| AAC |
Army Air Corps |
|
| AAR |
Air
to Air Refuelling |
|
| AAAW |
Advanced
Anti-Armour Weapon |
|
| AAW |
Anti-Air
Warfare |
|
| AB |
Airborne |
|
| ABLE |
Automotive
Bridge Launching Equipment |
|
| ac |
Aircraft |
|
| ACCS |
Air
Control and Command Systems |
|
| accn |
Accommodation |
|
| ACE |
Allied
Command Europe |
|
| ACLANT |
Allied
Command North Atlantic |
|
| ACOS |
Assistant
Chief of Staff |
|
| ACV |
Armoured
Command Vehicle |
|
| AD |
Air
Defence/Air Dispatch/Army Department |
|
| ADA |
Air
Defended Area |
|
| ADAD |
Air
Defence Alerting Device |
|
| Adjt |
Adjutant |
|
| admin |
Administration |
|
| admin
O |
Administrative
Order |
|
| ADP |
Automatic
Data-Processing |
|
| ADR |
Airfield
Damage Repair |
|
| AEW |
Airborne
Early Warning |
|
| AFCENT |
Allied
Forces Central European Theatre |
|
| AFNORTHWEST |
Allied
Forces Northwestern Europe |
|
| AFSOUTH |
Allied
Forces Southern Europe |
|
| AFV |
Armoured
Fighting Vehicle |
|
| AGC |
Adjutant
General's Corps |
|
| ANGLS |
Autonomous
Navigation And Gun Laying System |
|
| AHQ |
Air
Headquarters |
|
| AIFV |
Armoured
Infantry Fighting Vehicle |
|
| AIRCENT |
Allied
Air Forces Central Europe |
|
| Airmob |
Airmobile |
|
| AJT |
Advanced
Jet Trainer |
|
| ALARM |
Air-Launched
Anti-Radiation Missile |
|
| AM |
Airbus
Military |
|
| AMF(L) |
Allied
Mobile Force (Land Element) |
|
| AMRAAM |
Advanced
Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
|
| AOC |
Air
Officer Commanding |
|
| AP |
Armour-Piercing/Ammunition
Point/Air Publication |
|
| APC |
Armoured
Personnel Carrier |
|
| APDS |
Armour-Piercing
Discarding Sabot |
|
| APO |
Army
Post Office |
|
| APS |
Auto
Pointing System |
|
| ARBS |
Angle
Rate Bombing System |
|
| armd |
Armoured |
|
| armr |
Armour |
|
| ARRC |
Allied
Rapid Reaction Corps |
|
| ARRF |
Allied
Rapid Reaction Forces |
|
| arty |
Artillery |
|
| ARV |
Armoured
Recovery Vehicle |
|
| ASACS |
Air
Surveillance & Control System |
|
| ASRAAM |
Advanced
Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
|
| ASTOVL |
Advanced
Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing |
|
| ASW |
Anti
-Submarine Warning |
|
| ATAF |
Allied
Tactical Air Force |
|
| ATGW |
Anti-Tank
Guided Weapon |
|
| ATM |
Acquisition
Training Missiles |
|
| att |
Attached |
|
| ATWM |
Army
Transition to War Measure |
|
| AUR |
All-up-Round |
|
| AVLB |
Armoured
Vehicle Launched Bridge |
|
| AWC |
Air
Warfare Centre |
|
| AWOL |
Absent
without leave |
|
| B |
|
TOP |
| BACCS |
Backbone
Air Command and Control System |
|
| BALTAP |
Baltic
Approaches |
|
| BAOR |
British
Army of the Rhine |
|
| BC |
Battery
Commander |
|
| bde |
Brigade |
|
| BE |
Belgium
(Belgian) |
|
| BEF |
British
Expeditionary Force |
|
| BFG |
British
Forces Germany |
|
| BFPO |
British
Forces Post Office |
|
| BG |
Battlegroup |
|
| BGHQ |
Battlegroup
Headquarters |
|
| BGTI |
Battlegroup
Themal Imaging |
|
| BICS |
Battlefield
Information Control System |
|
| BiH |
Bosnia
Herzogovina |
|
| BK |
Battery
Captain |
|
| BLD |
