Glossary of military abbreviations

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List of abbreviations, acronyms and initials related to military subjects such as modern armor, artillery, infantry, and weapons, along with their definitions.

A

• A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force
• a – Army
• AA – Assembly area
  • AA – Anti-aircraft
  • AA – Aegis ashore
• AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A"
• AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
• AAC – Army Air Corps
• AAD – Armored amphibious dozer
• AADC – Area air defense commander
• AAE – Army acquisition executive
• AAG – Anti-aircraft gun
• AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US)
• AAL – Additional authorization list
• AAN – Army after next
• AAP – Advance authority to procure
• AAPC – Advanced armoured personnel carrier (Turkiye)
• AARADCOM – Army Armament Research and Development Command
• AAR – After-action review
• AASLT – Air assault
• AAV – Amphibious assault vehicle
• AAV – Assault amphibious vehicle
  • AAW – Anti-aircraft warfare
• AAWC – Anti-aircraft warfare coordinator
• AB – Air burst
• ABC – Atomic, biological, chemical (replaced by chemical, biological, radiological (CBR), and nuclear, biological, chemical (NBC))
  • ABC – Automatic brightness control
• ABCS – Automated battlefield control system
• AB(C) – Aviation battalion (combat)
• ABIT – Advanced built-in test
• ABM – Air-bursting munition
• ABM – Anti-ballistic missile
• ABMD – Aegis ballistic missile defense system
• ABMS – Air-bursting ammunition system
• ABN – Airborne
• ABNSOTD – Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate
• ABRO – Army Base Repair Organization
• ABS – Aww-busting system
• ABS – Anti-lock braking system
• ABSP – Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) signal processor
• ABSV – Armoured battlegroup support vehicle
• ABU — Airman Battle Uniform
• ABV – Assault Breacher Vehicle
• A/C – Aircraft commander
• AC – Alternating current
• ACAwa – ATEC contracting activity
• ACA – Ammunition container assembly
• ACADA – Automatic chemical agent detector and alarm
• ACAVP – Advanced composite armoured vehicle platform (UK)
• ACB – Advanced capability build
• ACB/TI – Advanced capability baseline/technical insertion
• ACC – Army contracting command
  • ACC – Aegis computer center
  • ACC – Air Combat Command
• ACCE – Abrams/Crusader common engine
• ACCV – Armored cavalry cannon vehicle (US)
• ACD – Automated common diagrams
• ACE – Armored Combat Earthmover (US)
• ACEGIO – Advanced Conversion Equipment Group Input Output
• ACF – Acquisition Career Field
• ACF-TE – Acquisition Career Field-Test & Evaluation
• ACH – Advanced Combat Helmet (MICH TC-2000 Combat Helmet)
• ACIE – Army Clothing and Individual Equipment
• ACK – Acknowledge
• ACLOS – Automatic Command to Line of Sight
• ACM – Acoustic countermeasures
• ACOG – Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
• ACOMMS – Acoustic communications
• ACP – Automatic Colt Pistol
  • ACP – Alignment control panel
• ACPU – Aft central processing unit
• ACR – Advanced Combat Rifle
• ACR – Armored cavalry regiment
• ACRV – Armored command and reconnaissance vehicle
• ACS – Artillery communications system
  • ACS – Aegis combat system
  • ACS – Air control supervisor
  • ACS – Anti-collision system
• ACSC – Aegis combat systems center
• ACTD – Advanced concept technology demonstration
• ACTEDS – Acquisition career training and education development system
• ACTS – Aegis combat training system
• ACU – Army Combat Uniform
  • ACU – Antenna coupler unit
• ACV – Aardvark clearing vehicle
  • ACV – Armored combat vehicle
• ACVT – Armored Combat Vehicle Technology Program (US)
• A/D – Analog to digital
• AD – Air defense
• ADA – Air defense artillery
• ADACS – Automated data collection system
• ADAM – Area denial artillery munition
• ADAMS – Air Defense Advanced Mobile System (US)
• ADAP – Advanced digital antenna production
• ADAP – Army designated acquisition programs
• ADATD – Air Defense Artillery Test Directorate
• ADATS – Air defense anti-tank system
  • ADATS – Army Development and Acquisition of Threat Simulators
• ADC-A – Assistant Division Commander – Fire and Maneuver
• ADC-B – Assistant Division Commander – Combat Support
• ADEA – Army Development and Employment Agency
• ADF – Australian Defense Force
• ADG – Acoustic display generator
• ADI – Australian Defense Industries
• ADM – Advanced development model
  • ADM – Acquisition decision memorandum (US)
• ADMAS – Advanced distributed modular acquisition system
• ADNS – Automated digital network system
• ADP – Automated data processing
• ADPE – Automated data processing equipment
• ADS – Advanced display system
• ADSS – ATEC decision support system
• ADTD – Air Defense Test Directorate
• AE – Action express
• AEC – Army evaluation center
• AECU – Antenna environmental control unit
• AEF – Allied expeditionary force
• AEP – Action entry panel
• AER – Alteration equivalent to repair
• AESA – Active electronically scanned array
• AETC – Air Education and Training Command
• AEW&C – Airborne early warning and control
• AEV – Armored engineer vehicle
• AF – Air Force
  • AF – And following (as "in DDG-113 AF ships will receive the AMDR radar")
• AFB – Air Force Base
• AFA/ARA – Aerial field artillery/aerial rocket artillery (US, Vietnam war era attack helicopter batteries employing 2.75 in. FFAR)
• AFARV – Armored, forward area, re-arm vehicle (US)
• AFAS – Advanced Field Artillery System
• AFATDS – Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
• AFC – Australian Flying Corps
• AFC – Army Futures Command
• AFCS – Automatic Fire-Control Systems
• AFD – Automatic Feeding Device
• AFDL – Advanced Flight Deck Lighting
• AFF – Active Fire-and-Forget
• AFFLQ – Active Fire-and-Forget with Laser Cueing
• AFFF – Aqueous Fire Fighting Foam (smothers fire cutting off oxygen)
• AFOTEC – Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
• AFSC – Air Force Specialty Code
• AFSS – Advanced Fire Support System
• AFSV – Armored Fire Support Vehicle
• AFTADS – Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
• AFV – Armored Family of Vehicles (US)
  • AFV – Armored Fighting Vehicle
• AG – Assistant Gunner
• AGC – Automatic Gain Control
• AGF – Army Ground Forces
• AGL – Above Ground Level
  • AGL – Automatic Grenade Launcher
• AGLS – Automatic Gun Laying System
• AGS – Armored Gun System (US)
  • AGS – Advanced Gun System
• AGV – Assault Gun Vehicle
• AGVT – Advanced Ground Vehicle Technology
• Ah – Ampere hour
• AHA – Ammunition Handling Area
• AHC – Attack Helicopter Company (USA)
• AHE – Aircraft Handling Equipment
• AHS – Ammunition Handling System
• AHU – Air Handling Unit
• AI – Action Item
  • AI – Area of Interest
• AIC – Air Intercept Controller (US Navy)
• AICS – Accuracy International Chassis System
• AICW – Advanced Individual Combat Weapon
• AIF – Australian Imperial Force (Australia, WWI or WWII)
• AIFS – Advanced Indirect Fire System
• AIFV – Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• AIPS – Advanced Integrated Propulsion System (US)
• AIS – Automatic Identification System (US NAVY)
  • AIS – Automated Information System
• AIT – Alteration Installation Team
  • AIT – Advanced Information Technology
  • AIT – Advanced Individual Training
• AITAS – ATRRS Internet Training Application System
• AK – Acknowledgement
• AKO – Army Knowledge Online
• AL&T – Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
• ALAAVS – Advanced Light Armored/Amphibious Vehicle System (US)
• ALC – Advanced Land Combat (US)
• ALDT – Administrative and Logistics Down Time
• ALICE – All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment
• ALMC – U.S. Army Logistics Management College
• ALO – AEGIS Light Off
• ALS – Advanced Laying System
• ALS – Advanced Lighting System (flight deck)
• ALSV – Armored logistics support vehicle
• ALT – Armored launching turret
• ALWT – Advanced Lightweight Torpedo
• AM – Acquisition Manager
• AMBL – Air Maneuver Battle Lab
• AMC – United States Army Materiel Command
• AMCAC – United States Army Materiel Command Acquisition Center
• AMC – Advanced Mortar Carrier (Turkey)
  • AMC – Air Mobility Command (US)
• AMCCOM – Armament Munitions and Chemical Command
• AMCOM – Aviation and Missile Command
• AMDBD – Army Medical Department Board
• AMEDD – Army Medical Department
• AMEDDC&S – Army Medical Department Center & School
• AMDR – Air and Missile Defense Radar
• AMDS – Anti-Missile Discarding Sabot
• AMF – Amphibische Mehrzweck-Fahrzeuge (multipurpose amphibious vehicle)
• AML – Automitrailleuse Légère (light armored car)
• AMLCD – Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
• AMN – Afghanistan Mission Network
• AMOS – Advanced Mortar System
• AMPS – Afloat Master Planning System (US NAVY)
• AMPV – Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
• AMR – Anti-materiel rifle
  • AMR – Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance
• AMRAAM – Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
• AMRDEC – Air and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center
• AMRWS – Advanced Multi-Role Weapon Station
• AMS – Armored Mortar System
• AMSAA – Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
• AMSEC – Army Modeling and Simulation Executive Council
• AMS-H – Advanced Missile System – Heavy
• AMSO – Army Modeling and Simulation Office
• AMX – Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux
• ANAD – Anniston Army Depot
• ANR – Active Noise Reduction
• ANZAC – Australia and New Zealand Army Corps
• ANZUS – Australia New Zealand United States Treaty
• AO – Area of Operations
  • AO – Authorizing Official
• AoA – Add-on Armor
  • AoA – Avenue of Approach
• AODR – Authorizing Official Designated Representative
• AOI – Arab Organization for Industrialization
• AOP – Air observation post
• AOS – Add-on stabilization
• AOTR – Abbreviated Operational Test Report
• AP – Anti-Personnel
• AP – Armor-Piercing
• APA – Army Procurement Appropriation
• APAM – Anti-Personnel, Anti-Matériel
• APBC – Armor-Piercing Ballistic Cap
• APC – Army Personnel Centre
  • APC – Armored Personnel Carrier
  • APC – Armor-Piercing Capped
• APCBC – Armor-Piercing Capped Ballistic Cap
• APC-T – Armor-Piercing Capped – Tracer
• APCT-BF – Armor-Piercing Capped Tracer – Base Fuse
• APCNR – Armor-Piercing Composite Non-Rigid
• APCR – Armor-Piercing Composite Rigid
• APCRBC – Armor-Piercing Composite Rigid Ballistic Cap
• APDS – Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot
• APDS-T – Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot – Tracer
• APE – Amphibisches Pionier-Erkundungsfahrzeug (amphibious front-line reconnaissance vehicle)
• APEP – Armor-Piercing Enhancement Program
• APERS – Anti-Personnel
• APERS-T – Anti-Personnel Tracer
• APFIDS – Armor-Piercing Fragmentation Incendiary Discarding Sabot
• APFSDS – Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
• APFSDS-T – Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot – Tracer
• APFSDS-P – Armor-Piercing Fin-stabilized Discarding Sabot - Practice
• APFSDS-DU – Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot - Depleted Uranium
• APG – Aberdeen Proving Grounds
• APGM – Autonomous Precision-Guided Munition
• APHC – Armor-Piercing Hard Core
• APHE – Armor-Piercing High-Explosive
• API – Armor-Piercing Incendiary
• API-T – Armor-Piercing Incendiary – Tracer
• APM – Anti-Personnel Mine
• APMI – Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative
• APOD – Aerial Port Of Debarkation
• APS – Advanced Propulsion System
  • APS – Artillery Pointing System
• APSE – Armor-Piercing Secondary Effect
• APSE-T – Armor-Piercing Secondary Effect – Tracer
• AP-T – Armor-Piercing – Tracer
• APTE – Abrams Power Train Evolution (US)
• APU – Auxiliary Power Unit
• APV – Armored Patrol Vehicle
• AR – ArmaLite rifle
  • AR – Assault Rifle
• AR/AAV – Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle (US)
• ARB – Armored Robots
• ARBDD – Armored Robots for Bomb Detection and Disposal
• ARD – Anti-Reflective Device
• ARDEC – Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
• ARDNOT – Automatic Day/Night Optical Tracker
• ARE – Atelier de Construction Roanne
• AREG – Army Regulation
• ARETS – Armor Remote Target System
• ARFORGEN – Army Force Generation
• ARL – Army Research Laboratory (US)
• ARM – Anti-Radiation Missile
• ARMAD – Armored and Mechanized Unit Air Defense
• ARMD – Armored
• ARMSCOR – Armament Manufacturing Corporation (South Africa)
• ARMVAL – Anti-armor Vehicle Evaluation (US)
• ARNG – Army National Guard
• AROC – Army Requirements Oversight Council
• ARP – Anti-Radiation Projectile
  • ARP – Armored Repair Plates
• ARRADCOM – Armament Research and Development Command
• ARRV – Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle
• ARSV – Armored reconnaissance scout vehicle (US)
• ART – Armored Recon Transport
• ARV – Armored Recovery Vehicle or Armed Robotic Vehicle (XM1219)
• ARTY – Artillery
• ASA – Advanced security agency
• ASAP – As soon as possible
• ASARC – Army Systems Acquisition Review Council
• ASCOD – Austrian Spanish Co-operative Development
• ASCOPE – Areas, Structures, Capabilities, Organizations, People, and Events
• ASE – Aircraft Survivability Equipment
• ASI – Additional Skill Identifier
• ASIP – Advanced System Improvement Program
• ASM – Air-to-Surface Missile
• ASP – Automatic, Self-Powered
  • ASP – Automation Support Plan
• AST – ATEC System Team
• ASTROS – Artillery Saturation Rocket System (Brazil)
• ASV – Armored security vehicle (US)
  • ASV – Ammunition supply vehicle
  • ASV – Army supply vehicle
• ASYMWAR – Asymmetric warfare
• AT – Anti-tank
  • AT – Ape tape
• AT&L – Acquisition, technology, and logistics
• ATACMS – Army Tactical Missile System
• ATACS – Advanced Tank Cannon System (US)
• ATAS – Automatic Target Acquisition System
• ATC – Aberdeen Test Center
• ATCAS – Advanced Towed Cannon System
• ATCCS – Army Tactical Command and Control System
• ATD – Advanced Technology Demonstration
  • ATD – Advanced Technology Demonstrator (US)
  • ATD – Automatic Target Detection
• ATDT – Automatic Target Detection and Tracking
• ATDU – Armored Trials and Development Unit (UK)
• ATE – Advanced Technology Engine
• ATE – Automatic Test Equipment
• ATEC – Army Test and Evaluation Command
• ATFCS – Automated Targeting and Fire Control System
• ATG – Anti-Tank Gun
• ATGL – Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher
• ATGM – Anti-Tank Guided Missile
• ATGW – Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
• ATIRS – Army Test Incident Reporting System
• ATK – Alliant Techsystems
• ATLAS – Advanced Technology Light Artillery System
• ATLV – Artillery Target Location Vehicle
• ATM – Anti-Tank Mine
• ATO – Authorization To Operate
• ATR-EDS – Automotive Test Rig – Electric Drive System
• ATS – Atelier de Construction de Tarbes
• ATSA – ATEC Threat Support Activity
• ATTC – All Terrain Tracked Carrier
• ATTS – Air Transportable Towed System
  • ATTS – Automatic Target Tracking System
• ATV – All-Terrain Vehicle
• ATV – Armored TOW Vehicle (Turkey)
• AUDS – Anti-UAV Defense System
• AUG – Armee Universal Gewehr
• AUSA – Association of the U.S. Army
• AUTL – Army Universal Task List
• AV – Audio-Visual
• AVGP – Armored Vehicle General Purpose (Canada)
• AVH – Armored Vehicle Heavy
• AVL – Armored Vehicle Light
• AVLB – Armored vehicle-launched bridge
• AVM – Armored Vehicle Medium
• AVN – Aviation
• AVR – Armored Vehicle Reconnaissance
• AVRE – Armored Vehicle Royal Engineers (UK)
• AVT – Advanced Vehicle Technologies (US)
• AVTD – Aviation Test Directorate
• AWACS – Airborne Warning and Control System
• AWE – Advanced Warfighting Experiment
• AWOL – Absent Without Official Leave
• AWS – Alternative Work Schedule
• AZ – Azimuth

