List of modern AFV and artillery-related terms and acronyms

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List of terms, acronyms, information, related to modern armour, artillery, and related military subject matter.

A

• AA anti-aircraft
• AAA anti-aircraft artillery
• AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
• AAD Armoured Amphibious Dozer
• AAG anti-aircraft gun
• AAK Appliqué Armor Kit (US)
• AAPC Advanced Armoured Personnel Carrier (Turkey)
• AAV Assault Amphibian Vehicle
• ABIT Advanced Built-In Test
• ABM Air Bursting Munition
• ABS Anti-skid Braking System
• ABSV Armoured Battlegroup Support Vehicle
• ACAVP Advanced Composite Armoured Vehicle Platform (UK)
• ACCE Abrams/Crusader Common Engine
• ACCV Armored Cavalry Cannon Vehicle (US)
• ACE Armored Combat Earthmover (US)
• ACLOS Automatic Command Line Of Sight
• ACRV Armoured Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle
• ACS Artillery Communications System
• ACV Armored Cannon Vehicle (US)
• ACV Armoured Combat Vehicle
• ACVT Armored Combat Vehicle Technology Program (US)
• ADAM Area Denial Artillery Munition
• ADAMS Air Defense Advanced Mobile System (US)
• ADATS Air Defence Anti-Tank System
• ADEA Army Development and Employment Agency
• AEV armoured engineer vehicle
• AF air force
• AFARV Armored, Forward Area, Re-arm Vehicle (US)
• AFAS Advanced Field Artillery System
• AFCS Automatic Fire-Control Systems
• AFD automatic feeding device
• AFSV Armoured Fire Support Vehicle
• AFV Armored Family of Vehicles (US)
• AFV armoured fighting vehicle
• AGF Army Ground Forces
• AGL above ground level
• AGL Automatic Grenade Launcher
• AGLS Automatic Gun Laying System
• AGS Armored Gun System (US)
• AGV Assault Gun Vehicle
• AGVT Advanced Ground Vehicle Technology
• Ah ampиre hour
• AIFS Advanced Indirect Fire System
• AIFV Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle (US)
• AIFV armoured infantry fighting vehicle
• AIPS Advanced Integrated Propulsion System (US)
• ALAAVS Advanced Light Armored/Amphibious Vehicle System (US)
• ALC Advanced Land Combat (US)
• ALS Advanced Laying System
• ALSV Armoured Logistics Support Vehicle
• ALT Armoured Launching Turret
• AMC Advanced Mortar Carrier (Turkey)
• AMC Armoured Mortar Carrier
• AMC U.S. Army Materiel Command
• AMCCOM Armament Munitions and Chemical Command
• AMDS Anti-Missile Discarding Sabot
• AMF Amphibische Mehrzweck-Fahrzeuge (multipurpose amphibious vehicle)
• AML Automitrailleuse Légиre (light armoured car)
• AMOS Advanced Mortar System
• AMR Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance
• AMRWS Advanced Multi-Role Weapon Station
• AMS Armoured Mortar System
• AMX Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux
• ANAD Anniston Army Depot
• AOI Arab Organisation for Industrialisation
• AOS add-on stabilisation
• AP armour-piercing
• APAM anti-personnel, anti-matériel
• APC armoured personnel carrier
• APC armour-piercing capped
• APC-T armour-piercing capped - tracer
• APCT-BF armour-piercing capped tracer - base fuze
• APDS armour-piercing discarding sabot
• APDS-T armour-piercing discarding sabot - tracer
• APE Amphibisches Pionier-Erkundungsfahrzeug (amphibious front-line reconnaissance vehicle)
• APERS anti-personnel
• APERS-T anti-personnel tracer
• APFIDS armour-piercing fragmentation incendiary discarding sabot
• APFSDS armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot
• APFSDS(P) armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (practice)
• APFSDS-T armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot - tracer
• APG Aberdeen Proving Grounds
• APGM Autonomous Precision-Guided Munition
• APHE armour-piercing high explosive
• API armour-piercing incendiary
• APIT armour-piercing incendiary tracer
• APM anti-personnel mine
• APS Advanced Propulsion System
• APS Artillery Pointing System
• APSE armour-piercing secondary effect
• APSE-T armour-piercing secondary effect - tracer
• APT armour-piercing tracer
• APTE Abrams Power Train Evolution (US)
• APU auxiliary power unit
• APV armoured patrol vehicle
• AR/AAV Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle (US)
• ARDEC Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (US)
• ARDNOT Automatic Day/Night Optical Tracker
• ARE Atelier de Construction Roanne
• ARETS Armour Remote Target System
• ARMAD Armoured and Mechanised Unit Air Defence
• ARMSCOR Armament Manufacturing Corporation (South Africa)
• ARMVAL Anti-Armor Vehicle Evaluation (US)
• ARP anti-radiation projectile
• ARP Armoured Repair Plates
• ARRADCOM Armament Research and Development Command
• ARRV Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle
• ARSV Armored Reconnaissance Scout Vehicle (US)
• ART Armoured Recon Transport
• ARV armoured recovery vehicle
• ASA Advanced Security Agency
• ASARC Army Systems Acquisition Review Council
• ASCOD Austrian Spanish Co-operative Development
• ASM Armored Systems Modernisation (US)
• ASTROS Artillery Saturation Rocket System (Brazil)
• ASV ammunition supply vehicle
• ASV Armored Security Vehicle(US)
• AT anti-tank
• ATACS Advanced Tank Cannon System (US)
• ATCAS Advanced Towed Cannon System
• ATD Advanced Technology Demonstration
• ATD Advanced Technology Demonstrator (US)
• ATD Automatic Target Detection
• ATDT Automatic Target Detection and Tracking
• ATDU Armoured Trials and Development Unit (UK)
• ATFCS Automated Targeting and Fire Control System
• ATG anti-tank gun
• ATGM anti-Tank Guided Missile
• ATGW anti-tank guided weapon
• ATLAS Advanced Technology Light Artillery System
• ATLV Artillery Target Location Vehicle
• ATM anti-tank mine
• ATR Automotive Test Rig
• ATR - EDS Automotive Test Rig - Electric Drive System
• ATS Atelier de Construction de Tarbes
• ATTC All Terrain Tracked Carrier
• ATTS Air Transportable Towed System
• ATV All Terrain Vehicle
• ATV Armoured TOW Vehicle (Turkey)
• AVGP Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Canada)
• AVH Armoured Vehicle Heavy
• AVL Armoured Vehicle Light
• AVLB Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge
• AVF Armoured Fighting Vehicle
• AVM Armoured Vehicle Medium
• AVR armoured vehicle reconnaissance
• AVRE Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (UK)
• AVRE Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers (UK)
• AVT Advanced Vehicle Technologies (US)
• AWE Advanced Warfighting Experiment