Battlefield
and Land Digitisation |
|
| BMA |
Battery
Manoeuvre Area |
|
| BMEWS |
Ballistic
Missile Early Warning System |
|
| BMH |
British
Military Hospital |
|
| BMS |
Battle
(field) Management System |
|
| bn |
Battalion |
|
| bty |
Battery |
|
| C |
|
TOP |
| c
sups |
Combat
Supplies |
|
| C3I |
Command,
Control, Communications & Intelligence |
|
| CAD |
Central
Ammunition Depot |
|
| cam |
Camouflaged |
|
| CAP |
Combat
Air Patrol |
|
| cas |
Casualty |
|
| CASEVAC |
Casualty
Evacuation |
|
| CASOM |
Conventional
Attack Stand-Off Missile |
|
| CASTOR |
Corps
Airborne Stand-Off Radar |
|
| cat |
Catering |
|
| CATO |
Civilian
Air Traffic Operation |
|
| CATS |
Combined
Aerial Target Service |
|
| CCM |
Counter
Countermeasure |
|
| CCP |
Casualty
Collecting Point |
|
| CCS |
Casualty
Clearing Station |
|
| Cdo |
Commando |
|
| CDS |
Chief
of the Defence Staff |
|
| CEP |
Circular
Error Probable/Central Engineer Park |
|
| CEPS |
Central
European Pipeline System |
|
| CET |
Combat
Engineer Tractor |
|
| CGRM |
Commander
General Royal Marines |
|
| CGS |
Chief
of the General Staff |
|
| CHARRV |
Challenger
Armoured Repair & Recovery Vehicle |
|
| CHARRV
TRL |
Challenger
Armoured Repair & Recovery Vehicle Trailer |
|
| CID |
Combat
Indentification |
|
| CIMIC |
Civil
Military Cooperation |
|
| CinC |
Commander-in-Chief |
|
| CINCENT |
Commander-in-Chief
Central European Theatre |
|
| CINCUKAIR |
Commander-in-Chief
UK Air |
|
| CIS |
Communication
Information Systems |
|
| civ |
Civilian |
|
| CJO |
Chief
of Joint Operations |
|
| CJRDFO |
Chief
of the Joint Rapid Deployment Force Operations |
|
| Cmdt |
Commandant |
|
| CO |
Commanding
Officer |
|
| COBRA |
Counter
Battery Radar |
|
| Col
GS |
Colonel
General Staff |
|
| ComBAT |
Common
Battlefield Application Toolset |
|
| comd |
Command/Commander |
|
| Comms
Z |
Communications
Zone |
|
| comp
rat |
Composite
Ration (Compo) |
|
| COMRFA |
Commander
Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
|
| COMSEN |
Communications
Centre |
|
| COMSFOR |
Commander
SFOR |
|
| coord |
Coordinate |
|
| COS |
Chief
of Staff |
|
| coy |
Company |
|
| CP |
Close
Protection/Command Post |
|
| CPO |
Command
Pay Office/Chief Petty Officer |
|
| CQMS |
Company
Quartermaster Sergeant |
|
| CRC |
Control
Reporting Centre |
|
| CRP |
Control
Reporting Point |
|
| CSABM |
Collaborative
System for Air Battlespace Management |
|
| CSVH |
Combat
Support Vehicle Heavy |
|
| CSVL |
Combat
Support Vehicle Heavy |
|
| CTOL |
Conventional
Take-Off and Landing |
|
| CTTO |
Central
Trials and Tactics Organisation |
|
| CUP |
Capability
Upgrade Period |
|
| CV |
Combat
Vehicle |
|
| CVD |
Central
Vehicle Depot |
|
| CVR(T) |
Combat
Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked |
|
| CVR
(W) |
Combat
Vehicle Reconnaissance Wheeled |
|
| CW |
Chemical
Warfare |
|
| D |
|
TOP |
| DAA |
Divisional Administrative
Area |
|
| DAG |
Divisional Artillery
Group |
|
| DASS |
Defensive Aids
Sub-System |
|
| DAW |
Department of
Air Warfare |
|