B

• BAe – British Aerospace
• BAI – Battlefield Air interdiction
• BAMCIS – Begin the Planning, Arrange Recon, Make Recon, Complete Planning, Issue Order, Supervise
• BAR – M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
• BARCAP – Barrier Combat Air Patrol
• BARF – Base And Range Facilities
• BARV – Beach Armored Recovery Vehicle
• BAS – Battlefield Automated System
• BAS – Basic Allowance for Substance
• BASE – British Aerospace Systems and Equipment
• BASOPS – Base Operations
• BATES – Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System
• BAT – Biometrics Automated Toolset
• BAWS – Biological Agent Warning System
• BB – Base Bleed
• BB – Battleship
• BBSP – Blowback Shifted Pulse
• BC – Battery Commander or Battalion Commander
• BC – Battlecruiser
• BCC – Battery Control Centre
• BCIS – Battlefield Combat Identification System
• BCP – Battery Command Post
• BCS – Bridge Crossing Simulator
• BCT – Brigade Combat Team (US)
• BCT – Basic Combat Training
• BCV – Battle Command Vehicle
• BD – Base Detonating
• BDA – Browning Double Action or Bomb Damage Assessment
• BDAR – Battle Damage Assessment And Repair
• BDE – Brigade
• BDM – Bunker Defeat Munition
• BDU – Battle Dress Uniform
• BE – Base Ejection
• BFA – Blank-Firing Adaptor or Blank-Firing Attachment
• BFV – Bradley Fighting Vehicle
• BFVS – Bradley Fighting Vehicle System
• BG – Border Guard or Brigadier General
• BG – Bombardment Group
• BH – Black Hot
• BHOT – Black Hot (image in a thermal sight)
• bhp – Brake Horsepower
• BIFF – Battlefield Identification Friend or Foe
• BII – Basic Issued Item
• BILL – Bofors, infantry, light and lethal, referring to RBS 56 BILL or RBS 56B BILL 2
• BIT – Built-In Test
• BIT/ST – Built-In Test/Self-Test
• BITE – Built-in test equipment
• BL – Blank
• BL-T – Black tracer
• BLITS – Beta lighted infantry telescope system
• BLOS – Beyond Line-Of-Sight
• BL-T – Blank – Tracer
• BLT – Battalion Landing Team
• BLR – Blindado Ligero de Ruedas
• BLRIP – Beyond Low-Rate Initial Production
• BLWE – Battle Lab Warfighting Experiment
• BM – Brigade Major
• BMC4I – Battle Management Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
• BMD – Ballisitic Missile Defense
• BMF – Belgian Mechanical Fabrication
• BML – Battle management language
• BMNT – Begin Morning Nautical Twilight
• BMP – Pronounced "bimp". Former Warsaw Pact IFVs including BMP-1, BMP-2, BMP-3, etc.
• BMR – Blindado Medio de Ruedas
• BMS – Battalion Mortar System
• BMS – Battlefield Management System
• BNCC (USAF) – Base network control center
• BN – Battalion
• BNS – BILL Night Sight
• BO – Blackout
• BOCV – Battery Operations Center vehicle
• BOG-Dwell – Boots on the Ground – Dwell (down time)
• BOI – Basis Of Issue
• BOL – Bearing-only launch
• BOLTS – Bolt-On Loading Tray System
• BOIP – Basis Of Issue Plan
• BOSS – Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System
• BOSS – Better Opportunity for Single Soldiers
• BPI – Bolt Position Indicator
• BPS – Battery Power Source
• BPT – Be Prepared To
• BPS – Battery Power Source
• BR – Battle Rifle
• BRAC – Base Realignment And Closure
• BRDEC – Belvoir Research and Development Engineering Center
• BRKR – Breaker
• BRS – Brake Release Switch
• BRSGHT – Boresight
• BRT – Bright or Brightness
• BSA – Base Support Agreement
• BSB – Brigade Support Battalion
• BSD – Boresight Device
• BSP – Bright Source Protection
• BSSG – Brigade Service Support Group
• BST – Basic Skills Trainer
• BT – Boat Tail
• BT – Bullet Trap
• BTA – Best Technical Approach
• BTA – Battle Training Area
• BTRY – Battery
• BTU – Bullet Trap Universal
• BTU – British Thermal Unit
• BTY – Battery
• BUA – BILL Under Armor or Built-Up Area
• BUB – Battlefield Update Briefing
• BW – Biological Warfare
• BW – Black/White
• BX – Bionix AFV

