Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviations and Acronyms

The following is a Compendium of Abbreviations and Acronyms that you will encounter on this site, or during discussions related to the subjects on this site. We realise that some of these will only have meaning to our United States visitors, but place them nontheless, as this is where most of time on the site. We will keep it up-to-date, and any comments and/or suggestions are welcome.

our visitors originate from. As such, these abbreviations and acronyms may be used from time to

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Army artillery Artillery delivered antipersonnel mine Aluminium Jacketed Hollow Point ( Bullet ) All-purpose lightweight individual carrying equipment Amplitude modulation Area of Operations Antipersonnel OR armour piercing Army physical fitness test Antipersonnel improved conventional ammunition Army National Guard Adjustable ranging telescope Army training and evaluation program Appears to be Ballistic Coefficient Battle dress uniform Beginning morning nautical twilight Browning Machine Gun Black Powder Express Breathe, relax, aim, slack, squeeze Boat Tail ( Bullet )

AARTY ADAM AJHP ALICE AM AO AP APFT APICM ARNG ART ARTEP ATB BC BDU BMNT BMG BPE BRASS BT

C Degrees Centigrade C2 Command and control CA Civil Affairs CALFEX Combined arms live-fire exercise CARVER Criticality, accessibility, recuperability, vulnerability, effect, recognizability CAS Close air support CBT Combating terrorism CF Centerfire CLP Cleaner, lubricant, preservative CP Command post OR Concrete piercing CQ Close quarters CSAR Combat search and rescue CT Counter-terrorism CUP Copper Units of Pressure DA DOD DTG DPICM Department of the Army: direct action Department of Defence Date-time-group Dual-purpose improved conventional ammunition

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Abbreviations and Acronyms DZ E&E ECM EDGE EEI EENT EPW ER ERP F FDC FEBA FFP FID FLOT FM FMJ FN FO Fps ft/lbs FTX GP GPS GR GW HA HE HELR HF HP HPBT HUMINT IAD IAW IR IRP JHP Drop zone Escape and evasion Electronic countermeasures Emergency deployment readiness exercise Essentials elements of information Ending evening nautical twilight Enemy prisoner of war Eye Relief End-route rally point Fahrenheit Fire direction center Forward edge of the battle Forward firing position or Foreign internal defence Forward line of troops Frequency modulation Full Metal Jacket ( Bullet Fabrique Nationale OR Flat Forward observer Feet per second Foot Pounds Field training exercise General purpose Global positioning system Grain Guerrilla warfare Humanitarian assistance High explosive High-efficiency, low-reflection High frequency Hollowpoint ( Bullet ) Hollow-point Boat Tail ( Bullet ) Human intelligence Immediate action drills In accordance with Information requirement Initial rally point Jacketed Hollow Point ( Bullet ) Exercise game named after the Rudyard Kipling Novel of the

area Final Firing Position

) Nose ( Bullet )

KIM Keep in memory. same name LBE LE LOC LOS LR LSA LSR LZ Mag ME MEDEVAC METL METT-TC

Load-bearing equipment Law Enforcement Lines of communication Line of sight Laser range finder Lubricating oil, weapons, semi-fluid Light sniper rifle Landing zone Magnum Muzzle energy Medical evacuation Mission-essential task list Mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civilians 2 of 5

Abbreviations and Acronyms MILES mm MMPI MOA MOPP MOUT MPH MRE MRT MSR MSS MTP MTT NBC NCO NE NGF NOD NSN NVD Multiple integrated laser engagement system Millimeter Minnesota Multi-Phasic Personality Inventory Minute of angle (1.0472" at 100 yards) Mission oriented protective posture Military operations on urbanized terrain Miles per hour Meals, ready to eat Mid Range trajectory Main supply route Mission support site Mission training plan Mobile training team Nuclear, biological, chemical Non-commissioned officer Nitro express Naval gunfire Night observation device National stock number Night vision device

O/U Over-and-under O-T Observer-target OAL Overall Length OCOKA Observation and fire, concealment and cover, obstacles, key terrain, and avenues of approach OIR Other intelligence requirements OP Observation post OPCON Operational control OPFOR Opposing forces OPORD Operation order OPSEC Operations security ORP Objective rally point P50 PD PFC PIR POA POC PoH/PH POI PRC PSG PSP PSYOP PZ QRF RAMS RAP RBC RECONREP RF RFA RGT RN ROE RSTA Platoon sergeant Point-detonating Private first class Priority intelligence requirement Point of aim Point of contact Probability of Hit Point of impact OR program of instruction Populace and resources control Platoon sergeant Pointed Soft Point ( Bullet ) Psychological operations Pickup zone Quick-reaction force Remote anti-armour mine system Rear area protection OR Rocket assisted projectile Rifle bore cleaner Reconnaissance report Rimfire OR Radio frequency Restrictive fire area Running Game Target Round Nose ( Bullet ) Rules of engagement Reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition

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Abbreviations and Acronyms S1 S2 S3 S4 SAAMI SA SALUTE SAR SAW SCBS SD SEO SFC SGT SHELREP SIR SITREP SM SO SOF SOI SOP SOTIC SP SPC SPIES SPOTREP SR SSO STAB STANAG STANO STX SWAT SWS TAC TC TFFP TM TOC TOW TRC TAP UKD U.S. USAF USAR USASFC USC USMC USN UW VLD WP Adjutant Intelligence officer Operations and training officer Supply officer Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute Security assistant Size, activity, location, unit, time, and equipment Search and rescue Squad automatic weapon Shooter's Choice Bore Solvent Sectional Density Sniper employment officer Sergeant first class Sergeant Shelling report Specific information requirements Situation report Smoke munitions Special operations Special operations forces Signal operation instructions Standing operating procedure Special Operations Target Interdiction Course Spire Point ( Bullet ) Specialist Special patrol insertion/extraction system Spot report Special reconnaissance Sunrise/sunset overlay System for extracting personnel by helicopter Standardization agreement Surveillance, target acquisition, and night observation Situational training exercise Special Weapons And Tactics Sniper Weapon System Tactical air command Training circular Tentative final firing position Technical manual Tactical operations centre Tube-launched, optically tracked wire-guided missile Training readiness condition Target reference point Unknown Distance United States United States Air Force United States Army Reserve United States Army Special Forces Command United States Code United States Marine Corps United States Navy Unconventional warfare Very Low Drag ( Bullet ) White phosphorus

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