B

• BAe British Aerospace
• BARV Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle
• BASE British Aerospace Systems and Equipment
• BATES Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System
• BB base bleed
• BCC battery control centre
• BCP Battery Command Post
• BCT Brigade Combat Team (US)
• BCV Battle Command Vehicle
• BD base detonating
• BE base ejection
• BFV Bradley Fighting Vehicle
• BGT Brigade Combat Team
• bhp brake horsepower
• BIFF Battlefield Identification Friend or Foe
• BITE built-in test equipment
• BL Blank
• BLR Blindado Ligero de Ruedas
• BL-T blank tracer
• BMF Belgian Mechanical Fabrication
• BMR Blindado Medio de Ruedas
• BMS Battlefield Management System
• BNS Bill Night Sight
• BOCV Battery Operations Centre Vehicle
• BOL Bearing Only Launch
• BOLTS Bolt On Loading Tray System
• BTA best technical approach

C

• CAD computer-assisted design
• CAL Canadian Arsenals Limited
• CAP Combustible Augmented Plasma
• CARRV Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle
• CAT/FCS Command Adjusted Trajectory/Fire-Control System (US)
• CAT/LCV Combined Arms Team/Lightweight Combat Vehicle (US)
• CATT-B Component Advanced Technology TestBed (US)
• CAV Composite Armored Vehicle (US)
• CAWS Cannon Artillery Weapons Systems (US)
• CCC combustible cartridge case
• CCD Charge Coupled Device
• CCP Computer Control Panel
• CCR Crown Copyright Reserved
• CCTV closed-circuit TV
• CCU Central Control Unit
• CCV Close Combat Vehicle
• CCV Command and Control Vehicle (US)
• CCV-L Close Combat Vehicle - Light
• CDM Coastal Defence Missile
• CDU Command Display Unit
• CDU Computer Display Unit
• CE Chemical Energy
• CECOM Communications-Electronics Command
• CENTCOM Central Command
• CEP Circular Error of Probability
• CET Combat Engineer Tractor
• CEU Computer Electronics Unit
• CEV combat engineer vehicle
• CF controlled fragmentation
• CFE Conventional Forces Europe
• CFV Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (US)
• CGS Crew Gunnery Simulator
• CHA Cast Homogeneous Armour
• CHARM Challenger Chieftain Armament
• CHIP Challenger Improvement Programme
• CIFV Composite Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• CILAS Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers
• CIS Chartered Industries of Singapore
• CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
• CITV Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer (US)
• CIWS Close-In Weapons System
• CLAMS Clear Lane Marking System (US)
• CLAWS Close Combat Light Armor Weapon System (US)
• CLGP Cannon-Launched Guided Projectile (US)
• CMS Compact Modular Sight
• CMV Combat Mobility Vehicle (US)
• COG Course Over Ground
• Comp B Composition B
• COMVAT Combat Vehicles Armament Technology (US)
• COS Chief of Section
• COTAC Conduite de Tir Automatique pour Char (tank automatic fire)
• COTS Commercial-off-the-shelf
• COV Counter Obstacle Vehicle (US)
• CP concrete-piercing
• CPS Cardinal Points Specification (UK)
• CPV command post vehicle
• CR Capability Requirement
• CRR Carro de Reconhecimento Sobre Rodas (reconnaissance tracking scout car)
• CRT cathode ray tube
• CRU Cable Reel Unit
• CS Communications Subsystem
• CSB Combat Support Boat
• CSF Combined Service Forces
• CSI computer-synthesised image
• CSS Computer Sighting System
• CTA Case Telescoped Ammunition
• CTD Concept Technology Demonstrator
• CTI Central Tyre Inflation
• CTIS Central Tyre Inflation System
• CTRA Carro de Transporte Sobre Rodas Anfibo (amphibious tracking scout car)