C

• C/G – Contractor or Government
• C/J – Communications/Jam
• C&L – Capabilities and Limitations
• C2 – Command and Control
• C2E – Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation
• C2I – Command, Control, and Intelligence
• C2V – Command and Control Vehicle
• C3 – Command, Control, and Communications
• C3I – Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
• C4 – Composition C-4
• C4I – Command Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence
• C4IEWS – Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors
• C4ISR – Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
• C4ISTAR – Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target acquisition, And Reconnaissance
• C5I – Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Collaboration and Intelligence
• C6ISR – Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber-defense, Combat systems and intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
• CA – Certification Authority
• CAA – Center for Army Analysis
• CAB – Combat Aviation Battalion
  • CAB – Combat Action Badge
• CAC – Common Access Card
• CACDA – Combined Arms Combat Development (US Army)
• CAD – Computer-Assisted Design
  • CAD – Chemical Agent Detector
• CAE – Component Acquisition Executive
• CAG – Commander Air Group
• CAGEC – Commercial And Government Entity Code
• CAIV – Cost As an Independent Variable
• CAL – Canadian Arsenals Limited
  • CAL – Caliber
• CALIB – Calibration
• CAN – Control Area Network
• CAP – Crisis Action Planning
  • CAP – Civil Air Patrol (USAF civilian auxiliary)
  • CAP – Combat Air Patrol
  • CAP – Combustible Augmented Plasma
  • CAP – Covering Agent Program
• CAR – Corrective Action Report
  • CAR – Combined Arms Rehearsal
• CARRV – Challenger Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle
• CART – Corrective Action Review Team
• CAS – Close Air Support
• CASEVAC – Casualty Evacuation
• CASTFOREM – Combined Arms Task Force Evaluation Model
• CAT-FCS – Command Adjusted Trajectory - Fire-Control System (US)
• CAT-LCV – Combined Arms Team - Lightweight Combat Vehicle (US)
• CATK – Counter Attack
• CATT – Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (UK)
• CATT-B – Component Advanced Technology TestBed (US)
• CAV – Cavalry
  • CAV – Composite Armored Vehicle (US)
• CAWS – Cannon Artillery Weapons Systems (US)
• CAX – Combined Arms Exercise
• CB – Heavy Cruiser
• CBIT – Continuous Built-In Test (BIT)
• CBMS – Chemical Biological Mass Spectrometer
• CPDP – Chemical, Biological Defense Program
• CBR – Chemical, Biological, Radiological
• CBRNE – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
• CBS – Corps Battle Simulator
• CBT – Computer Based Training
• CBTDEV – Combat Developer
• CBW – Chemical and Biological Warfare
• CC – Close Combat
• CCAWS – Close Combat Anti-Armor Weapons Systems
• CCB – Configuration Control Board
• CCC – Combustible Cartridge Case
• CCD – Charge-Coupled Device
• CCMA – Crew-Correctable Maintenance Action
• CCMD – Combatant Command
• CCIP – Constantly Computed Impact Point
• CCO – Close Combat Optic
• CCP – Casualty Collection Point
• CCP – Computer Control Panel
• CCR – Crown Copyright Reserved
• CCTV – Closed-Circuit Television
• CCU – Central Control Unit
  • CCU – Climate Control Unit
• CCV – Close Combat Vehicle
  • CCV – Command and Control Vehicle (US)
• CCV-L – Close Combat Vehicle – Light
• cd – Candela
• CDA – Combat Defensive Action
• CDD – Capability Development Document
• CDM – Coastal Defense Missile
• CDR – Commander
  • CDR – Critical Design Review
• CDRL – Contract Data Requirements List
• CDRT – Capabilities Development for Rapid Transition
• CDS – Configuration Data Set
• CDU – Command Display Unit
• CDU – Computer Display Unit
• CE – Chemical Energy
  • CE – Continuous Evaluation
• C/E – Crew/Enlisted (enlisted aircrew member)
• CEAC – Cost and Economic Analysis Center
• CECOM – Communications and Electronics Command
  • CECOM – Communications-Electronics Command
• CED – Contingency Exercise Deployment
• CEFO – Combat Equipment Fighting Order (webbing contents)
• CENTCOM – Central Command
• CENTO – Central Treaty Organization or Baghdad Pact
• CEOI – Communications electronics operating instruction
• CEP – Circular error probable
• CEPSARC – Concept Experimentation Program Schedule and Review Committee
• CERDEC – Communication and Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center
• CERTEX – Certification Exercise
• CES – Engineer Services Regiment (Sri Lanka)
• CEPP – Controlled effect police projectile
• CET – Combat engineer tractor
• CEU – Computer electronics unit
• CEV – Combat engineer vehicle
• CF – Canadian Forces
  • CF – Controlled Fragmentation
  • CF – Controlled fragmentation
• CFE – Conventional forces Europe
• CFLCC – Coalition Forces Land Component Command
• CFT – Cross Functional Teams
• CFV – Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (US)
• CG – Commanding General
• CGS – Crew Gunnery Simulator
  • CGS – Command and General Staff
• CHA – Cast Homogeneous Armor
• CHARM – Challenger Chieftain Armament
• CHEM – Chemical
• CHIP – Challenger Improvement Program
• CHS – Commander's Hand Station
• CI – Counter-Intelligence
  • CI – Commander's Interface
• CIC – Combat Information Centre
• CIE – Clothing and Individual Equipment
• CIFV – Composite Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• CIG – Cannon Interface Gear
• CILAS – Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers
• CINC – Commander In-Chief
• CINCAFCOM – Commander-In-Chief, African Command
• CINCCENTCOM – Commander-In-Chief, Central Command
• CINCAD – Commander-In-Chief, Aerospace Defense Command
• CINCAL – Commander-In-Chief, Alaska
• CINCCFC – Commander-In-Chief, Combined Forces Command
• CINCEUR – Commander-In-Chief, Europe
• CINCHAN – Commander-In-Chief, Channel (NATO)
• CINCLANT – Commander-In-Chief, Atlantic
• CINCLANTFLT – Commander-In-Chief, Atlantic Fleet
• CINCMAC – Commander-In-Chief, Military Airlift Command
• CINCNET – Commander-In-Chief, Network
• CINCNORAD – Commander-In-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command
• CINCNORTH – Commander-In-Chief, Pacific
• CINCRED – Commander-In-Chief, Readiness Command
• CINCSOUTH – Commander-In-Chief, Southern Command
• CINCSTRIKE – Commander-In-Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUNC – Commander-In-Chief, United Nations Command
• CINCUNK – Commander-In-Chief, United Nations Force, Korea
• CINCUSAFE – Commander-In-Chief, U.S. Air Forces, Europe
• CINCUSAREUR – Commander-In-Chief, Army, Europe
• CINCUSNAVEUR – Commander-In-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
• CIO – Chief Information Officer
• CIP – Combat Identification Panel
• CIPR – Concept In-Process Review
• CIS – Chartered Industries of Singapore
• CIS – Commonwealth of Independent States
• CITV – Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer (US)
• CIU – Commanders Interface Unit
• CIWS – Close-In Weapons System
• CIV – Civilian
• CJCS – Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CJCSI – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction
• CJCSM – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual
• CJTF – Commander, Joint Task Force
• CKPT – Cockpit
• CL – Light Cruiser
• CLAMS – Clear Lane Marking System (US)
• CLASS – Computerized Laser Sight System
• CLAWS – Close Combat Light Armor Weapon System (US)
  • CLAWS – Container Launched Attack Weapon System
• CLM-E – Continuous Learning Modules – Engineering
• CLGP – Cannon-Launched Guided Projectile (US)
• CLOE – Common Logistics Operating Environment
• CLOS – Command to Line Of Sight
• CLS – Combat Life Support
  • CLS – Contract Logistics Support
• CLU – Command Launch Unit (as used in FGM-148 Javelin)
• CM – Counter Measures
• CMD – Command
• CM – Color-Marking or "continue mission"
• CMP – Configuration Management Plan
• CMV – Combat Mobility Vehicle
• CMS – Common Missile System
  • CMS – Compact Modular Sight
• CMT – Cadmium–Mercury Telluride
• CMV – Combat Mobility Vehicle (US)
• CNCE – Communications Network Control Element
• CNP – Candidate Nomination Proposals
• CNVD – Clip-on Night Vision Device
• COA – Course Of Action
• COB – Close of Business
• CO – Commanding officer
• Co – Company
• COA – Course of Action
• COB – Close of Business
• COC – Chain of Command
• COCOM – Combatant Commander
• COE – Chief of Engineers
• COG – Course Over Ground
• COI – Critical Operational Issue
• COIC – Critical Operational Issues and Criteria
• COIN – Counterinsurgency
• COM/INT – Communications/Intercept
• COMARLANT – Commander, U.S. Army Forces, Atlantic
• COMDCAEUR – Commander, Defense Communications Agency, Europe
• COMINT – Communications Jamming
• COMJTF – Commander, Joint Task Force
• COMPUSEC - Computer Security
• COMOPTEVFOR – Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force
• COMSAT – Communications Satellite
• COMSEC- Communications Security
• COMVAT – Combat Vehicles Armament Technology (US)
• COMZ – Communications Zone
• CONOPS – Concept of Operations
• CONUS – Continental United States
• COP – Combat Outpost
• COS – Chief of Section
• CoS – Chief of Staff
• COSCOM – Corps Support Command (US Army)
• COTAC – Conduite de Tir Automatique pour Char (tank automatic fire)
• COTS – Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
• COV – Counter Obstacle Vehicle (US)
• COZ – Central Operations Zone
  • COZ – Controlled Operations Zone
• CoZ – Counteroffensive Zone
• CP – Command Post
  • CP – Concrete-Piercing
• CPAWS - Charged Particle Weapon System
• CPD – Capability Production Document
• CPDU – Computer Power Distribution Unit
• CPL – Corporal
• CPO – Civilian Personnel Office
• CPOC – Civilian Personnel Operations Center
• CPR – Common Practice Round
• CPS – Cardinal Points Specification (UK)
• CPV – Command Post Vehicle
• CPV – Commander's Panoramic Viewer
• CPVEU – Commander's Panoramic Viewer Electronics Unit
• CPVSA – Commander's Panoramic Viewer Sensor Assembly
• CPX – Command Post Exercise
• CQB – Close Quarters Battle
• CQBR – Close-Quarters Battle Receiver
• CR – Capability Requirement
  • CR – Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
• CRB – Configuration Review Board
  • CRB – Capstone Requirements Document
• C-RDAP – Civilian – Rotational Developmental Assignment Program
• CRISAT – Collaborative Research into Small Arms Technology
• CRM – Composite Risk Management (US)
• CRMP – Computer Resource Management Plan
• CROWS – Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station
• CRR – Carro de Reconhecimento Sobre Rodas (reconnaissance tracking scout car)
• CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
• CRTC – Cold Regions Test Center
• CRWG – Computer Resources Working Group
• CRU – Cable Reel Unit

• CRUDIV– Cruiser Division
• CS – Communications Subsystem
  • CS – Confined Space
  • CS – Communications Squadron (USAF)
• CSA – Chief of Staff (Army)
• CSAD – Commander's Situational Awareness Display
• CSC – Computer Software Concept
• CSCI – Computer Software Configuration Item
• CSB – Combat Support Boat
• CSE – Chargeable to Support Equipment
• CSF – Combined Service Forces
• CSI – computer-Synthesized Image
• CSM – Command Sergeant Major
• CSS – Combat Service Support
  • CSS – Computer Sighting System
• CSSBL – Combat Service Support Battle Lab
• CSSD – Combat Service Support Detachment
• CT – Customer Test
• CTA – Case Telescoped Ammunition
• CTD – Concept Technology Demonstrator
• CTC – Combat Training Center
• CTEA – Cost and Training Effectiveness Analysis
• CTEIP – Central Test and Evaluation Improvement Program
• CTG – Cartridge
• CTI – Central Tire Inflation
• CTIS – Central Tire Inflation System
• CTO – Central Treaty Organization or Baghdad Pact
• CTP – Critical Technical Parameter
• CTSF – Central Technical Support Facility
• CTR – Close Target Recce
  • CTR – Contractor
• CTRA – Carro de Transporte Sobre Rodas Anfibo (amphibious tracking scout car)
• CTT – Challenger Training Tank
• CUOPS – Current Operations
• CUP – Control Unit Panel
• CV – Commander's Vehicle
  • CV – Aircraft Carrier
• CV90 – Combat Vehicle 90
• CVAST – Combat Vehicle Armament System Technology (US)
• CVC – Combat Vehicle Crewman's
• CVR-T – Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance - Tracked (UK)
• CVR-W – Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance - Wheeled (UK)
• CVRDE – Combat Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (India)
• CVT – Controlled Variable Time
• CVTTS – Combat Vehicle Targeting System
• CW – Chemical Warfare
• CWA – Chemical Warfare Agent
• CWBS – Contract Work Breakdown Structure
• CWG – Communications Working Group
• CWO – Chief Warrant Officer
• CWR – Continuous Wave radar
• CWS – Cupola Weapon Station
• CY – Calendar Year

D

• D&O – Doctrinal and Organizational
• DA – Department of the Army
• DA – Double Action
• DAA – Designated Approving Authority
• DAB – Defense Acquisition Board
• DAC – DEFCOM Analysis Cover
• DAE – Defense Acquisition Executive
• DAES – Defense Acquisition Evaluations System
• DAG – Data Authentication Group
• DAGR – Defense Advanced GPS Receiver
• DAHA – Dual-Axis Head Assembly
• DAIG – Department of the Army Inspector General
• DA IPR – DA In-Process Review
• DAO – Double Action Only
• DAP – Designated Acquisition Program
• DAP – Distant Aiming Point
• DAPS – Dismounted Assured P(osition, Navigation, Timing,) System
• DARCOM – US Army Matériel Development and Readiness Command
• DAREOD – Damaged Airfield Reconnaissance Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• DARPANET – DARPA Network
• DAS – Deep Air Support
• DAS Director of the Army Staff
• DAS – Defensive Aids System/suite
• DASP – Demountable Artillery Surveillance Pod
• DATO – Denial Authority To Operate
• DAU – Defense Acquisition University
• DAWIA – Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
• DB – Database
• DB – Delayed-Blowback
• DBBL – Dismounted Battle Battle Lab
• DC – Data Collector
• DC – Direct Current
• DCA – Digital Control Assembly
• DCA – Défense Contre Avions (anti-aircraft)
• DCAS – Defense Contract Administration Services
• DCB – Driver's Control Box
• DCCT – Dismounted Close Combat Trainer
• DCD – Directorate of Combat Developments
• DCG – Deputy Commanding General
• DCMA – Defense Contract Management Agency
• DCR – DOTMLPF Change Recommendation
• DCS – Diagnostic Control Software
• DD – Drivers Display
• DD – Detroit Diesel
• DD – Destroyer
• DDA – Detroit Diesel Allison
• DDS – Department of Defense Support
• DDU – Digital Display Unit
• DE – Data Element
• DEAD – Destruction of Enemy Air Defense
• DECA – Digital Electronic Control Assembly
• DEFA – direction des études et fabrications d'armement
• DEFCON – Defense Readiness Condition
• DEM/VAL – Demonstration and Validation (phase)
• DEP – Deputy
• DEPSECDEF – Deputy Secretary of Defense
• DERA – Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (UK)
• DESO – Defense Export Sales Organization (UK)
• DET – Detachment
• DEV – Developer
• DFAC – Dining Facility (US)
• DFCS – Digital Fire-Control System
• DFSV – Direct Fire Support Vehicle
• DFV – Desert Fighting Vehicle
• DDG – Guided Missile Destroyer
• DG – Door Gunner (Helicopter)
• DHA – Display Head Assembly
• DHSS – Data Handling Subsystem
• DIA – Defense Intelligence Agency (US)
• DIACAP – Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process
• DIAG – Diagnostic
• DICON – Defense Industries Corporation of Nigeria
• DID – Data Item Description
• DIMM – Dimmer
• DIP – Driver Instrument Panel
• DIPR – Detailed Test Plan in-Process Review
• DIR – Director
• DIS – Distributed Interactive Simulation
• DISA – Defense Information Systems Agency
• DISCOM – Division Support Command
• DISNET – Defense Integrated Secure Network
• DISUM – Daily Intelligence Summary
• DIVARTY – Division Artillery
• DLA – Defense Logistics Agency
• DMC – Digital Magnetic Compass
• DMR – Designated marksman rifle
• DMR – Detect, Mitigate, Recover
• DMSO – Defense Modeling and Simulation Office
• DMU – Distance Measurement Unit
• DN – Data Net
• DNRS – day/night range sight
• DoD – Department of Defense (US)
• DODD – Department of Defense Directive
• DODI – Department of Defense Instruction
• DODIG – Department of Defense Inspector General
• DOD-STD – Department of Defense Standard
• DOE – Design of Experiments
• DOIM – Directorate of Information Management (US Army)
• DOP – Department of Productivity
• DOS – Date of Separation
• DOT&E – Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
• DOTMLPF – Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities
• DOTSP – Doctrinal and Organizational Test Support Package
• DP – Data Processing
• DP – demonstration purpose
• DP – dual purpose
• DPA – Defence Procurement Agency (UK)
• DPE – Data Processing Equipment (or Element)4
• DPEO – Deputy Program Executive Officer
• DPG – Defense Planning Guidance
• DPM – Deputy Program Manager
• DPM – Deputy Project Manager
• DPM – Deputy Product Manager
• DPICM – Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (US)
• DPTR – diopter
• DPW – Directorate of Public Works
• DQT – Development Qualification Testing
• DR – Data Requirement
• DR – Decision Review
• DRA – Defence Research Agency (UK)
• DRB – Design Review Board
• DRI – Detection, Recognition, & Identification
• DRM – Director of Resource Management
• DROPS – demountable rack offloading and pick-up system
• DROS – Date of Return Overseas (US)
• DRP – Data Reduction Plan
• DRT – Design Review Team
• DS – Direct Support
• DS/GS – Direct Support/General Support
• DS/T – practice discarding sabot/tracer
• DSA – Defense Supply Agency
• DSACS – direct support armored cannon system (US)
• DSAD – Driver's Situational Awareness Display
• DSAU – Diagnostic Signal Acquisition Unit
• DSETS – direct support electrical test system
• DSM – Data Source Matrix
• DSMC – Defense Systems Management College
• DSN – Defense Switched Network
• DSNET – Defense Secure Network
• DSO – Defence Sales Organisation
• DSRV – Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (US)
• DSS – Direct Support System
• DSSW – Defense Services Support – Washington
• DST – Direct Support Team
• DSWS – Division Support Weapon System
• DT – Developmental Test
• DT&E – Developmental Test and Evaluation
• DTAT – Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres
• DTC – Developmental Test Command
• DTG – Date Time Group
• DTIC – Defense Technical information Center
• DTIP – Developmental Test Instrumentation Program
• DTP – Detailed Test Plan
• DTRR – Developmental Test Readiness Review
• DTT – Doctrinal and Tactical Training
• DTT – driver training tank
• DTV – Driver's Thermal Viewer
• DU – Display Unit / Detector Unit
• DU – depleted uranium
• DUA TST – Directory User Agent Tactical Support Team
• DUSA – Deputy Under Secretary of the Army
• DUSA-TE – Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Test Evaluation
• DUSD – Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
• DUSD(ATL) – Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
• DV – demining vehicle
• DVC – Day Video Camera
• DVE – driver's vision enhancer
• DVO – Direct Vision Optics
• DVO – Driver, Vehicle, and Operator (drop zone)
• DWFK – deep water fording kit
• DZ – drop zone

