Does the russians/soviets have some code names for NATO combat vehicles?
Like the west calling the Mi-24 the "Hind" and Mi-8 the "Hip"?
Does the russians call the A-10 the warthog and the AH-64 the Apache?
This is simple: The West was always open about equipment its armies fielded and what they are called. The Soviets used Western names. The West did not have that luxury as the USSR talked far less about its weapons, including to its own people.But the Soviets must have called NATO vehicles and aircraft something. Surely, they used some sort of nomenclature with more specificity than calling every NATO MBT, "tank", every NATO attack helicopter, "attack helicopter", etc.