• CTT Challenger Training Tank
• CV90 Combat Vehicle 90
• CVAST Combat Vehicle Armament System Technology (US)
• CVRDE Combat Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (India)
• CVR(T) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (UK)
• CVR(W) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled) (UK)
• CVT controlled variable time
• CVTTS Combat Vehicle Targeting System
• CWR continuous wave radar
• CWS cupola weapon station

D

• DAHA dual axis head assembly
• DAREOD Damaged Airfield Reconnaissance Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• DARCOM US Army Matériel Development and Readiness Command
• DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• DAS Defensive Aids Suite
• DAS Defensive Aid System
• DASP Demountable Artillery Surveillance Pod
• DCA Défense Contre Avions (anti-aircraft)
• DD Detroit Diesel
• DDA Detroit Diesel Allison
• DDS Department of Defense Support
• DDU digital display unit
• DECA Digital Electronic Control Assembly
• DEFA Direction des études et Fabrications d'Armement
• DERA Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (UK)
• DESO Defence Export Sales Organisation (UK)
• DFCS Digital Fire-Control System
• DFSV Direct Fire Support Vehicle
• DFV Desert Fighting Vehicle
• DHSS Data Handling SubSystem
• DIA Defense Intelligence Agency (US)
• DIP driver instrument panel
• DMU Distance Measurement Unit
• DNRS Day/Night Range Sight
• DoD Department of Defense (US)
• DOP Department of Productivity
• DPA Defence Procurement Agency (UK)
• DPICM Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (US)
• DPTR Diopter
• DRA Defence Research Agency (UK)
• DROPS Demountable Rack Offloading and Pick-up System
• DSACS Direct Support Armored Cannon System (US)
• DSETS Direct Support Electrical Test System
• DSO Defence Sales Organisation
• DS/T practice discarding sabot/tracer
• DSWS Division Support Weapon System
• DTAT Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres
• DTT Driver Training Tank
• DU depleted uranium
• DV Demining Vehicle
• DVE Driver's Vision Enhancer
• DWFK Deep Water Fording Kit

E

• EAAK Enhanced Appliqué Armor Kit (US)
• 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
• ECM Electronic countermeasures
• ECS Environmental Control Subsystem
• ECV Enhanced Capacity Vehicle
• 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
• EFVS Electronic Fighting Vehicle System (US)
• EG External Gun
• ELKE Elevated Kinetic Energy Weapon (US)
• ELS Electromagnetic Launcher System
• ELSAP Elektronische Schiessanlage für Panzer (electronic fire system for tanks)
• EM electromagnetic
• EMC Executive Management Committee
• EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development
• EMDG Euromissile Dynamics Group
• EMG externally mounted gun
• EMP electromagnetic pulse
• ENGESA Engesa Engenheiros Especializados (Brazil)
• EOD explosive ordnance disposal
• EOR Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance
• EOTS Electro-Optical Tracking System
• EPC electronic plane conversion
• EPC Engin Principal de Combat (future main battle tank)
• 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 Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle
• ERV emergency rescue vehicle
• 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
• ETM Electronic Technical Manuals
• ETS Elevated TOW System
• ETS Engineer Tank System
• EW electronic warfare
• EWK Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern Gцppner
• EWS external weapon station