E

• EAAK – Enhanced Appliqué Armor Kit (US)
• EAC – Enhanced Attitude Control (warthog A10)
• EAS – End of Active Service
• EAOS – Enhanced Artillery Observation System
• EBG – Engin Blindé Génie (armoured combat vehicle)
• EBR – Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance (armoured reconnaissance vehicle)
• EBRC – Engine Blindé à roues de Contact
• EC – Enhanced Carbine
• ECB – Engineering and Construction Bulletins
• ECM – Electronic countermeasures
• ECOS – Enhanced Combat Optical Sight
• ECS – Environmental Control Subsystem
• ECV – Enhanced Capacity Vehicle
• EDD – Explosive Detonation Disruption
• EDS – Electric Drive System
• EFAB – Etablissement d'Etudes et de Fabrications d'Armement de Bourges
• EFC – equivalent full charge
• EFCR – equivalent full charge rounds
• EFM – Explosives Factory Maribyrnong
• EFP – Expanded Feasibility Phase
• EFP – Explosively Formed Penetrator
• EFV – Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (New name for AAAV)
• EFVS – Electronic Fighting Vehicle System (US)
• EG – External Gun
• EGLM – Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module
• EI – Engineering and Installation
• EIS – Engineering and Installation Squadron
• EI SIT – Engineering and Installation Site Implementation Team
• ELB – Extended Life Barrel
• ELEC – Electrical, Electric
• ELEK – Electronic
• ELEX – Electronics
• ELKE – Elevated Kinetic Energy Weapon (US)
• ELSAP – Elektronische Schiessanlage für Panzer (electronic fire system for tanks)
• EM – electromagnetic
• EMALS – Electromagnetic Aircraft Launcher System
• EMC – Executive Management Committee
• EMD – Engineering and Manufacturing Development
• EMDG – Euromissile Dynamics Group
• EMEW – Electromagnet Explosive Warhead
• EMG – externally mounted gun
• EMP – electromagnetic pulse
• EMPG – Electromagnetic Pulse Grenade
• EMSEC – Emissions Security
• ENGESA – Engesa Engenheiros Especializados (Brazil)
• EOC – Essential Operational Capability
• EOD – Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• EOR – Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance
• EOTS – Electro-Optical Targeting System
• EOW – End of Watch
• EPC – Electronic plane conversion
• EPC – Engin Principal de Combat (future main battle tank)
• EPG – Enhanced Performance Grenade
• EPG – European Production Group
• EPG – European Programme Group
• EPS – Electrical Power Subsystem
• EPU – Electronics Processing Unit
• ER – enhanced radiation
• ER – extended range
• ERA – explosive reactive armour
• ERA – extended range ammunition
• ERC – Engin de Reconnaissance Canon
• ERFB – extended range full-bore
• ERFB-BB – extended range full-bore – base bleed
• ERGFCDS – Extended Range Gunnery Fire-Control Demonstration System
• ERGP – extended range guided projectile
• ERMIS – Extended Range Modification Integration System
• ERP – Extended Range Projectile
• ERSC – extended range subcalibre
• ERV – emergency rescue vehicle
• ERV – Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle
• ES – Extreme Spread
• ESAF – Electronic Safety and Arm Function
• ESD – Electronique Serge Dassault
• ESLDE – Eyesafe Laser Daylight Elbow
• ESPAWS – Enhanced Self-Propelled Artillery Weapon System (US)
• ESRS – electro-slag refined steel
• ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
• ETC – ElectroThermal Cannon
• ETD – Estimated Time of Departure
• ETE – Estimated Time of Endurance
• ETM – Electronic Technical Manuals
• ETS – Elevated TOW System
• ETS – Engineer Tank System
• ETS – End of Term of Service (discharge date) (US)
• EW – electronic warfare
• EWK – Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern Gцppner
• EWS – external weapon station

F

• FAAD – Forward Area Air Defense
• FAAR – AN/MPQ-49 Forward Area Alerting Radar
• FAARP – Forward Area Arming & Refueling Point
• FAASV – Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (US)
• FAC – Forward Air Control(er)
• FAC-A – Forward Air Control(er)-Airborne
• FACE – Field Artillery Computer Equipment
• FAL – Fusil Automatique Légère
• FAPDS – Frangible Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot
• FARP – Forward Area Refueling Point
• FARS – field artillery rocket system
• FARV-A – Future Armored Resupply Vehicle – Artillery (US)
• FAST – Forward Area Support Team or Future Assault Shell Technology
• FAV – Fast Attack Vehicle (US)
• FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBM – Fleet Ballistic Missile
• FBRV – Future Beach Recovery Vehicle (UK)
• FCC – Fire Command Centre
• FCC – Fire-Control Computer
• FCCVS – Future Close-Combat Vehicle System (US)
• FCE – fire-control equipment
• FCLV – Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (UK)
• FCS – fire-control system/subsystem
• FCS – Future Combat System
• FCU – Fire Control Unit
• FDC – fire direction centre
• FDCV – fire direction centre vehicle
• FDSWS – Future Direct Support Weapon System
• FEBA – Forward Edge of the Battle Area
• FEP – Firepower Enhancement Programme
• FET – Future Engineer Tank
• FFAR – Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
• FFE – Fire for Effect
• FFR – Fitted For Radio
• FFSS – Future Fighting Soldier System
• FFW – Fitted For Wireless
• FG – field gun
• FH – field howitzer
• FIBUA – Fighting In Built-Up Areas
• FID – Foreign Internal Defense
• FIFV – Future Infantry Fighting Vehicle (US)
• FIRM – Floating Integrated Rail Mount
• FIS – Fuze Interface System
• FISH – Fighting In Someone's House (UK) (Colloquial. Slang term for FIBUA)
• FIST – Future Integrated Soldier Technology (UK), Fire Support Team (US)
• FISTV – Fire Support Team Vehicle (US)
• FITOW – Further Improved TOW (US)
• FLEA – Frangible Low-Energy Ammunition (i.e. a fragmentation grenade or a low-yield IED)
• FLIR – forward-looking infra-red
• FLOT – forward line of own troops
• FLSW – Future Light Support Weapon
• FM – U.S. Army Field Manuals
• FM – Titanium tetrachloride (code designation)
• FMBS – Family of Muzzle Brake/Suppressors
• FMC – Food Machinery Corporation
• FMF – Fleet Marine Force
• FMJ – Full Metal Jacket
• FMJBT – Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail
• FMJLF – Full Metal Jacket Lead Free
• FMN – Federated Mission Networking
• FMPDS – Frangible Missile Piercing Discarding Sabot
• FMS – Foreign Military Sales
• FMTV – Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
• FN – Fabrique Nationale (Manufacturer)
• FNG – Fucking New Guy
• FO – Forward Observer
• FOB – Forward Operating Base
• FOC – Full Operational Capability
• FOD – Foreign Object Damage (i.e., damage not caused by enemy fire. Includes bugs, dirt, etc.) (Aviation)
• FOG – Fibre Optic Gyro
• FOM – Fibre Optic Missile
• FOO – forward observation officer
• FORTIS – Forward Observation and Reconnaissance Thermal Imaging System
• FOTT – Follow on to TOW
• FOV – field of view
• FPA – Focal Plane Array
• FPL – Final Protective Fire
• FRAG – fragmentation
• FRAGO – FRAGmentary Order. (see OPORD)
• FRED – Field ration eating device (Australia)
• FRES – Future Rapid Effect System
• FROG – free rocket over ground
• FS – fire support element
• FSAT - full scale aerial target
• FSCL – fire support coordination line
• FSCM – fire support coordination measure
• FSCV – fire support combat vehicle
• FSED – full-scale engineering development (US)
• FSSG – Force Service Support Group
• FST – Future Soviet Tank/Follow-on Soviet Tank
• FSV – fire support vehicle
• FSV – Future Scout Vehicle (US)
• FTA – Frangible Training Ammunition
• FTMA – Future Tank Main Armament
• FTS – Future Tank Study
• FTT – Field Tactical Trainer
• FUBAR – Fouled/Fucked Up Beyond All Reason/Recognition/Repair
• FUE – First Unit Equipped
• FUG – Felderitц Usу Gépkosci
• FV – fighting vehicle
• FV/GCE – fighting vehicle gun control equipment
• FVDD – Fighting Vehicle Development Division
• FVRDE – Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (UK)
• FVS – Fighting Vehicle System (US)
• FVSC – Fighting Vehicle Systems Carrier (US)
• FY – fiscal year

