Post any you want to add to the list. Military or military-political related please.
AA - anti-aircraft AAG - anti-aircraft gun ADF - Australian Defense Force AESA - active electronically scanned array AEW&C - Airborne Early Warning and Control AFV - armored fighting vehicle APSFDS - armor piercing fin stabilizing discarding sabot ARV - armored recovery vehicle ASW - anti-submarine warfare AT - anti-tank ATGM - anti-tank guided missile AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System AWOL - absent without official leave C2 - command and control C2I - command control and intelligence C3 - command control and communications C4I - command control communications computers and intelligence C4ISTAR - command control communications computers intelligence surveillance target acquisition and reconnaisance CAP - combat air patrol CFE - Conventional Forces in Europe treaty ECM - electronic countermeasures ERA - explosive reactive armor FRAG - fragmentation GAO - General Accounting Office GBAD - ground-based air defense GCI - ground controlled intercept GLONASS - Globan Navigation System HEAT - high-explosive anti-tank HE-FRAG - high-explosive fragmentation IDF - Israeli Defense Forces IFF - indentification friend or foe IFV - infantry fighting vehicle IR - infra-red IRBM - intermediate range ballistic missile ISTAR - intelligence surveillance target acquisition and recon KPA - Korean People's Army MANPADS - man-portable air defense systems MBT - Main Battle Tank MRAPV - mine-resistant ambush protectant vehicle MLRS - multiple launch rocket system NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization ODS - Operation Desert Storm OIF - Operation Iraqi Freedom PLA - People's Liberation Army PLAAF - People's Liberation Army Air Force PLAN - People's Liberation Army Navy RPG - rocket propelled grenade SAM - surface to air missile SCO - Shanghai Cooperation Organization SRBM - short-range ballistic missile SPAAG - self-propelled anti-aircraft gun TEL - transporter erector launcher TELAR - transporter erector launcher and radar UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle Last edited by TheRussianLord on 01 Aug 2008, 00:56, edited 3 times in total.
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ADF - Australian Defense Force
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BSG - Battle Star Galactica
CAP - Combat Air Patrol CAG - Captain of the Air Group CIC - Combat Information Center CMO - Chief Medical Officer CO - Commanding Officer ECO - Electronic Countermeasures Officer XO - Executive Officer \m/ ![]() Fitzy wrote:
I added some of the ones you guys suggested. I'm not going to add them all, there are too many. My goal isn't to write an encyclopedia, but to provide a quick reference guide. I added the ones that I have encountered more or less regularly in discussions at defense forums, and in articles. Please don't suggest silly ones like BSG. And while I appreciate the input, this is here to be used. Given the low activity of the Red Army forum I'm highly doubtful that we really need that many of them.
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heheh manpads.
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