F

• FAAD Forward Area Air Defense (US)
• FAAR Forward Area Alerting Radar (US)
• FAASV Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (US)
• FACE Field Artillery Computer Equipment
• FARS field artillery rocket system
• FARV-A Future Armored Resupply Vehicle - Artillery (US)
• FAST Forward Area Support Team
• FAV Fast Attack Vehicle (US)
• 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
• 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 Battlefield Area
• FEP Firepower Enhancement Programme
• FET Future Engineer Tank
• FFAR Folding Fin Aerial Rocket
• FFE Fire for Effect
• FG field gun
• FH field howitzer
• FIFV Future Infantry Fighting Vehicle (US)
• FIS Fuze Interface System
• FISTV Fire Support Team Vehicle (US)
• FITOW Further Improved TOW (US)
• FLIR forward-looking infra-red
• FLOT forward line of own troops
• FMC Food Machinery Corporation
• FMJ Full Metal Jacket
• FMS Foreign Military Sales
• FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
• FN Fabrique Nationale
• FOG Fibre Optic Gyro
• FOM Fibre Optic Missile
• FOO forward observation officer
• FOTT Follow On To TOW
• FOV field of view
• FRAG fragmentation
• FRES Future Rapid Effects System
• FROG free rocket over ground
• FSCV fire support combat vehicle
• FSED full-scale engineering development (US)
• FST Future Soviet Tank/Follow-on Soviet Tank
• FSV fire support vehicle
• FSV Future Scout Vehicle (US)
• FTMA Future Tank Main Armament
• FTS Future Tank Study
• FUE First Unit Equipped
• FUG Felderitц Usу Gépkosci
• FV fighting vehicle
• FVDD Fighting Vehicle Development Division
• FV/GCE fighting vehicle gun control equipment
• FVRDE Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (UK)
• FVS Fighting Vehicle System (US)
• FVSC Fighting Vehicle Systems Carrier (US)
• FY fiscal year

G

• G gendarmerie
• GAO General Accounting Office
• GAP Gun Aiming Post
• GCE gun control equipment
• GCT Grande Cadence de Tir (high rate of fire)
• GCW Gross Combat Weight
• GD General Dynamics
• GDLS General Dynamics Land Systems
• GDU Gun Display Unit
• GFE Government Furnished Equipment
• GH gun-howitzer
• GIAT Groupement Industriel des Armements Terrestres
• GLC gun lay computer
• GLH-H Ground-Launched Hellfire-Heavy (US)
• GLLD Ground Laser Locator Designator (US)
• GLS Gesellschaft fьr Logistischen Service
• GMC General Motors Corporation
• GMLRS Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
• GM, MVO General Motors, Military Vehicle Operations
• GMS Gun Management System
• GOCO government-owned, contractor-operated (US)
• 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
• GRU Glavnoe Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie, meaning Main Intelligence Directorate
• GSR General Staff Requirement (US)
• GSRS General Support Rocket System
• GST General Staff Target
• GST Gesellschaft fьr System-Technik
• GTCS Gun Test and Control System
• GTI German Tank Improvement
• GVW Gross Vehicle Weight
• GW guided weapon

