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R
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| R & D |
Research and Development |
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| RA |
Royal Artillery |
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| RAC |
Royal Armoured
Corps |
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| RAFASUPU |
RAF Armament Support
Unit |
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| RAFLC |
RAF Logistic Command |
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| RAMC |
Royal Army Medical
Corps |
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| RAP |
Rocket-Assisted
Projectile/Regiment Aid Post |
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| RCMDS |
Remote-Control
Mine Disposal System |
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| RCZ |
Rear Control Zone |
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| RE |
Royal Engineers |
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| rebro |
Rebroadcast |
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| rec |
Recovery |
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| recce |
Reconnaissance |
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| Regt |
Regiment |
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| REME |
Royal Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers |
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| RFA |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
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| rft |
Reinforcement |
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| RGJ |
Royal Green Jackets |
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| RHA |
Royal Horse Artillery |
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| RHQ |
Regimental Headquarters |
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| RLC |
Royal Logistic
Corps |
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| RM |
Royal Marines |
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| RMA |
Rear Maintenance
Area/Royal Military Academy |
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| RMAS |
Royal Military
Academy Sandhurst |
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| RMP |
Royal Military
Police |
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| RN |
Royal Navy |
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| RNMC |
Royal Netherlands
Marine Corps |
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| RO |
Retired Officer |
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| Ro-Ro |
Roll-On Roll-Off |
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| RP |
Reporting Point |
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| RPV |
Remotely Piloted
Vehicle |
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| RRF |
Royal Regiment
of Fusiliers |
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| RRF |
Rapid Reaction
Forces |
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| RSA |
Royal School of
Artillery |
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| RSME |
Royal School of
Mechanical Engineering |
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| RSS |
Royal School of
Signals |
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| RTM |
Ready to Move |
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| RTU |
Return to Unit |
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| S |
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TOP |
| SACLOS |
Semi Automatic
to Command Line of Sight |
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| SACEUR |
Supreme Allied
Commander Europe |
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| SAM |
Surface-to-Air
Missile |
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| SAR |
Search and Rescue |
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| SAS |
Special Air Service |
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| SBS |
Special Boat Service |
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| SDR |
Strategic Defence
Review |
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| Sect |
Section |
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| SFOR |
Stabilisation
Force |
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| SH |
Support Helicopters |
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| SHAPE |
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe |
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| SIB |
Special Investigation
Branch |
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| Sig |
Signals |
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| sit |
Situation |
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| SITREP |
Situation Report |
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| SLBM |
Submarine-Launched
Ballistic Missiles |
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| SLR |
Self-Loading Rifle |
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| SMG |
Sub-Machine Gun |
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| smk |
Smoke |
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| SNCO |
Senior Non-Commissioned
Officer |
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| SOC |
Sector Operations
Centre |
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| SP |
Self Propelled/Start
Point |
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| SPS |
Staff and Personnel
Support |
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| Sqn |
Squadron |
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| SRD |
System
Requirement Document |
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| SSBN |
Nuclear Powered
Ballistic Missile Submarine |
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| SSK |
Single Shot To
Kill |
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| SSM |
Surface-to-Surface
Missile |
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| SSN |
Nuclear-Powered
Attack Submarine |
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| SSVC |
Services Sound
and Cinema Corporation |
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| STC |
Strike Command |
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| STO |
Survive to Operate |
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| STOBAR |
Short Take-Off
and Arrested Recovery |
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| STOL |
Short Take-Off
and Landing |
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| STOVL |
Short Take-Off
and Vertical Landing |
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| SV |
Support Vehicles |
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| T |
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TOP |
| TA |
Territorial Army |
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| tac |
Tactical |
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| TACC |
Tactical Air
Control Centre |
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| TBT |
Tank Bridge Transporter |
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| TCC |
Turret Control
Computer |
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| TCP |
Traffic Control
Post |
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| TCV |
Troop Carrying
Vehicle |
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| TGDA |
Training Group
Defence Agency |
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| tgt |
Target |
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| THAAD |
Theatre High-Altitude
Area Defence |
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| TIALD |
Thermal Imaging
Airborne Laser Designator |
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| tk |
Tank |
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| TLAM |
Tactical Land
Attack Missile |
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| TLAM-C |
Tactical Land
Attack Missile - Conventional |
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| TLB |
Top Level Budget |
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| TMA |
Troop Manoeuvre
Area |
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| TNA |
Training Needs
Analysis |
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| TOM |
Telemetry
Operational Missiles |
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| TOT |
Time on Target |
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| TOW |
Tube-Launched
Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided (Missile) |
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| tp |
Troop |
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| tpt |
Transport |
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| TTTE |
Tri-National Tornado
Training Establishment |
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| TU |
Turkish (Turkey) |
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| TUL |
Truck Utility
Light |
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| TUM |
Truck Utility
Medium |
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| TWS |
Tactical Weapon
System |
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| U |
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TOP |
| UAS |
University Air
Squadron |
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| UAV |
Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle |
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| U/S |
Unserviceable |
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| UK |
United Kingdom |
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| UKADGE |
United Kingdom
Air Defence Ground Environment |
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| UKADR |
United Kingdom
Air Defence Region |
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| UKCAOC |
United Kingdom
Combined Air Operations Centre |
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| UKLF |
United Kingdom
Land Forces |
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| UKMF |
United Kingdom
Mobile Force |
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| UKSC (G) |
United Kingdom
Support Command (Germany) |
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| UN |
United Nations |
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| UNFICYP |
United Nations
Forces in Cyprus |
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| UNCLASS |
Unclassified |
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| UNPROFOR |
United Nations
Protection Force |
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| URD |
User Requirement
Document |
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| US |
United States |
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| UXB |
Unexploded Bomb |
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| V |
|
TOP |
| veh |
Vehicle |
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| VOR |
Vehicle off the
Road |
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| W |
|
TOP |
| WE |
War Establishment |
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| WFE |
War Fighting
Establishment |
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| wh |
Wheeled |
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| wksp |
Workshop |
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| WMR |
War Maintenance
Reserve |
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| WO |
Warrant Officer |
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| WT |
Wheeled Tankers |
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| X |
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TOP |
| X |
Crossing (as in
roads or rivers) |
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| Y |
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TOP |
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| Z |
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TOP |
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