G

• g – gramme(s)
• G – gendarmerie
• GAMA – Gun automatic multiple ammunition
• GAO – General Accounting Office
• GAP – Gun aiming post
• GBAD – Ground-based air defence
• GCE – Gun control equipment
• GCT – Grande Cadence de Tir (high rate of fire)
• GCU – Gun control unit
• GCW – Gross combined weight (not "gross combat weight"). Gross vehicle weight (GVW) plus gross trailer weight (GTW).
• GD – General Dynamics
• GDLS – General Dynamics Land Systems
• GDU – Gun display unit
• GFE – Government-furnished equipment
• GH – Gun-howitzer
• GIGN- Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale ("National Gendarmerie Intervention Group")
• GIAT – Groupement Industriel des Armements Terrestres
• GL – Grenade launcher
• GLATGM – Gun launched anti-tank guided missile
• GLC – Gun lay computer
• GLDNSM – Grenade launcher day–night sight mount
• GLH-H – Ground-Launched Hellfire-Heavy (US)
• GLLD – Ground Laser Locator Designator (US)
• GLS – Gesellschaft für Logistischen Service
• GM, MVO – General Motors, Military Vehicle Operations
• GMC – General Motors Corporation
• GMF — Ground Mobile Forces
• GMG – Grenade machine gun
• GMLRS – Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
• GMS – Gun Management System
• GND – Ground (electrical)
• GOCO – government-owned, contractor-operated (US)
• GOP – General Out Post
• GP – General purpose
• GP – guided projectile
• GPMG – General-purpose machine gun
• GPO – Gun position officer
• GPS – Global Positioning System
• GPS – Gunner's primary sight
• GPSS – Gunner's primary sight subsystem
• GR – Gajaba Regiment (Sri Lanka)
• GREM – Grenade rifle entry munition
• GRIT – Group, range, indication, type of fire
• GRU – Glavnoe Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie, meaning main intelligence directorate
• GSR – General staff requirement (US)
• GSRS – General support rocket system
• GSG9- Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei (Border Protection Group 9 of the Federal Police)
• GSOF – Georgian Special Operations Forces
• GST – General staff target
• GST – Gesellschaft für System-Technik
• GTCS – Gun test and control system
• GTG – Good to go
• GTI – German tank improvement
• GTW – Gross trailer weight
• GVW – Gross vehicle weight: curb weight plus max payload weight.
• GW – Gemunu Watch (Sri Lanka)
• GW – Guided weapon

H

• h – hour(s)
• H&K – Heckler and Koch
• HAB – Heavy Assault Bridge (US)
• HAB – Heavy Artillery Brigade (UK)
• HAG – Heavy Artillery Gun
• HAHO – High Altitude High Opening
• HALO – High Altitude Low Opening, High Activity/Low Observable
• HAMS – Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron – Marine Aircraft Group (USMC)
• HAWK – Homing-All-the-Way-Killer (US)
• HB – heavy barrel
• HBAR – Heavy Barrel Assault Rifle
• HC – Hexachloroethane/zinc
• HC – high-capacity
• HC – Hollow Charge
• HCER – high-capacity extended range
• HCHE – high-capacity high-explosive
• HCT – HOT Compact Turret
• HDS – HOLOgraphic Diffraction Sight
• HE – high-explosive
• HE-APERS – high-explosive anti-personnel
• HE-FRAG – high-explosive fragmentation
• HE-FRAG-FS – high-explosive fragmentation – fin-stabilized
• HE-FS – high-explosive – fin-stabilized
• HE-S – high-explosive spotting
• HE-T – high-explosive tracer
• HE/PR – high-explosive practice
• HEAA – High-Explosive Anti-Armour
• HEAB – High-Explosive Air Burst
• HEAP – High-Explosive Armor-Piercing
• HEAP-T – high-explosive anti-personnel – tracer
• HEAT – high-explosive anti-tank
• HEAT-FS – high-explosive anti-tank fin-stabilized
• HEAT-MP – high-explosive anti-tank multipurpose
• HEAT-MP(P) – high-explosive anti-tank multipurpose (practice)
• HEAT-T – high-explosive anti-tank – tracer
• HEAT-T-HVY – high-explosive anti-tank – tracer – heavy
• HEAT-T-MP – high-explosive anti-tank – tracer – multipurpose
• HEAT-TP-T – high-explosive anti-tank – target practice – tracer
• HED-D – Hybrid Electric Drive – Demonstrator
• HEDP – high-explosive dual-purpose
• HEER – High-Explosive Extended Range (US)
• HEF – high-explosive fragmentation
• HEFT – High-Explosive Follow Through
• HEI – high-explosive incendiary
• HEIAP – High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition
• HEIT – high-explosive incendiary tracer
• HEL – High-Energy Laser (US)
• HEL – Human Engineering Laboratory (US)
• HELP – Howitzer Extended Life Program (US)
• HEMAT – Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer (US)
• HEMP – High-Explosive Multi-Purpose
• HEMTT – Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (US)
• HEP – high-explosive plastic
• HEP-T – high-explosive practice – tracer
• HEPD – high-explosive point detonating
• HERA – high-explosive rocket-assisted
• HESH – high-explosive squash head
• HESH-T – high-explosive squash head – tracer
• HET-PF – high-explosive tracer – percussion fuze
• HETF – High Explosive Time Fuzed
• HETS – Heavy Equipment Transport System
• HFCC – Howitzer Fire-Control Computer (US)
• HFHTB – Human Factors Howitzer TestBed (US)
• HFM – Heavy Force Modernisation (US)
• HIFV – Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• HIMAG – High-Mobility Agility Test Vehicle (US)
• HIMARS – High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (US)
• HIP – Howitzer Improvement Program (US)
• HIRE – Hughes Infrared Equipment
• HITP – High-Ignition Temperature Propellant
• HIU – Heading Indicator Unit
• HMC – Howitzer Motor Carriage
• HMD – Helmet-Mounted Display
• HMG – Heavy Machine Gun
• HMH – Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron
• HMLC – High-Mobility Load Carrier
• HML/A – Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron
• HMM – Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
• HMMWV – High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
• HMX – Marine Special Mission Helicopter Squadron
• HOE – Holographic Optical Element
• HOT – Haute subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé
• How – Howitzer
• HP – High Power; Hollow Point
• hp – Horsepower
• HPFP – High-Performance Fragmentation Projectile
• HPS – Helmet Pointing System (or Sight)
• HPT – high-pressure test
• HRST – Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique
• HRU – Heading Reference Unit
• HS – Headquarters Squadron – Marine Wing Support Group (USMC)
• HSS – Hunter Sensor Suite
• HSTV(L) – High-Survivability Test Vehicle (Lightweight) (US)
• HTTB – High-Technology TestBed (US)
• HUD – Head-up display
• HVAP – high-velocity armour-piercing
• HVAP-T – high-velocity armour-piercing tracer
• HVAPDS – high-velocity armour-piercing discarding sabot
• HVAPDS-T – high-velocity armour-piercing discarding sabot – tracer
• HVAPFSDS – high-velocity armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot
• HVCC – High Velocity Canister Cartridge
• HVM – Hypervelocity Missile
• HVSS – horizontal volute spring suspension
• HVSW – Hypervelocity Support Weapon
• HVTP-T – high-velocity target practice – tracer
• HWSTD – High Water Speed Technology Demonstrator
• HYPAK – Hydraulic Power Assist Kit

I

• I – Incendiary
• IAF – Indian Air Force
• IAFV – infantry armoured fighting vehicle
• IAI – Israel Aircraft Industries
• IAL – Infrared Aiming Light
• IASD – Instant Ammunition Selection Device
• IBAS – Improved Bradley Acquisition System
• ICBM – Intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICC – information co-ordination centre
• ICM – Improved Conventional Munition
• ICM – BB improved conventional munition base bleed
• ICV – Infantry Combat Vehicle
• IDF – Israel Defense Forces
• IDF – Indirect fire
• IDW – Individual Defence Weapon
• IED – Improvised Explosive Device
• IEPG – Independent European Program Group
• IFCS – Improved/Integrated Fire-Control System
• IFF – Identification Friend or Foe
• IFV – infantry fighting vehicle
• IFVwCM – Infantry Fighting Vehicle with Integrated Countermeasures (US)
• IGLS – Individual Grenade Launcher System
• II – image intensification/intensifier
• IIR – Imaging Infra-Red
• ILL – illuminating
• ILMS – Improved Launcher Mechanical System
• ILS – Integrated Logistic Support
• IM – Insensitive Munition(s)
• IMMLC – Improved Medium Mobility Load Carrier
• IMSC – International Maritime Security Construct
• IMU – Inertial Measurement Unit
• INSAS – Indian Small Arms System
• InSb – Indium-antimonide
• INS -Indian Naval ship
• IOC – initial operational capability
• IOF – Indian Ordnance Factory
• IPB – Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
• IPF – Initial Production Facility
• IPO – International Programme Office
• IPPD – Integrated Product Process Development
• IR – Infra-Red
• IRBM – Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• IRU – Inertial Reference Unit
• IS – internal security
• ISD – In Service Date
• ISGU – Integrated Sight and Guidance Unit
• ISR – Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance
• ISU – Integrated Sight Unit
• ISV – Internal Security Vehicle
• ITAS – Improved Target Acquisition System
• ITOW – Improved TOW
• ITPIAL – Infra-red Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Laser
• ITT – Invitation To Tender
• ITV – Improved TOW Vehicle (US)
• IVPDL – Inter-Vehicle Positioning and Data Link (US)
• IWAT Insurgency Weapons And Tactics
• IW – Individual Weapon
• IWS – Improved Weapon System

J

• JASDF – Japan Air Self-Defense Force
• JBMoU – Joint Ballistic Memorandum of Understanding
• JDAM – Joint Direct Attack Munition
• JETDS – Joint Electronics Type Designation System
• JERRV – Joint Engineer Rapid Response Vehicle
• JGSDF – Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
• JHP – Jacketed hollow point
• JLTV – Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
• JMAC – Joint Medium-calibre Automatic Cannon
• JMSDF – Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• JOIR – Joint Operations Information Range
• JPO – Joint Project Office
• JSC – Joint Steering Committee
• JSCS – Joint Service Combat Shotgun
• JSDF – Japan Self-Defense Force
• JSOC – Joint Special Operations Command
• JSP – Jacketed Soft Point
• JSSAMP – Joint Services Small Arms Master Plan
• JSSAP – Joint Service Small Arms Program
• JTIDS – Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

K

• KAAV – Korean Armoured Amphibious Vehicle
• KAC – Knight's Armament Company
• KE – Kinetic energy
• KEC – Kaman Electromagnetics Corporation
• KEM – Kinetic Energy Missile (US)
• kg – kilogramme(s)
• KHA – Killed Hostile Action (US Vietnam War)
• KIA – Killed in Action
• KIFV – Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• KNHA – Killed Non-Hostile Action (US Vietnam War)
• KPA – Korean People's Army

L

• LAAG – light anti-aircraft gun
• LAAM – Light Anti-Aircraft Missile
• LCAC – Landing Craft Air Cushion
• LAD – light aid detachment
• LADS – light air defense system (US)
• LAG – Light Artillery Gun
• LALO – Low Altitude Low Opening
• LAM – Laser Aiming Module
• LAP – Load-Assemble-Pack (LAP) munitions production
• LAPES – Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System
• LAR – Light Automatic Rifle
• LASER – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
• LASIP – Light Artillery System Improvement Plan
• LATS – Light Armoured Turret System
• LAU – Light Armoured Unit
• LAV – Light Armored Vehicle (US)
• LAV – Light Assault Vehicle (US)
• LAV-AD – Light Armored Vehicle – Air Defense
• LAW – Light Anti-tank Weapon
• LB – Long Barrel
• LC – Laser Collimator
• LCD – Liquid crystal display
• LCS – Loader Control System
• LCU – Landing Craft Utility
• LCV – Light Contingency Vehicle (LCV) (US)
• LD – Low drag, Line of Departure
• LE – Law Enforcement
• LED – light emitting diode
• LEP – Life Extension Programme
• LEU – Launcher Erector Unit
• LF – ATGW Light Forces' Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
• LF – Linked Feed
• LFA – Low Flying Area
• LFHG – Lightweight Fragmentation Hand Grenade
• LFL – Light Fighter Lethality
• LIA – Linear Induction Accelerator
• LIC – Low Intensity Conflict
• LIMAWS – Lightweight Mobile Artillery Weapon System
• LION – Lightweight Infra-red Observation Night sight
• LIW – Lyttleton Engineering Works
• LKP – Loader Keyboard Panel
• LLAD – low-level air defence
• LLLTV – low light level television
• LLM – Launcher Loader Module
• LMAW – Light Multi-purpose Assault Weapon
• LMG – Light Machine Gun
• LNS – Land Navigation System
• LNS – Laying and Navigation System
• L/O – Liaison Officer
• LOAL – Lock-On After Launch
• LOBL – Lock-On Before Launch
• LOC – Line Of Communication
• LOLEX – Low-altitude parachute-extraction system
• LOS – Line Of Sight
• LOSAT – Line Of Sight Anti-Tank
• LOSBR – Line Of Sight Beam Riding
• LP – Liquid Propellant
• LP – Listening Post
• LPC – Launch Pod Container
• LPC – Launcher Pod Carrier
• LPG – Liquid Propellant Gun
• LPO – Leading Petty Officer
• LPT – Low-Profile Turret
• LPTS – Lightweight Protected Turret System
• LR – Long Rifle
• LR – Long-Range
• LRAR – Long Range Artillery Rocket
• LRASS – Long-Range Advanced Scout System
• LRAT – long-range anti-tank
• LRBB – long-range base bleed
• LRD – Long Range Deflagrator
• LRF – laser rangefinder
• LRF – Low Recoil Force
• LRHB – long-range hollow base
• LRIP – Low-Rate Initial Production
• LRM – Laser Rangefinder Module
• LRN – Lead Round Nose
• LRN – Low Recoil NORICUM
• LRRP – Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
• LRSA – Long Range Sniper Ammunition
• LRSU – Long Range Surveillance Unit
• LRU – Launcher Replenishment Unit
• LRU – Line Replacement Unit
• LRU – Line-Replaceable Unit
• LSAT- Lightweight Small Arms Technologies
• LSB – Landing Support Battalion
• LSO – Landing signal officer
• LSS – Lightweight Shotgun System
• LST – Landing Ship, Tank
• LSVW – Light Support Vehicle, Wheeled (Canada)
• LSW – Light Support Weapon
• LTA – Launch Tube Assembly
• LTD – Laser Target Designator
• LTFCS – Laser Tank Fire-Control System
• LTP – Laser Target Pointer, Luminesant Training Projectile
• LUTE – Lightweight Uncooled Thermal Imager Equipment
• LVA – landing vehicle assault (US)
• LVS – Lightweight Video Sight
• LVT – Landing Vehicle Tracked (US)
• LVTC – Landing Vehicle Tracked Command (US)
• LVTE – Landing Vehicle Tracked Engineer (US)
• LVTH – Landing Vehicle Tracked Howitzer (US)
• LVTP – Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel (US)
• LVTR – Landing Vehicle Tracked Recovery (US)
• LWC – Lead Wad Cutter
• LWIR – Long Wave Infrared
• LWL – LightWeight Launcher
• LWML – LightWeight Multiple Launcher
• LWMMG – LightWeight Medium Machine Gun
• LWMS – LightWeight Modular Sight
• LWS – laser warning system
• LWT – light weapon turret
• LZ – landing zone
• LRW – Light Repair Works (Indian Army)