H

• HAB Heavy Assault Bridge (US)
• HAG Heavy Artillery Gun
• HAWK Homing-All-the-Way-Killer (US)
• HB heavy barrel
• HC high capacity
• HCER high-capacity extended range
• HCHE high-capacity high explosive
• HCT HOT Compact Turret
• HE high explosive
• HE-APERS high-explosive anti-personnel
• HEAP-T high-explosive anti-personnel - tracer
• HEAT high-explosive anti-tank
• HEAT-FS high-explosive anti-tank fin-stabilised
• 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)
• HE-FRAG high-explosive fragmentation
• HE-FRAG-FS high-explosive fragmentation - fin-stabilised
• HE-FS high-explosive - fin-stabilised
• HEI high-explosive incendiary
• 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)
• HEMTT Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (US)
• HEP high-explosive plastic
• HEPD high-explosive point detonating
• HE/PR high-explosive practice
• HEP-T high-explosive practice - tracer
• HERA high-explosive rocket-assisted
• HE-S high-explosive spotting
• HESH high-explosive squash head
• HESH-T high-explosive squash head - tracer
• HE-T high-explosive tracer
• HET-PF high-explosive tracer - percussion fuze
• HETS Heavy Equipment Transport System
• HE-T SD high-explosive tracer - self-destruct
• 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 Infra-Red Equipment
• HIU Heading Indicator Unit
• HMC Howitzer Motor Carriage
• HMD Helmet-Mounted Display
• HMLC High-Mobility Load Carrier
• HMMWV High-Mobility MultiPurpose Wheeled Vehicle
• HOE Holographic Optical Element
• HOT Haute subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé
• How howitzer
• hp horsepower
• HPFP High-Performance Fragmentation Projectile
• HPS Helmet Pointing System (or Sight)
• HPT high-pressure test
• HRU Heading Reference Unit
• HSS Hunter Sensor Suite
• HSTV(L) High-Survivability Test Vehicle (Lightweight) (US)
• HTTB High-Technology TestBed (US)
• HVAP high-velocity armour-piercing
• HVAPDS-T high-velocity armour-piercing discarding sabot - tracer
• HVAPFSDS high-velocity armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot
• HVAP-T high-velocity armour-piercing tracer
• 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

• IAFV infantry armoured fighting vehicle
• IAI Israel Aircraft Industries
• IASD Instant Ammunition Selection Device
• IBAS Improved Bradley Acquisition System
• ICC information co-ordination centre
• ICM improved conventional munition
• ICM BB improved conventional munition base bleed
• ICV Infantry Combat Vehicle
• IDF Israel Defence Forces
• IEPG Independent European Program Group
• IFCS Improved Fire-Control System
• IFCS Integrated Fire-Control System
• IFF Identification Friend or Foe
• IFV infantry fighting vehicle
• IFVwCM Infantry Fighting Vehicle with Integrated Countermeasures (US)
• II image intensification
• ILL illuminating
• ILMS Improved Launcher Mechanical System
• ILS Integrated Logistic Support
• IMMLC Improved Medium Mobility Load Carrier
• IOC initial operational capability
• 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
• ISU Integrated Sight Unit
• ISV Internal Security Vehicle
• ITV Improved TOW Vehicle (US)
• IVPDL Inter-Vehicle Positioning and Data Link (US)
• IWS Improved Weapon System

J

• JBMoU Joint Ballistic Memorandum of Understanding
• JGSDF Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force
• JHP Jacketed Hollow Point
• JPO Joint Project Office
• JSC Joint Steering Committee
• JSDFA Japanese Self-Defence Force Agency

K

• KAAV Korean Armoured Amphibious Vehicle
• KE kinetic energy
• KEC Kaman Electromagnetics Corporation
• KEM Kinetic Energy Missile (US)
• KIFV Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• KPA Korea People's Army

L

• LAAG light anti-aircraft gun
• LAD light aid detachment
• LADS light air defense system (US)
• LAG Light Artillery Gun
• LAPES Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System
• 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
• LCS Loader Control System
• LCU Landing Craft Utility
• LCV Light Contingency Vehicle (LCV) (US)
• LED light emitting diode
• LEP Life Extension Programme
• LEU Launcher Erector Unit
• LIA Linear Induction Accelerator
• LIMAWS Lightweight Mobile Artillery Weapon System
• LIW Lyttleton Engineering Works
• LKP Loader Keyboard Panel
• LLAD low-level air defence
• LLLTV low light level television
• LLM Launcher Loader Module
• LMG light machine gun
• LNS Land Navigation System
• LNS Laying and Navigation System
• LOAL Lock-On After Launch
• LOBL Lock-On Before Launch
• LOS Line Of Sight
• LOSAT Line Of Sight Anti-Tank
• LP Liquid Propellant
• LPC Launcher Pod Carrier
• LPC Launch Pod Container
• LPT Low-Profile Turret
• LPTS Lightweight Protected Turret System
• LRAR Long Range Artillery Rocket
• LRASS Long-Range Advanced Scout System
• LRAT long-range anti-tank
• LRBB long-range base bleed
• LRF laser range-finder
• LRF Low Recoil Force
• LRHB long-range hollow base
• LRN Low Recoil NORICUM
• LRU Launcher Replenishment Unit
• LRU line-replaceable unit
• LTD laser target designator
• LTFCS Laser Tank Fire-Control System
• LVA landing vehicle assault (US)
• 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)
• LWML LightWeight Multiple Launcher
• LWMS LightWeight Modular Sight
• LWS laser warning system
• LWT light weapon turret

