Odalik — An odalik or odalisque is a Turkish female attendant, often used to refer to women who pander to men’s needs, up to and including as a concubine.
Operation Cougar — Projected US invasion of Eastern Russia from Chinese bases.
Operation Kingsbury — Part of Operation Viking, covering the ground assault and extraction undertaken by 1st SSF and its support elements.
Operation Niji — Japanese Operation to transfer atomic secrets, scientists, and machinery from Japan to Soviet control, sailing huge submarines halfway round the world to the Black Sea.
Operation Raduga — Soviet Operation to employ a range of destructive weapons, from Atomic bombs, dirty bombs, biological and nerve agents against Allied targets in Europe and beyond.
Operation Tiger — Projected US invasion of Siberia.
Operation Viking — Overall Allied operation for the negation of the VNIIEG facility at Uspenka.
Oruspu! — Turkish colloquialism – bitch or whore.
Osoaviakhim Project — Soviet project that brought many specialists and associated equipment from military related projects under their umbrella, mainly gleaned from occupied territories.
Owl, Curtiss O-52 — US single-engine observation aircraft.
Pak 44, 128mm Pak 44 — German 128mm anti-tank gun of high penetrative performance but low manoeuvrability.
Panzer VII — German heavy tank development not realised in WW2, equipped with either a 105mm or 88mm weapon.
Pizdets/Peezdets — Ukrainian – extremely uncouth word :-)
Porton Down — During WW2 it was the centre of British research on chemical and biological weapons.
Raki — Turkish anise drink.
ROE — Rules of engagement.
S&D — Unspecific mission that sent aircraft into a given area with orders to take out anything and everything they found. Literally, Search and Destroy.
SD — German security service, full name Sicherheitsdienst der Reichsführer-SS.
Seiran, Aichi M6A Seiran — Japanese single-engine seaplane designed to be sub launched, created for the mission to bomb the Panama Canal and Western seaboard of the USA.
SGMB — Soviet SG-43 medium machine-gun fitted with special mountings for use in vehicles.
Sheptat’ — Soviet copy of the Gertrude underwater communications system.
Shooting Star, Lockheed P-80 — US single turbojet fighter that came into operational testing at the end of WW2.
Shrike A-25, Curtiss — USAAF version of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a single-engine dive-bomber.
SOP — Slang – standard operational procedure.
Squid launchers — British anti-submarine mortar with three barrels. Highly effective sub killer.
ST-45 — German assault rifle designation that was produced by the French through CEAM, as the CEAMm46.
T34m46/100 — Soviet production vehicle of a T34m44 with a modified interior and extended turret rear, incorporating the 100mm gun.
T-70 — Soviet light tank armed with a 47mm or MG as main armament, crew of 2.
Tabun — Nerve agent that fatally interferes with the nervous system.
Theresienstadt — Nazi concentration camp established in Terezin, Czechoslovakia.
Thunderjet, Republic F-84 — US single turbo jet engine fighter-bomber.
Tigercat, F7F Grumman — US twin-engine heavy fighter that served mainly with the USN and USMC. It packed a powerful punch with 4 x 20mm Cannon and 4 x .50cal machine guns.
TR-1 — The Lyulka TR-1 was the USSR’s first home produced jet engine.
Tupolev 4, Tu-4 — Soviet reverse engineered copy of the B-29 heavy bomber.
Uranprojekt — Nazi Germany’s nuclear weapons project.
V-2 — Germany’s long-range ballistic missile, also known as the A-4.
Vosper MTB — British motor torpedo boat.
Yak-15 — Soviet single turbojet fighter with a reversed engineered German Jumo jet engine.
Zeltbahn — German triangular poncho that could be combined with three others to make a tent for four men.
ZSU-20-4 — [RG only] Soviet mobile 20mm Quad AA gun mounted on a truck chassis.
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