M

• m – metre(s)
• m/s – metres per second
• MAB – Marine Amphibious Brigade
• MABS – Marine Air Base Squadron
• MAC – Medium Armored Car (US)
• MAC – Military Airlift Command
• MACS – Modular Artillery Charge System
• MACS – Marine Air Control Squadron
• MADLS – Mobile Air Defence Launching System
• MAF – Marine Amphibious Force
• MAG – Marine Aircraft Group
• MAGTEC – Marine Air/Ground Training & Education Command
• MAGTF – Marine Air/Ground Task Force
• MAHEM – Magnetohydrodynamic Explosive Munition
• MALOS – Miniature Laser Optical Sight
• MALS – Marine Air Logistics Squadron
• MAMBA – Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar
• MANPADS – Man Portable Air Defense System
• MAOV – Mobile Artillery Observation Vehicle
• MAP – Military Aid Programme
• MAPS – Modular Azimuth Position System
• MAR – Micro Assault Rifle
• MARDI – Mobile Advanced Robotics Defence Initiative (UK)
• MARDIV – Marine Division (US)
• MARS – Military Amateur Radio Station
• MARS – Mini Assault Rifle System
• MARS – Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight
• MARS – Multiple Artillery Rocket System
• MASS – Marine Air Support Squadron
• MATCS – Marine Air Traffic Control Squadron
• MATSG – Marine Air Training Support Group
• MAU(SOC) – Marine Amphibious Unit (Special Operations Capable)
• MAV – maintenance assist vehicle
• MAVD – MLRS Aim Verification Device
• MAW – Marine Air Wing (US)
• MBA – main battle area
• MBB – Messerschmitt-Bцlkow-Blohm
• MBC – Mortar Ballistic Computer
• MBF – Multiple-barrel firearm
• MBT – main battle tank
• MCISRE – Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise
• MCLOS – Manual Command to Line Of Sight
• MCRV – Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle
• MCS – Microclimate Conditioning System
• MCS – modular charge system
• MCSK – Mine Clearance System Kit (US)
• MCT – Medium Combat Tractor (US)
• MCT – Mercury Cadmium Telluride
• MCV – Mechanised Combat Vehicle
• MCWL – Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
• MCWS – Minor Caliber Weapons Station (US)
• MDB – Multi Domain Battle
• MDMP – Military Decision Making Process
• MDU – Map Display Unit
• MEB – Marine Expeditionary Brigade
• MEDEVAC – Medical Evacuation
• MEF – Marine Expeditionary Force
• MENS – Mission Element Need Statement (US)
• MEP – Modular Explosive Penetrator
• MEPS – Military Entrance Processing Station
• METO – Middle East Treaty Organisation; CENTO or Baghdad Pact
• METL – Mission Essential Task List
• METT-TC – Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Troops and support available—Time available, Civilians
• METT-TSL – Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Troops and fire support available – Time available, Space, Logistics
• MEU – Marine Expeditionary Unit
• MEU(SOC) – Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
• MEV – medical evacuation vehicle (US)
• MEWS – Mobile Electronic Warfare System
• MEWSS – Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System
• MF – multifunction
• MFC – Mortar Fire Control(ler)
• MFCS – Multi-Fire Control System/Mortar Fore Control System
• MFCV – Missile Fire-Control Vehicle
• MFF – munition filling factory
• MG – machine gun
• MGB – Medium Girder Bridge
• MGL – Multiple Grenade Launcher
• MGS – Mobile Gun System
• MGTS – MultiGun Turret System
• MGU – Mid-course Guidance Unit
• MI – Military Intelligence
• MIA – Missing In Action
• MICOM – Missile Command (US)
• MICV – Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle
• MILAN – Missile d'Infantrie Léger Antichar (light infantry anti-tank missile)
• MILDEC – Military deception
• MILES – Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (US)
• MILSPEC – Military Specification
• MILSTD – MILitary STANdard
• MILSTAR – MILitary Strategic and Tactical Relay (US)
• MIPS – Medium Integrated Propulsion System (US)
• MIR – Mechanized Infantry Regiment (Sri Lanka)
• MIRV – Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
• MLA – Manufacturing Licence Agreement
• MLC – Military Load Class
• MLC – Modular Load Carrier
• MLF – Marine Logistics Force
• MLR – Marine Littoral Regiment
• MLI – Mid-Life Improvement
• MLO – Muzzle Loaded Ordnance
• MLRS – Multiple Launch Rocket System (US)
• mm – millimetre(s)
• MMBF – mean miles between failures
• MMG – Medium Machine Gun
• MMS – mast-mounted sight
• MMS – Modular Mounting System
• MNVD – Monocular night vision device
• MoA – Memorandum of Agreement
• MOA – Minute Of Angle
• MoD – Ministry of defence
• MODA – Ministry of Defence and Aviation
• MOLF – Modular Laser Fire Control (Germany)
• MOLLE – Modular lightweight load-carrying equipment
• MOPP – Mission Oriented Protective Posture (US)
• MOS – Military occupational specialty (US)
• MoU – Memorandum of Understanding
• MOUT – Military Operations in Urban Terrain (urban warfare) (US)
• MP – Machine Pistol
• MP – Military police
• MPBAV – MultiPurpose Base Armoured Vehicle
• MPC – MultiPurpose Carrier (Netherlands)
• MPDS – Missile Piercing Discarding Sabot
• MPGS – Mobile Protected Gun System (US)
• MPI – Mean Point of Impact
• MPIM – MultiPurpose Individual Munition
• MPM – MultiPurpose Munition
• MPS – Maritime Prepositioning Ships (US)
• MPV – Multi-Purpose Vehicle
• MPWS – Mobile Protected Weapon System (US)
• MR – Medium Range
• MRAP – Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Vehicle)
• MRAR – MultiRole Assault Round
• MRAV – MultiRole Armoured Vehicle
• MRBF – mean rounds before failure
• MRBS – mean rounds between stoppages
• MRE – Meal Ready to Eat
• MRS – multiple rocket system
• MRS – muzzle reference system
• MRSI – Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact
• MRV(R) – Mechanised Recovery Vehicle (Repair)
• MRVR – Mechanised Repair and Recovery Vehicle (US)
• MSSG – MAU/MEU Service Support Group (USMC)
• MSL – Missile
• MSLEX – Missile exercise
• MSR – Missile Simulation Round
• MSR – Main supply route
• MSTAR – Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar
• MSV – Modular Support Vehicle
• MT – mechanical time
• MTB – Mobility TestBed
• MTBF – Mean Time Between Failure
• MTI – moving target indication
• MTL – Materials Technology Laboratory (US)
• MTR – Mobile Test Rig (US)
• MTSQ – mechanical time and super-quick
• MTSQ – Mechanical Time Semi-Quick
• MTU – Motoren- und Turbinen-Union
• MTVL – mobile tactical vehicle light
• MUGS – Multipurpose Universal Gunner Sight
• MULE – Modular Universal Laser Equipment (US)
• MUSS – Multifunctional Selfprotection System
• MV – muzzle velocity
• MVEE – Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (UK)
• MVRS – Muzzle Velocity Radar System
• MWCS – Marine Wing Communications Squadron
• MWHS – Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron
• MWS – Manned Weapon Station (US)
• MWS – Modular Weapon System
• MWSG – Marine Wing Support Group
• MWSS – Marine Wing Support Squadron

N

• NAS – Naval Air Station
• NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NAVSEA – Naval Sea Systems Command
• NBC – Nuclear, biological, chemical
• NBMR – NATO basic military requirement
• NCIS – Naval Criminal Investigative Service (US)
• NCO – Non-commissioned officer (US, E-4 – E-9)
• NCOIC – Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge
• NDI – Non-developmental item
• NDU – Navigation display unit
• NFOV – Narrow field of view
• NG – New/next generation
• Ni/Cd – Nickel–cadmium
• NLAW – Next lightweight anti-armour weapon
• NLOS-C – Non-line-of-sight cannon
• NLOS-M – Non-line-of-sight mortar
• NOD(s) – Night observation device(s)
• NOE – Nap-of-the-earth
• NOTAM – Notice to airmen
• NPAWS - Neutral particle weapon system
• NRF – NATO Response Force
• NS – Network services
• NTC – National Training Center (USA)
• NUGP – nominal unit ground pressure
• NV – Night Vision
• NVD – Night vision device
• NVE – Night vision equipment
• NVESD – Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate
• NVG – Night vision goggle
• NVS – Night vision system
• NZDF – New Zealand Defence Force
• NZEF – New Zealand Expeditionary Force (in WWI & WWII)
• NZSAS – New Zealand Special Air Service

O

• OBR – Optical Beam-Riding
• OCC – Obus à Charge Creusé (shaped-charge shell)
• OCOKA – Observation and fields of fire, Cover and concealment, Obstacles, Key terrain, and Avenues of Approach.
• OCSW – Objective Crew-Served Weapon
• OCU – Operational Centre Unit
• ODE – Ordnance Development and Engineering (Singapore)
• OEG – Occluded Eye Gunsight (a type of Collimator sight)
• OEO – optical and electro-optical
• OFSA – Objective Family of Small Arms
• OFSA – One Size Fits All
• OFW – Objective Force Warrior
• OHWS – Offensive Hand Weapon System
• OIC – Officer In Charge
• OICW – Objective Individual Combat Weapon
• OLF – Operational Low Flying
• OOTW – Operations Other Than War
• OP – Observation post
• OP – Operators Panel
• OPCON – OPerational CONtrol
• OPDW – Objective Personal Defense Weapon
• OPFOR – OPposing FORces
• OPORD – OPerations Order
• OPSEC – OPerational SECurity
• OPV – Observation Post Vehicle
• OSW – Objective Sniper Weapon
• OSC – Operation Strategy Command
• OSS (USAF) – Operational Support Squadron
• OSW (USAF) – Operational Support, Weather
• OT – operational test
• OTA – overflight top attack
• OTEA – Operational Test and Evaluation Agency (US)