M

• MAC Medium Armored Car (US)
• MACS Modular Artillery Charge System
• MADLS Mobile Air Defence Launching System
• MAMBA Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar
• MAOV Mobile Artillery Observation Vehicle
• MAP Military Aid Programme
• MAPS Modular Azimuth Position System
• MARDI Mobile Advanced Robotics Defence Initiative (UK)
• MARS Multiple Artillery Rocket System
• MAV maintenance assist vehicle
• MAVD MLRS Aim Verification Device
• MBA main battle area
• MBB Messerschmitt-Bцlkow-Blohm
• MBT main battle tank
• 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 Calibre Weapons Station (US)
• MDU Map Display Unit
• MENS Mission Element Need Statement (US)
• MEV medical evacuation vehicle (US)
• MEWS Mobile Electronic Warfare System
• MEWSS Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System
• MF multifunction
• MFC mortar fire controller
• MFCV Missile Fire-Control Vehicle
• MFF munition filling factory
• MG machine gun
• MGB Medium Girder Bridge
• MGS Mobile Gun System
• MGTS MultiGun Turret System
• MGU Mid-course Guidance Unit
• MI Military Intelligance
• MICOM Missile Command (US)
• MICV mechanised infantry combat vehicle
• MILAN Missile d'Infantrie Léger Antichar (light infantry anti-tank missile)
• MILES Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (US)
• MIPS Medium Integrated Propulsion System (US)
• MLA Manufacturing Licence Agreement
• MLC Military Load Class
• MLC Modular Load Carrier
• MLI Mid-Life Improvement
• MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System (US)
• MMBF mean miles between failures
• MMS mast-mounted sight
• MoA Memorandum of Agreement
• MoD Ministry of Defence
• MODA Ministry of Defence and Aviation
• MOLF Modular Laser Fire Control (Germany)
• MoU Memorandum of Understanding
• MPBAV MultiPurpose Base Armoured Vehicle
• MPC MultiPurpose Carrier (Netherlands)
• MPGS Mobile Protected Gun System (US)
• MPS Maritime Prepositioning Ships (US)
• MPV Multi-Purpose Vehicle
• MPWS Mobile Protected Weapon System (US)
• MRAV MultiRole Armoured Vehicle
• MRBF mean rounds before failure
• 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)
• 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
• MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union
• MTVL mobile tactical vehicle light
• MULE Modular Universal Laser Equipment (US)
• MUSS Multifunctional Selfprotection System
• MV muzzle velocity
• MVEE Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment
• MVRS Muzzle Velocity Radar System
• MWS Manned Weapon Station (US)

N

• NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
• NBMR NATO Basic Military Requirement
• NDU Navigation Display Unit
• NLOS-C Non-Line Of Sight-Cannon
• NLOS-M Non-Line Of Sight-Mortar
• NTC National Training Center (USA)
• NUGP nominal unit ground pressure
• NVD Night Vision Device
• NVE Night Vision Equipment
• NVESD Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate

O

• OBR Optical Beam-Riding
• OCC Obus à Charge Creusé (shaped-charge shell)
• OCU Operational Centre Unit
• ODE Ordnance Development and Engineering (Singapore)
• OEO optical and electro-optical
• OP observation post
• OP Operators Panel
• OPV Observation Post Vehicle
• OT operational test
• OTA overflight top attack
• OTEA Operational Test and Evaluation Agency (US)

P

• P3I Pre-Planned Product Improvements
• PAR pulse acquisition radar
• PAT power-assisted traverse
• PCB printed circuit board
• PD point detonating
• PD Point Defense
• PDNA Positioning Determining/Navigation Unit
• PDRR Program Definition and Risk Reduction
• PE Procurement Executive (UK)
• PEC Printed Electronic Circuits
• PFD proximity fuze disconnector
• PFHE prefragmented high explosive
• PFPX prefragmented proximity fuzed
• P How pack howitzer
• PIE pyrotechnically initiated explosive
• PIP Product Improvement Programme
• PLA People's Liberation Army
• PLARS Position Location And Reporting System (US)
• PLC Programmable Logic Control
• PLO Palestinian Liberation Army
• PLS Palletised Load System (US)
• PM porte mortier (mortar carrier)
• PMO Program Management Office (US)
• PMS Pedestal-Mounted Stinger
• PNU Position Navigation Unit
• POF Pakistan Ordnance Factories
• POS Postes Optiques de Surveillance
• PPI plan position indicator
• PPS Precise Positioning Service
• PRAC practice
• PRAC-T practice tracer
• PRI projector reticle image
• PSD Propulsion System Demonstrator
• PSS Primary Sight System
• PTO power take-off
• PVP Petit Véhicule Protégé
• PWI-SR(GR) Panser Wagen Infanterie-Standaard (Groep)

