Name	Explanation	Examples	Pictures
VA	Air Army Vozdushnaya Armija
VB	High altitude Bomber Visotny Bombardirovschik	VB-109 Pe-2VI	-
VI	High altitude fighter Visotny Istrebitel	VI-100 Pe-2VB
VISh	Variable Pitch Propeller Vint Izmeniaemogo Shaga	VISh-2, VISh-22	-
VIT	Assaulter/Anti-Tank, Tank Killer Vozdushnyj Istrebitel Tankov	VIT-1, VIT-2
VLKSM	Vsesouznyj Leninskij Kommunisticheskij Souz Molodezhi The All-Union Young Communist League
VM	Seaplane by A.Yu.Villish Villish Morskoj	VM-1, VM-2, ...
VM	Vladimir Myasischev	VM-T, VM-23
VMF	Voenno-Morskoj Flot Military Sea Fleet
VMS	Voenno-Morskie Sily Military Sea Forces, includes the Fleet, Aviation, ground installation etc.
VNIIRA	Vserossiyskiy Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Institut RadioApparatury All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Radio Equipment	ADDRESS: 199106, St. Petersburg Russia Shkiperskiy protok, 19 Tel: (011-7-812) 356-18-34; 351-17-07 (Chief Designer) 356-01-40, 351-13-15 (assoc.plant); Telex: 121320 NAUKA SU; Fax: (011-7-812) 352-37-04, 352-37-51	-
VT	Hydroplane trainer(?) Vodnij Treanirovochnij	VT-2
VP	High Altitude Interceptor Visotnij Perehvatchik	VP(K)	-
VRD	Vozdushno-Reactivny Dvigatel Russian designation for turbojet at time	-	-
VRDK	Vozdushno-Reactivny Dvigatel Kompressionnyj Russian designation for turbo-compression jet	-	-
V	Airship(?) Used for Zeppelins before WWII, for some prototypes designations after?
VSNKh	Supreme Soviet of the People Economy Vysshij Sovet Narodnogo Khoziajstva
VVA	Voenno-Vozdushnaja Academija Military Aviation Academy
VVIA	Voenno-Vozdushnaja Inzhenernaja Academija Military Aviation Engineering Academy
VVF	Voenno-Vozdushnyj Flot Military Air Fleet
VVS	Voenno-Vozdushnie Sili Military Air Forces

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