P

• P – How pack howitzer
• P-38 — P-38 can opener (US)
• P3I – Pre-Planned Product Improvements
• PACESDO – Protection, Ammunition, Casualties, Equipment/Enemy, Dig-in/Deploy, Orders
• PAR – pulse acquisition radar
• PARA – Parachute Regiment
• PARAMIL – Paramilitary
• PAT – power-assisted traverse
• PAWPERSO – Protection, Ammunition, Weapon, Personal Equipment, Radio, Specialist Equipment, Orders
• PC – Personal Computer
• PCB – printed circuit board
• PCC – Police Compact Carbine
• PCI – Pre-combat inspection
• PD – Point Defense
• PD – point detonating
• PD – Point of Departure
• PDNA – Positioning Determining/Navigation Unit
• PDRR – Program Definition and Risk Reduction
• PDW – Personal Defence Weapon
• PE – MoD Procurement Executive (UK)
• PE – Peace Enforcement (US DoD)
• PEC – Printed Electronic Circuits
• PENAID – Penetration aid
• PFD – proximity fuze disconnector
• PFHE – prefragmented high-explosive
• PLF – protective line of fire
• PFPX – prefragmented proximity fuzed
• PGMM – Precision Guided Mortar Munition
• PH – Probability of Hit
• Pi – Probability of incapacitation
• PIAT – Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank
• PIBD – Point Initiating Base Detonated
• PID – Positive Identification
• PIE – pyrotechnically initiated explosive
• PIP – Product Improvement Programme
• PL – Phase Line
• PLA – People's Liberation Army
• PLAAF – People's Liberation Army Air Force
• PLAGF – People's Liberation Army Ground Force
• PLAN – People's Liberation Army Navy
• PLANAF – People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
• PLANMC – People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps
• PLARF – People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
• PLARS – Position Location And Reporting System (US)
• PLASSF – People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
• PLC – Programmable Logic Control
• PLOS – Predicted Line Of Sight
• PLS – Palletized Load System (US)
• PM – porte mortier (mortar carrier)
• PM – Product Manager
• PMCS – Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services
• PMEE – Prime Mission Electronic Equipment (USAF)
• PMO – Program Management Office (US)
• PMO – Provost Marshall's Office
• PMOD – Platform Modifications
• PMS – Pedestal-Mounted Stinger
• PNU – Position Navigation Unit
• PM WIN-T – Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical
• POA&M – Plan Of Action & Milestones
• POF – Pakistan Ordnance Factory
• POG – Person other than Grunt
• POS – Postes Optiques de Surveillance
• POW – Prisoner of War
• PPG – PT Parade Games (Bangladesh Cadet Colleges)
• PPI – plan position indicator
• PPS – Precise Positioning Service
• PPV – Protected Patrol Vehicle
• PRAC – practice
• PRAC-T – practice tracer
• PRESAR – Preparation, React to enemy fire, Establish enemy position, Suppress the enemy, Assault, Reorg
• PRI – projector reticle image
• PRP – Personnel Reliability Program (screening and monitoring of individuals with access to "special" weapons)
• PSBC – Platoon Sergeant's Battle Course
• PSD – Propulsion System Demonstrator
• PSO – Peace Support Operations
• PSS – Primary Sight System
• PTI – Physical Training Instructor
• PTO – power take-off
• PVP – Petit Véhicule Protégé
• PW – Prisoner of War
• PWI-SR(GR) – Panser Wagen Infanterie-Standaard (Groep)
• PWP – Plasticised White Phosphorus
• PWR – Power

Q

• QCB – Quick Change Barrel
• QE – Quadrant Elevation
• QRF – Quick Reaction Force
• QTOL – Quiet Take Off And Landing

R

• RA – Royal Artillery
• RAA – Royal Australian Artillery
• RAAM – Rifle-launched Anti-Armour Munition
• RAAMS – Remote Anti-Armor Mine System (US)
• PABD – Pay Entry Base Date
• RAC – Royal Armoured Corps
• RADIRS – Rapid Deployment Multiple Rocket System (US)
• RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force
• RAE – Royal Aircraft Establishment, Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough)
• RAE – Royal Australian Engineers, Australian Combat Engineers
• RAF – Royal Air Force
• RAM-D – reliability, availability, maintainability and durability
• RAN – Royal Australian Navy
• RAO – Rear Area Operations
• RAP – Regimental Aid Post
• RAP – rocket-assisted projectile
• RAPI – Reactive Armour Protection
• RARDE – Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (UK)
• RATAC – Radar de Tir pour L'Artillerie de Campagne (radar for field artillery fire)
• RATELO – Radio Telephone Operator
• RAW – Rifleman's Assault Weapon
• RBL – Range and Bearing Launch
• RBOC – Rapid Bloom Offboard Chaff
• RC/MAS – Reserve Component/Modified Armament System
• RCAAS – Remote-Controlled Anti-Armor System (US)
• RCAF – Royal Canadian Air Force
• RCC – ROLAND Coordination Center (US)
• RCWS – Remote-Controlled Weapon Station
• RCL – Recoilless rifle
• RCN – Royal Canadian Navy
• RCS – Radar Cross Section
• RCT – Regimental Combat Team
• RCT – Royal Corps of Transport
• RCV – Robotic Command Vehicle
• RDF – Rapid Deployment Forces
• RDF/LT – Rapid Deployment Force Light Tank (US)
• RDJTF – Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US)
• RDT&E – Research Development Test and Evaluation
• REME – Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
• REMF – Rear Echelon Mother Fucker
• REMSEC – Remanence Security
• RF – Rimfire
• RFA – Royal Field Artillery or Royal Fleet Auxiliary
• RFAS – Russian Federation and Associated States
• RFC – Royal Flying Corps
• RFI – request for information
• RFP – request for proposals
• RFPI – Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• RFQ – Request For Quotations
• RGGS – Rifle Grenade General Service
• RHA – rolled homogeneous armour
• RHA – Royal Horse Artillery
• RIN – the former Royal Indian Navy
• RIO – Radar Intercept Officer
• RIS – Rail Interface System
• RISE – Reliability Improved Selected Equipment
• RISTA – Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance and Target Acquisition
• RLC – Royal Logistic Corps
• RLEM – Rifle-Launched Entry Munition
• RLG – Ring Laser Gyro
• RLT – Regimental Landing Team
• RMF – Risk Management Framework
• RMG – ranging machine gun
• RN – Royal Navy
• RNZAF – Royal New Zealand Air Force
• RNZN – Royal New Zealand Navy
• RO – Royal Ordnance
• ROBAT – Robotic Counter-Obstacle Vehicle (US)
• RoC – Republic of China
• ROC – required operational characteristics
• ROE – Rules Of Engagement
• ROF – Royal Ordnance Factory (UK)
• ROF – Rate of fire
• RoK – Republic of Korea
• RoKMC – Republic of Korea Marine Corps
• RoKIT – Republic of Korea Indigenous Tank
• ROR – range only radar
• ROTA – Royal Ordnance Training Ammunition
• RP – Red phosphorus
• RP – rocket-propelled
• RP – Regimental police
• RPC – Rocket Pod Container
• RPG – Rocket-propelled grenade
• RPG – Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot
• RPV – Remotely piloted vehicle
• RR – Recoilless rifle
• RRPR – Reduced Range Practice Rocket
• RRT – Radio Recon Team
• RRTR – Reduced Range Training Round
• RSAF – Royal Small Arms Factory (UK) (now closed)
• RSN – Role Specialist Nation (US & NATO)
• RSS – Rosette Scanning Seeker
• RTE – Rifle Team Equipment
• RTO – Radio/Telephone Operator
• RTOL – Reduced Take Off and Landing
• RTT – Roues Transporteur de Troupes
• RUC – Royal Ulster Constabulary
• RUF – Rules on the Use of Force
• RV – Rendezvous/Rendezvous point
• RWS – Remote weapon system (or station)
• RWR – Radar Warning Receiver

S

• s – second(s)
• S&W – Smith & Wesson
• SA – Situation Awareness
• SABCA – Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques
• SABR – Selectable Assault Battle Rifle
• SABS – Stabilizing Automatic Bomb Sight
• SAC – Small Arms Collimator
• SACLOS – Semi-Automatic Command to Line Of Sight
• SADA – Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly
• SADARM – Sense And Destroy Armor (US)
• SADF – South African Defence Force
• SADM – Special Atomic Demolition Munition
• SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers
• SAF – Small Arms Fire
• SAFCS – Small Arms Fire Control System
• SAFIRE – Surface-to-Air Fire
• SAL – semi-active laser
• SAL – search and locate
• SAM – surface-to-air missile
• SAMM – Société d'Applications des Machines Motrices
• SANDF – South African National Defence Force
• SANG – Saudi Arabian National Guard
• SAP – Semi-Armour-Piercing
• SAPHEI – Semi-Armour-Piercing High Explosive Incendiary
• SAPI – semi-armour-piercing incendiary or Small Arms Protective Insert
• SAR – Search and Rescue
• SAS – Special Air Service
• SASR – Special Air Service Regiment
• SAS-EAS – Sealed Authenticator System – Emergency Action Procedures (Nuclear Weapons Release Control)
• SASR – Special Application Sniper Rifle
• SAT – Small Arms Trainer
• SATCP – Système Anti-aérien à Très Courte Portée (very short-range anti-aircraft system)
• SAVA – Standard Army Vectronics Architecture
• SAW – Squad Automatic Weapon
• SAWS – Squad Automatic Weapon System
• SB – Short Barrel
• SCA - Security Control Assessor
• SCAR – Security Control Asssessor Representative
• SCORE – Stratified Charge Omnivorous Rotary Engine
• SCC – Sea Cadet corps
• SCI – Sensitive compartmented information
• SD – self-destruct(ion)
• SEAD – Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
• SEAL – Sea/Air/Land
• SEALOCK – Search, Locate, and Communicate or Kill
• SEATO – Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation
• SECFOR – Security forces
• SECGUARD – Security guard
• SEME – School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• SEN – shell extended range NORICUM
• SEP – Soldier Enhancement Programme
• SF – Special Forces (US/UK)
• SFCS – Simplified Fire-Control System
• SFIM – Société de Fabrication d'Instrument de Mesure
• SFIRR – solid fuel integral rocket/ramjet
• SFM – Sensor Fuzed Munitions
• SFMG – Sustained Fire Machine Gun
• SFSW – Special Forces Support Weapon
• SFW – Special Forces Weapon
• SGTS – Second-Generation Tank Sight
• SHAPE – Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
• SH/PRAC – squash head practice
• SHORAD – Short-Range Air Defence System
• shp – shaft horsepower
• SIC – Second in Command
• SICPS – Standard Integrated Command Post Systems
• SINCGARS – Single Channel Ground/Air Radio System
• SIP – System Improvement Plan/Programme
• SIPS – Small Integrated Propulsion System
• SITREP – Situation Report
• SJFN – Semi-Jacketed Flat Nose
• SJHP – Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point
• SKOT – Sredni Kolowy Opancerzny Transporter (armoured personnel carrier)
• SLA – Sri Lanka Army
• SLAC – Sri Lanka Armoured Corps
• SLAF – Sri Lanka Air Force
• SLAGSE – Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps
• SLAOC – Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps
• SLAP – saboted light armor penetrator
• SLAPC – Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps
• SLASC – Sri Lanka Army Service Corps
• SLAW – Shoulder-Launched Assault Weapon
• SLAWC – Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps
• SLCG – Sri Lanka Coast Guard
• SLCMP – Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police
• SLE – Sri Lanka Engineers
• SLEME – Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
• SLEP – Service Life Extension Program (US)
• SLLI – Sri Lanka Light Infantry
• SLMC – Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps
• SLNG – Sri Lanka National Guard
• SLN – Sri Lanka Navy
• SLR – Self-Loading Rifle
• SLRC – Sri Lanka Rifle Corps
• SLSR – Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment
• SLWAGL – Super Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher
• SM – smoke
• SMAW – Shoulder-launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon
• SMG – sub-machine gun
• SMK – Smoke
• SMP – Surface Mine Plough
• SMU – Special Mission Unit
• SNAFU – Situation Normal, All Fouled Up
• SNCO – Staff Non-Commissioned Officer (USMC, E-6 – E-9)
• SNCOIC – Staff Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (USMC)
• SOCOM – Special Operations Command
• SOF – Special Operations Forces
• SOG – Speed Over Ground
• SOP – Standing/Standard Operating Procedure(s)
• SOS – Struck Off Strength
• SOZ – Special Operations Zone
  • SOZ – Strategic Operations Zone
• SP – Shore Patrol
  • SP – self-propelled
  • SP – Soft Point
• SPAAG – self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
• SPAAM – self-propelled anti-aircraft missile
• SPAG – self-propelled assault gun
• SPARK – solid propellant advanced ramjet kinetic energy missile
• SPAS – Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun, like SPAS-12 or SPAS-15
• SPATG – self-propelled anti-tank gun
• SPAW – self-propelled artillery weapon
• SPEAR – Small Precision Enhanced Aiming Rangefinder
• SPG – self-propelled gun
• SPH – self-propelled howitzer
• SPIE – Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction
• SPL – self-propelled launcher
• SPLL – Self-propelled Loader Launcher
• SPLY – Supply
• SPM – self-propelled mortar
• SPP – Special Purpose Pistol
• SPR – Special Purpose Rifle
• SPS – Standard Positioning Service
• SPSM – Sensorgezundete Panzerabwehr SubMunition
• SPW – Special Purpose Weapon
• SR – Short Rifle
  • SR – Sniper Rifle
  • SR – Staff Requirement
  • SR – Special Reconnaissance
• SRR – Special Reconnaissance Regiment
• SRAW – Short Range Assault Weapon
• SRC – Space Research Corporation
• SRG – shell replenishment gear
• SRI – Short Range Insert
• SRTS – Short Range Thermal Sight
• SRU – Shop Replaceable Unit
• SRU – Slip Ring Unit
• SRV – Surrogate Research Vehicle (US)
• SS – Submarine
• SSA – Special Spaced Armour
• SSE – Sensitive Site Exploitation
• SSG – Single Shot Gun
• SSK – Single Shot Kill
• SSR – Sniper Support Rifle
  • SSR – Special Support and Reconnaissance Company (DNK)
• SSW – Squad Support Weapon
• ST6 – Seal Team Six
• ST – Staff Target
• STA – shell transfer arm
• STAB – Steered Agile Beams
• STAFF – Small Target Activated Fire-and-Forget (US)
• STANAG – STANdardisation Agreement
• STARTLE – Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)
• STE/ICE – Simplified Test Equipment/Internal Combustion Engine (US)
• STF – Special Task Force
• STORM – Small Tactical Optical Rifle-Mounted
• STOVL – Short Take Off and Vertical Landing
• STUP – spinning tubular projectile
• SUB – SUBstitute
• SUC – Square Ultra Compact
• SUIT – Sight Unit Infantry Trilux
• SUSAT – Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux
• SWARM – Stabilised Weapon and Reconnaissance Mount
• SWAT – Special Weapons And Tactics
• SWC – Semi WadCutter
• SWS – Sniper Weapon System