Q

• QCB Quick Change Barrel
• QE quadrant elevation

R

• RA Royal Artillery
• RAAMS Remote Anti-Armor Mine System (US)
• RAC Royal Armoured Corps
• RADIRS Rapid Deployment Multiple Rocket System (US)
• RAF Royal Air Force
• RAM-D reliability, availability, maintainability and durability
• RAO Rear Area Operations
• 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)
• RBL Range and Bearing Launch
• RCAAS Remote-Controlled Anti-Armor System (US)
• RCC Roland Co-ordination Center (US)
• RCDU Remote-Controlled Defence Unit
• RC/MAS Reserve Component/Modified Armament System
• RCS Radar Cross Section
• 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
• RFAS Russian Federation and Associated States
• RFI request for information
• RFP request for proposals
• RFPI Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• RFQ Request For Quotations
• RHA rolled homogeneous armour
• RHA Royal Horse Artillery
• RISE Reliability Improved Selected Equipment
• RLC Royal Logistic Corps
• RLG Ring Laser Gyro
• RMG ranging machine gun
• RO Royal Ordnance
• ROBAT Robotic Counter-Obstacle Vehicle (US)
• RoC Republic of China
• ROC required operational characteristics
• ROF rate of fire
• ROF Royal Ordnance Factory (UK)
• RoK Republic of Korea
• RoKIT Republic of Korea Indigenous Tank
• ROR range only radar
• RP rocket-propelled
• RPG Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot
• RPC Rocket Pod Container
• RPV remotely piloted vehicle
• RR Recoilless Rifle
• RRPR Reduced Range Practice Rocket
• RSS Rosette Scanning Seeker
• RTT Roues Transporteur de Troupes
• RUC Royal Ulster Constabulary
• RWS Remote Weapon Station

S

• SABCA Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques
• SADARM Sense And Destroy Armor (US)
• SADF South African Defence Force
• SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
• SAL semi-active laser
• SAM surface-to-air missile
• SAMM Société d'Applications des Machines Motrices
• SANDF South African National Defence Force
• SANG Saudi Arabian National Guard
• SAPI semi-armour-piercing incendiary
• SATCP Systиme Anti-aérien à Trиs Courte Portée (very short-range anti-aircraft system)
• SAVA Standard Army Vectronics Architecture
• SAW Squad Automatic Weapon
• SCORE Stratified Charge Omnivorous Rotary Engine
• SD self-destruct
• SEME School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• SEN shell extended range NORICUM
• SFCS Simplified Fire-Control System
• SFIM Société de Fabrication d'Instrument de Mesure
• SFIRR solid fuel integral rocket/ramjet
• SFM Sensor Fuzed Munitions
• SGTS Second-Generation Tank Sight
• SHORAD Short-Range Air Defence System
• shp shaft horsepower
• SH/PRAC squash head practice
• SICPS Standard Integrated Command Post Systems
• SIP System Improvement Plan
• SIPS Small Integrated Propulsion System
• SKOT Sredni Kolowy Opancerzny Transporter (armoured personnel carrier)
• SLAP saboted light armor penetrator
• SLEP Service Life Extension Program (US)
• SLR Super Low Recoil
• SLWAGL Super Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher
• SM smoke
• SMG sub-machine gun
• Smoke BE smoke base ejection
• Smoke WP smoke white phosphorus
• SMP Surface Mine Plough
• SOG Speed Over Ground
• SP self-propelled
• 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
• SPATG self-propelled anti-tank gun
• SPAW self-propelled artillery weapon
• SPG self-propelled gun
• SPH self-propelled howitzer
• SPL self-propelled launcher
• SPLL Self-propelled Loader Launcher
• SPM self-propelled mortar
• SPS Standard Positioning Service
• SPSM Sensorgezundete Panzerabwehr SubMunition
• SR Staff Requirement
• SRC Space Research Corporation
• SRG shell replenishment gear
• SRU Shop Replaceable Unit
• SRU slip ring unit
• SRV Surrogate Research Vehicle (US)
• SSA Special Spaced Armour
• SSG Single Shot Gun
• SSK Single Shot Kill
• ST Staff Target
• STA shell transfer arm
• STAFF Small Target Activated Fire-and-Forget (US)
• STARTLE Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)
• STE/ICE Simplified Test Equipment/Internal Combustion Engine (US)
• STUP spinning tubular projectile
• SWARM Stabilised Weapon and Reconnaissance Mount

