanese Kawasaki Ki.28 fighter Bobcat ~ Armoured personnel carrier [CA] Bob Semple ~ Improvised tank, 1940 [NZ] Bock & Hollander ~ Vehicle manufacturer [OE] Boeing ~ Aircraft manufacturer [US] Bofors 40mm Anti-aircraft Gun Bogota ~ Version of the Gate Pole heightfinder radar [PL] Bold Journey ~ Modification of the F-101 Voodoo to improve the control system [US] BOM ~ Series of Gunners Observation Systems [SU;RU] Bombarda da 240 ~ Series of heavy trench mortars [IT] Bombardier ~ Vehicle manufacturer [CA] Bombi ~ Series of full-track tractors [CA] BOMI ~ BOmber-MIssile, 1952 [US] BONUS ~ Series of sensor-fused munitions, Bofors [SW] Boot ~ NATO codename for Tupolev Tu-91 bomber [SU;RU] Boozer ~ Series of radar warning receivers, developed during and after WWII [UK] Boragh ~ Series of tracked armoured vehicles [IR] Borgward ~ Vehicle manufacturer [GE] Borg-Warner ~ Defence Manufacturer [US] Bosun ~ NATO codename for Tu-89 bomber [SU;RU] Botond ~ Series of 6x4, 2-ton trucks [HU] Bounder ~ NATO codename for Myasichew M-50 bomber [SU;RU] BOV ~ Series of wheeled armoured vehicles [YU] Boxer ~ Series of wheeled 8x8 armoured vehicles [UK;NL;GE] Box Spring ~ Series of radars [SU:RU] Box Tail ~ NATO codename for tail warning radar fitted to the Tu-95 and the Tu-22M [SU;RU] Boyes ~ Series of anti-tank rifles [UK] BOZ 100 ~ Decoy & chaff dispensing pod [UK] Bozena Polish radar [PL] Slovakian mine clearing device

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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] Bradley 2 ~ 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 Camouflage System [UK] Manufacturing Company [UK] 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 ~ Series of variants 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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Bucher ~ Motor manufacturer [CH] Buck ~ NATO codename for Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber [SU;RU] Buckley ~ Escort Destroyer Class [US] Buffalo Series of 6x4 mine-protected vehicles [US] Series of LVT [UK] Buffalo Hunter ~ Ryan AQM-34L or M for low-altitude reconaissance [US] Buffel Series of light armoured mine-protected vehicles [ZA] Leopard 2 based armoured recovery vehicle Three-axle armoured car [NL] Bugatti Type 2 ~ car, 1900 [IT] Buick ~ Vehicle manufacturer [US] BUK ~ Air defence missile complex [RU] Bull NATO codename for the Tupolev Tu-4 and Tu-80 bomber [SU;RU] Series of three-axle MRAP Vehicles [US] Bulldog Light armoured mine-protected vehicle [ZA] Series of tractors [NS] Variant of the FV432 Bumbar ~ Short-range anti-tank missile system [SERBIA] Bumblebee ~ Programme to develop an shipboard SAM, started in 1945 [US] Buratino ~ Series of multi-barrel-rocket launchers [SU] Burney Gun ~ Recoilless guns developed by Sir Denis Burney [UK] Burstyn ~ Experimental tank project, 1911 [AH] Bushmaster Series of wheeled armoured vehicles [AU] Series of cannon [US] Bussing-Nag ~ Vehicle manufacturer [DE] Butcher ~ NATO codename for the Tupolev Tu-82 bomber [SU;RU] Butterfly ~ Series of UAV, Emit [IL]

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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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