Soviet inventions
28 entries in the Soviet Inventions compendium.
5.45×39mmSoviet intermediate cartridge introduced in 1974 for the AK-74.7.62×25mm TokarevEnhanced Soviet version of the 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge.7.62×39mmSoviet intermediate cartridge, standard for decades and globally proliferated.9×18mm MakarovStandard Soviet and Eastern Bloc military pistol cartridge.9×39mmSoviet subsonic rifle cartridge for stealth and penetration.9×53mmRSoviet hunting cartridge necked up from 7.62×54mmR.12.7 × 108 mmSoviet-era heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge developed in the late 1930s14.5 × 114 mmA heavy cartridge originally for anti-tank rifles, later for machine guns.40HNU-VIA non-magnetic, neutron-transparent alloy for cryogenic high-pressure cells.1801 series CPUSoviet 16-bit microprocessors compatible with DEC PDP-11.Abalakov threadIce protection technique invented by Soviet climber Vitaly Abalakov.Active protection systemSystem that actively prevents anti-tank weapons from destroying a vehicle.AerobaticsAerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers not used in passenger flights.AerosledgePropeller-driven sledges used for transport and combat in deep snow.AerowagonExperimental Soviet propeller railcar that crashed, killing its inventor.Affine scalingInterior point method for linear programming, discovered twice.Air ioniserDevice that ionises air to remove particles and static.AK-630Soviet and Russian naval close-in weapon system with six 30 mm barrels.Alpha (navigation)Russian VLF navigation system for aircraft, ships, and submarines.Altai (mobile telephone system)Soviet pre-cellular 0G radiotelephone system introduced in 1963.Ammonium dinitramideHalogen-free solid rocket oxidizer with high specific impulse.Anthrax vaccineVaccines against anthrax, from Pasteur to modern biological warfare protection.Anti-ballistic missileSurface-to-air missiles designed to destroy ballistic missiles in flight.APS underwater rifleSoviet underwater assault rifle firing a long steel bolt from a rifled barrel.Arabinopyranosyl-N-methyl-N-nitrosoureaSoviet-developed alkylating nitrosourea for melanoma treatment.Arktika-class icebreakerWorld's largest nuclear icebreakers until 2016; first surface ship to North Pole.AVL treeFirst self-balancing binary search tree data structure.BARS apparatusSoviet high-pressure apparatus for synthetic diamond growth.
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