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unusual facts about NATO reporting name



Kamov Ka-22

The Kamov Ka-22 Vintokryl (rotor-wing, or literally, (air)screw-wing) (Cyrillic:Камов Ка-22 Винтокрыл) (NATO reporting name: Hoop) was a rotorcraft developed by Kamov for the Soviet Air Force.

Type XXI submarine

The Type XXI design directly influenced advanced post-war submarines, the GUPPY improvements to the American Gato, Balao, and Tench class submarines and the Soviet submarine projects designated by NATO as the Whiskey and Zulu classes.


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Abkhazian Air Force

The Russians flew Su-27s from Gudauta Airbase, and during the attack on Sukhumi, one of them was shot down by an S-75 Dvina (NATO reporting name: SA-2 "Guideline") surface-to-air missile on 19 March 1993 (although it remains unknown who fired the missile).

AT-5

9M113 Konkurs, a Russian anti-tank missile with the NATO reporting name "AT-5 Spandrel".

Candid

Ilyushin Il-76, NATO reporting name Candid, a Soviet aircraft

Fullback

Sukhoi Su-34, a Russian fighter aircraft, from its NATO reporting name

Golf-class submarine

Project 619: K-153 was converted in 1976 to test SS-N-20 SLBM, and received NATO reporting name Golf V.

Harbin Y-11

The Harbin Y-11 (NATO reporting name-Chan) is a high wing twin-engine piston utility aircraft built by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC).