GRAU

The Main Agency of Missiles and Artillery of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (GRAU) or, Glavnoye raketno-artilleriyskoye upravleniye MO RF (GRAU) (romanized from Главное ракетно-артиллерийское управление МО РФ (ГРАУ)) is a department of the Russian (ex Soviet) Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the Chief of Armament and Munition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, a vice-minister of defense.

In particular, the GRAU is responsible for assigning GRAU indices to Russian army munitions and equipment.

Links

 * GRAU @ Wikipedia
 * List of GRAU indices in Russian
 * Partial list of GRAU indices in English