T

• TACMS Army Tactical Missile System (US)
• TACOM Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• TADDS Target Alert Display Data Set (US)
• TADS Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• TAM Tanque Argentino Mediano
• TAS tracking adjunct system
• TAS Turet Attitude Sensor
• TBAT TOW/Bushmaster Armored Turret (US)
• TCO Tactial Combat Operations
• TCU tactical control unit
• TD tank destroyer
• TDCS Tank Driver Command System
• TDR Target Data Receiver
• TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher
• TELAR Transporter-Erector-Launcher And Radar
• TES target engagement system
• TGMTS Tank Gunnery Missile Tracking System
• TGP Terminally Guided Projectile
• TGS Tank Gun Sight
• TGSM terminally guided submunition
• TGTS tank gunnery training simulator
• TI thermal imaging
• TICM thermal imaging common modules
• TIIPS Thermal Imaging and Integrated Position System
• TIPU Thermal Image Processing Units
• TIRE Tank Infra-Red Elbow
• TIS thermal imaging system
• TLC Transport Launching Container
• TLD Top Level Demonstrations
• TLE Treaty Limited Equipment
• TLR Tank Laser Range-finder
• TLS Tank Laser Sight
• TM&LS Textron Marine & Land Systems
• TMBC Turret Management Ballistic Computer
• TMS Turret Modernisation System
• TMUAS Turreted Mortar Under Armor System (US)
• TOE table of organisation and equipment
• TOGS Thermal Observation and Gunnery System (UK)
• 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
• TPFSDS-T target practice fin-stabilised discarding sabot - tracer
• TP-SM target practice - smoke
• TP-SP target practice - spotting
• TP-T target practice - tracer
• 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
• TT transport de troupes (troop transporter)
• TTB Tank TestBed (US)
• TTD Transformation Technology Demonstrator
• TTG Time To Go
• TTS Tank Thermal Sight
• TU Terminal Unit
• TUA TOW Under Armor (US)
• TUR Tiefflieger-Ьberwachungs-Radar (low-level surveillance radar)
• TWD Thermal Warning Device
• TWMP Track Width Mine Plough
• TYDP Ten Year Defence Programme (Australia)

U

• UBLE Universal Bridge Launching Equipment
• UDR Ulster Defence Regiment
• UET Universal Engineer Tractor (US)
• UGV Unmanned Ground Vehicle
• ULC Unit Load Container
• USAADS U.S. Army Air Defense School
• USMC United States Marine Corps
• USN United States Navy
• UTS Universal Turret System

V

• VAB Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé (front armoured car)
• VAB Vickers Armoured Bridgelayer
• VADS Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• VAE Vehiculo Armado Exploracion
• 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
• VBL Véhicule Blindé Léger (light armoured vehicle)
• VBM Véhicules Blindés Modulaires
• 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)
• VCR variable compression ratio
• VCR Véhicule de Combat à Roues (wheeled combat vehicle)
• VCR/AT Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Atelier Véhicule
• VCR/IS Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Intervention Sanitaire
• VCR/PC Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Poste de Commandement
• VCR/TH Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Tourelle HOT
• VCR/TT Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Transport de Troupes
• 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)
• VLSMS Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System
• VMBT Vickers Main Battle Tank
• 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
• 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

• WAM Wide Area Mines (US)
• WAPC Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier (Canada)
• WASAD Wide Angle Surveillance and Automatic Detection Device
• WAV Wide Angle Viewing
• WFSV Wheeled Fire Support Vehicle (Canada)
• WHA Weapons Head Assembly
• WHSA Weapons Head Support Assembly
• WLR Weapon Locating Radar
• WMRV Wheeled Maintenance and Recovery Vehicle (Canada)
• WP white phosphorus
• WP-T white phosphorus - tracer

Y

• YMRS Yugoslav multiple rocket system

See also

• List of modern infantry related terms and acronyms
• List of established military terms
• List of military tactics

References

• http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/reference/Armor_and_Artillery_Glossary.htm

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