| def |
Defence |
|
| DERA |
Defence Evaluation
& Research Agency |
|
| det |
Detached/Detachment |
|
| DF |
Defensive Fire |
|
| DHFS |
Defence Helicopter
Flying School |
|
| DISTAFF |
Directing Staff
(DS) |
|
| div |
Division |
|
| DK |
Denmark |
|
| DMA |
Divisional Maintenance
Area |
|
| dml |
Demolition |
|
| DMR |
Daily Messing
Rate |
|
| DRA |
Defence Research
Agency |
|
| DROPS |
Demountable Rack
Off-Loading & Pick-Up System |
|
| DRU |
Dynamic Reference
Unit |
|
| DS |
Direct Support/Dressing
Station |
|
| DTG |
Date Time Group |
|
| E |
|
TOP |
| ech |
Echelon |
|
| ECM |
Electronic Counter
Measure |
|
| EDP |
Emergency Defence
Plan |
|
| emb |
Embarkation |
|
| EME |
Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers |
|
| EMP |
Electro Magnetic
Pulse |
|
| en |
Enemy |
|
| engr |
Engineer |
|
| EOD |
Explosive Ordnance
Disposal |
|
| eqpt |
Equipment |
|
| ESS |
Environmental
Support System |
|
| ETA |
Estimated Time
of Arrival |
|
| EW |
Early Warning /
Electronic
Warfare |
|
| EWOSE |
Electronic Warfare
Operational Support Establishment |
|
| ex |
Exercise |
|
| F |
|
TOP |
| FAC |
Forward Air Controller |
|
| FBRV |
Future Beach
Recovery Vehicle |
|
| FCLV |
Future Command
and Liaison Vehicle |
|
| Fd Amb |
Field Ambulance |
|
| Fd |
Field |
|
| FEBA |
Forward Edge of
the Battle Area |
|
| FFR |
Fitted for Radio |
|
| FGA |
Fighter Ground
Attack |
|
| FIMU |
Fleet
Information Management Unit |
|
| FLA |
Future Large Aircraft |
|
| FLET |
Forward Location
Enemy Troops |
|
| FLIR |
Forward Looking
Infra Red |
|
| FLOT |
Forward Location
Own Troops |
|
| fmm |
Formation |
|
| FOC |
First Of Class |
|
| FONA |
Flag Officer Naval
Aviation |
|
| FOO |
Forward Observation
Officer |
|
| FOSCLE |
Fleet
Operational Command System |
|
| FOSF |
Flag Officer Surface
Fleet |
|
| FOSM |
Flag Officer Submarines |
|
| FOST |
Flag Officer Sea
Training |
|
| FR |
France (French) |
|
| FRES |
Future Rapid Effect System |
|
| FRG |
Federal Republic
of Germany/Forward Repair Group |
|
| FRT |
Forward Repair
Team |
|
| FSP |
Full Service
Provision |
|
| FTS |
Flying Training
School |
|
| FUP |
Forming Up Place/Forming
Up Point |
|
| FWAM |
Full Width Attack
Mine |
|
| FWOC (R) |
Fleet Weather
& Oceanographic Computer (Replacement) |
|
| Fy |
Financial Year |
|
| G |
|
TOP |
| GDP |
General Defence
Plan/Gross Domestic Product |
|
| GE |
German (Germany) |
|
| GHTM |
Ground Handling
Training Missiles |
|
| GOC |
General Officer
Commanding |
|
| GPMG |
General Purpose
Machine Gun |
|
| GPWS |
Ground Proximity
Warning System |
|
| GR |
Greece (Greek) |
|
| GRSC |
Ground
Radio Servicing Centre |
|
| H |
|
TOP |
| HAS |
Hardened Aircraft
Shelter |
|
| HE |
High Explosive |
|
| HEAT |
High Explosive
Anti-Tank |
|
| hel |
Helicopter |
|
| Hesh |
High Explosive
Squash Head |
|
| HET |
Heavy Equipment Transporter |
|
| HLDC |
Heavy Load Distribution Capability |
|
| HOTAS |
Hands on Throttle
and Stick |
|
| HV |
Hyper Velocity |
|
| HVM |
Hyper Velocity
Missile |
|
| Hy |
Heavy |
|