T

• T – Tracer
• TAAR – Tactical Air to Air Refueling
• TACBE – Tactical beacon
• TACMS – Army Tactical Missile System (US)
• TACOM – Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• TACP – Tactical Air Control Party
• TAD – Temporary Additional Duty (Naval Services term) Temporary Duty
• TADDS – Target Alert Display Data Set (US)
• TADS – Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• TAM – Tanque Argentino Mediano
• TAS – Target Acquisition Subsystem
• TAS – tracking adjunct system
• TAS – Turret Attitude Sensor
• TBAT – TOW/Bushmaster Armored Turret (US)
• TC – Tank Commander, also Truck Commander (US Army)
• TCO – Tactical Combat Operations
• TCTO – Time-Compliance Technical Order
• TCU – tactical control unit
• TD – Tank Destroyer
• TDCS – Tank Driver Command System
• TDD – Target Detection Device
• TDR – Target Data Receiver
• TDY – Temporary Duty
• TE – Tangent Elevation
• TEL – Transporter-Erector-Launcher
• TELAR – Transporter-Erector-Launcher And Radar
• TES – Tactical Environment Simulation
• TES – target engagement system
• TESS – Telescopic Sighting System
• TGMTS – Tank Gunnery Missile Tracking System
• TGP – Terminally Guided Projectile
• TGP – Targeting pod
• TGS – Tank Gun Sight
• TGSM – terminally guided submunition
• TGTS – tank gunnery training simulator
• TI – thermal imaging/imager
• TIC – Troops In Contact
• TICM – thermal imaging common modules
• TID – Tactical Information Display
• TIIPS – Thermal Imaging and Integrated Position System
• TIM – Thermal Imaging Module
• TIPU – Thermal Image Processing Units
• TIRE – Tank Infra-Red Elbow
• TIS – thermal imaging system
• TISEO – Target Identification System Electro-Optical
• TLC – Transport Launching Container
• TLD – Top Level Demonstrations
• TLE – Treaty Limited Equipment
• TLP – Troop Leading Procedures (US)
• TLR – Tank Laser Rangefinder
• TLS – Tank Laser Sight
• TM&LS – Textron Marine & Land Systems
• TMBC – Turret Management Ballistic Computer
• TMP – Tactical Machine Pistol
• TMS – Turret Modernisation System
• TMUAS – Turreted Mortar Under Armor System (US)
• TNI – Tentara Nasional Indonesia
• TNT – Trinitrotoluene
• TO – Technical Order
• TOE – Table of organisation and equipment
• TOGS – Thermal Observation and Gunnery System (UK)
• TOP – Total Obscuring Power
• TOPAS – Transporter Obrneny Pasovy
• TOTE – Tracker, Optical Thermally Enhanced
• TOW – Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (US)
• TP – Target Practice
• TP-FL – target practice flash
• TP-S – or TPS Target Practice-Spotting/Signature
• TP-SM – target practice – smoke
• TP-SP – target practice – spotting
• TP-T – target practice – tracer
• TPCM – Target Practice Colour-Marking
• TPDS – Target Practice Discarding Sabot
• TPFSDS-T – target practice fin-stabilised discarding sabot – tracer
• TPTF – Target Practice Time Fuzed
• TR – Triple Rail
• TRACER – Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement (UK)
• TRACKSTAR – Tracked Search and Target Acquisition Radar System (US)
• TRADOC – Training and Doctrine Command (US)
• TSFCS – Tank Simplified Fire-Control System
• TSQ – time and super-quick
• TSR – Tavor Sporting Rifle
• TT – transport de troupes (troop transporter)
• TTA – Tactical Training Area
• TTB – Tank TestBed (US)
• TTD – Transformation Technology Demonstrator
• TTG – Time To Go
• TTS – Tank Thermal Sight
• TU – Terminal Unit
• TU – Traversing Unit
• TUA – TOW Under Armor (US)
• TUR – Tiefflieger-Ьberwachungs-Radar (low-level surveillance radar)
• TV – Television
• TWD – Thermal Warning Device
• TWMP – Track Width Mine Plough
• TWS – Thermal Weapon Sight
• TYDP – Ten Year Defence Programme (Australia)

U

• UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• UBLE – Universal Bridge Launching Equipment
• UCVP – Universal Combat Vehicle Platform
• UDR – Ulster Defence Regiment
• UET – Universal Engineer Tractor (US)
• UGV – Unmanned Ground Vehicle
• ULC – Unit Load Container
• UMA – Universal Mounting Adapter
• UMP – Universal Machine Pistol
• USA – United States of America/United States Army
• USAADS – U.S. Army Air Defense School
• USAARMS – U.S. Army Armor School
• USAAVNS – U.S. Army Aviation School
• USAAF – United States Army Air Forces
• USAF – United States Air Force
• USCG – United States Coast Guard
• USMC – United States Marine Corps
• USN – United States Navy
• USP – Universal Self-loading Pistol
• UTL – Universal Tactical Light
• UTM – Universal Transverse Mercator
• UTS – Universal Turret System
• UV – Ultraviolet
• UW – Urban warfare

V

• V – Volt(s)
• VAB – Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé (front armoured car)
• VAB – Vickers Armoured Bridgelayer
• VADS – Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• VAE – Vehiculo Armado Exploracion
• VAK – Vehicle Adaptor Kit
• VAPE – Vehiculo Apoyo y Exploracion
• VARRV – Vickers Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle
• VARV – Vickers Armoured Recovery Vehicle
• VBC – Véhicule Blindé de Combat (armoured combat vehicle)
• VBCI – Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie
• VBIED – Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• VBL – Véhicule Blindé Léger (light armoured vehicle)
• VBM – Véhicules Blindés Modulaires
• VBSS – Visit Board Search Seizure
• VC – Vehicle Commander
• VCA – Véhicule Chenillé d'Accompagnement (tracked support vehicle)
• VCC – Veicolo Corazzato de Combattimento
• VCG – Véhicule de Combat du Genie (armoured engineer vehicle)
• VCI – Véhicule de Combat d'Infanterie; Vehiculo combate infanteria (infantry combat vehicle)
• VCP – Vehicle Check Point
• VCR – variable compression ratio
• VCR – Véhicule de Combat à Roues (wheeled combat vehicle)
• VCR/AT – Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Atelier Technique (salvage)
• VCR/IS – Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Intervention Sanitaire (stretchers)
• VCR/PC – Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Poste de Commandement (HQ)
• VCR/TH – Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Tourelle HOT (turret with four HOT ATGW)
• VCR/TT – Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Transport de Troupes (troop carrier)
• VCTIS – Vehicle Command and Tactical Information System
• VCTM – Vehiculo de Combate Transporte de Mortero (armoured mortar carrier)
• VCTP – Vehiculo de Combate Transporte de Personal (armoured personnel carrier)
• VDA – Véhicule de Défense Anti-aérienne (anti-aircraft defence vehicle)
• VDAA – Véhicule d'Auto-Défense Anti-aérienne
• VDC – Voltage Direct Current
• VDM – viscous damped mount
• VDSL – Vickers Defence Systems Ltd
• VDU – visual display unit
• VEC – Vehiculo de Exploraciòn de Caballerie
• VEDES – Vehicle Exhaust Dust Ejection System (US)
• VERDI – Vehicle Electronics Research Defence Initiative (UK)
• VHIS – visual hit indicator system
• VIB – Véhicule d'Intervention du Base
• VIDS – Vehicle Integrated Defence System
• VINACS – Vehicle Integrated Navigation and Command System
• VIRSS – Visual and InfraRed Smoke Screening System
• VITS – Video Image Tracking Systems
• VLAP – Velocity-enhanced Long-range Artillery Projectile
• VLC – Véhicule Léger de Combat (light armoured car)
• VLI – Visible Light Illuminator
• VLSMS – Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System
• VMA – Marine Light Attack Squadron
• VMA(AW) – Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron
• VMBT – Vickers Main Battle Tank
• VMF – Marine Fighter Squadron
• VMFA – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
• VMFA(AW) – Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron
• VMGR – Marine Aerial Refueler/Transport Squadron
• VMFP – Marine Aerial Reconnaissance Squadron
• VMM – Marine Tilt-rotor (MV-22B) Squadron
• VMU – Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron
• VMR – Marine Transport Squadron
• VMAQ – Marine Electronic Warfare Attack Squadron
• VMS – Vehicle Motion Sensor
• VNAS – Vehicle Navigation Air System
• VRL – Véhicule Reconnaissance Léger (light reconnaissance vehicle)
• VSEL – Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd
• VT – variable time (fuse)
• VTOL – Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft
• VTP – véhicule transport de personnel (personnel carrier)
• VTT – véhicule transport de troupe (troop transporter)
• VVSS – vertical volute spring suspension
• VXB – Véhicule Blindé à Vocations Multiples (multipurpose armoured car)

W

• WAAC – Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and individual members of; obsolete
• WAC – Women's Army Corps and individual members of; obsolete
• WAF – Women (in the) Air Force and individual members of; obsolete
• WAM – Wide Area Mines (US)
• WAMI – Wide Area Motion Imagery (US)
• WAPC – Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier (Canada)
• WASAD – Wide Angle Surveillance and Automatic Detection Device
• WAV – Wide Angle Viewing
• WAVES – Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (USN); obsolete
• WES – Wing Engineer Squadron (USMC)
• WFOV – Wide Field of View
• WFSV – Wheeled Fire Support Vehicle (Canada)
• WHA – Wounded Hostile Action (US Vietnam War)
• WHA – Weapons Head Assembly
• WHSA – Weapons Head Support Assembly
• WLR – Weapon Locating Radar
• WM – Woman/Women Marine(s)
• WMD – Weapon(s) of Mass Destruction
• WMRV – Wheeled Maintenance and Recovery Vehicle (Canada)
• WNHA – Wounded Non-Hostile Action (US Vietnam War)
• WP – white phosphorus
• WP-T – white phosphorus – tracer
• WSM – Winchester Short Magnum
• WTS – Wing Transportation Squadron (USMC)

X

• XO – Executive Officer

Y

• YMRS – Yugoslav multiple rocket system

Z

• ZULU – Zulu time (timezone equivalent to UTC)

See also

• List of established military terms
• List of military tactics
• Glossary of firearms terminology
• List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical abbreviations
• Military Abbreviations www.marx-mil.com by Stefan Marx

References

External links

• Armor and Artillery Glossary
• Infantry Weapons Glossary
• FM 17-97 Cavalry Troop (October 1995)
• FM 5-19 (formerly FM 100–14) Composite Risk Management (21 Aug 2006)
• Ministry of Defence acronyms and abbreviations
• Military abbreviations and Dictionaries
• Military acronyms and military abbreviations