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VC: Victor Charlie or Viet Cong, the South Vietnamese communist guerillas (insurgents) often just called 'Charlie'.

NVA: North Vietnamese Army

Gook: Generic, pejorative term used by US troops to describe OPFOR to US forces in RVN. Origin is from Korea, meaning foreigner.

RVN: Republic of Viet Nam

ARVN: Army of the Republic of Viet Nam

Pig: Nickname for an M60 MG

boobytrap: an improvised explosive device, frequently made from recovered, unexploded ordinance (yes, even 500 lb bombs)

Web Gnome: Koen

General Mil Acronyms "A" - "AA"

A-4 Skyhawk

A-6 Intruder

A-7 Corsair II

A-10 Thunderbolt II

A-A air to air

A-G air to ground

A-HOUR alert-hour

a.k.a. also known as

A/A air-to-air

A/B airborne

A/C  1aircraft 2absolute ceiling

A/DACG [JP 1-02] arrival/departure airfield control group

A/DCG [JP 1-02] arrival/departure control group

a/f airfield

A/G 1air-to-ground, 2air/ground

A/J anti-jam

A/N as needed

A2 antiarmor

A2C2 Army airspace command and control

A2C2S 1Army aviation command and control system, 2Army Airborne Command and Control System

Aa achieved availability

AA 1avenue of approach, 2assembly area, 3analysis of alternatives, 4Active Army, 5antiaircraft, 6air-to-air, 7access authorization, 8attack assessment, 9achieved availability, 10Acquisition Activity, 11aircraft availability,

AA&E arms, ammunition, and explosives

AAA 1antiaircraft artillery, 2[Army] assessment of aircraft attrition (USAFE), 3Automated Airlift Analysis System (AMC), 4automatic anti-aircraft

AAAAAA the Association for the Abolition of Abused Abbreviations and Asinine Acronyms 

AAAOB anti-aircraft artillery order-of-battle

AAAS amphibious aviation assault ship

AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle

AAB 1Aircraft Accident Board, 2all-to-all broadcast

AABFS amphibious assault bulk fuel system

AABL advanced atmospheric burst locator

AABM air-to-air battle management

AABNCP Advanced Airborne National Command Post (USAF)

AABP Aptitude Assessment Battery Program

AABWS amphibious assault bulk water system

AAC 1Army Acquisition Corps, 2acquisition advice code, 3anti-aircraft, 4Alaskan Air Command

AACC Army airborne command and control

AACE aircraft alerting communications EMP (electromagnetic pulse)

AACFT Army aircraft

AACG arrival airfield control group

AACMO Army Acguisition Corps Management Office

AACOM Army area communications

AACOMS Army Area Communications System [now ATACS]

AACP advanced airborne command post

AACS 1Airborne Astrographic Camera System, 2Army Command and Control System, 3[AR 310-50] Airways and Air Communications Service

AAD Army air defense

AADC area air defense commander

AADCCS Army Air Defense Control and Coordination System

AADCOM Army Air Defense Command(er)

AADCP Army air defense command post

AADE Army air defense element

AADGE [NATO] Allied Command Europe Air Defense Ground Environment

AADR Alaskan Air Defense Region

AADS antiaircraft defense system

AAE Army aviation element

AAED advanced airborne expendable decoy

AAF 1Army airfield, 2Auxiliary Air Force

AAFA Army aviation flight activity

AAFARS advanced aviation forward area refueling system

AAFB Andrews Air Force Base

AAFCE [NATO] Allied Air Forces Central Europe

AAFES 1Auto Alert Force Exercise Schedule (SAC), 2Army and Air Force Exchange Service

AAFIF automated air facility information file

AAFSF amphibious assault fuel supply facility

AAFSS Advanced Aerial Fire Support System [IHAS]

AAFTC Air Force Flight Test Center (Edwards AFB)

AAFU augmented assault fire units

AAG army artillery group (OPFOR)

AAGE Army Advisory Group on Energy

AAGR air-to-air gunnery range

AAGS 1Army air-ground system, 2aircraft adapter groups

AAH advanced attack helicopter, the AH-64

AAHA awaiting action higher headquarters

AAI 1angle of approach indicator, 2advanced communication technology, 3automated acquisition information

AAIMS Army Automated Information Management System

AAIS 1Atmospheric Attack Indications System, 2Automated Acquisition Information System

AALAAW advanced air-launched anti-armor weapon

AALPS Automated Aircraft Load Planning System (FORSCOM)

AALS Active Army Locator System

AAM 1air-to-air missile (i.e., Falcon, Sidewinder, Sparrow) [Also used by the USN to label its missiles, before the introduction of the tri-service designation system], 2aircraft availability model, 3application activity model, 4[AR 310-50] Army aircraft maintenance, 5[AR 310-50] Army Achievement Medal

AAMA 1antiaircraft and missile artillery, 2area airspace management authority

AAMG antiaircraft machine gun

AAMMH annual available maintenance man hours

AAMMP Active Army Military Manpower Program

AAMP 1Army Automation Master Plan, 2Army Aviation Modernization Plan

AAMS 1Advanced AFSATCOM Monitoring System, 2Army Acquisition Management System, 3[AR 310-50] Army aircraft maintenance shop

AAN [DoD/DSMC] Army After Next

AANCP Advanced Airborne National Command Post

AAO 1authorized acquisition objective, 2Army acquisition objective, 3antiair output, 4airborne area of operation, 5approved acquisition objective

AAOD Army aviation operating detachment

AAOFA Army aviation operating facility

AAP 1Army Apprenticeship Program, 2affirmative action plan, 3allied administrative publication, 4attack assessment plan, 5Attack Assessment Program (JCS/USAFE), 6applications access point [DEC], 7affirmative action program, 8allied administrative procedure, 9Army acquisition process, 10abbreviated acquisition plan, 11advance acquisition planning, 12[AR 310-50] Army ammunition plant, 13[JP 1-02] Allied Administrative Publication; 14[JP 1-02] assign alternate parent

AAPI attack assessment predicted impact

AAPM Army Aviation Planning Manual

AAR 1after-action review, 2Army area representative, 3air-to-air refueling, 4aircraft accident report, 5automatic alternate routing, 6[JP 1-02] after-action report

AARA access and amendment refusal authority

AARAD attack assessment radar

AARADCOM Army Armament Research and Development Command

AARB advanced aerial refueling boom

AARDAC Army air reconnaissance for damage assessment in the continental United States

AARMS Authorized/Assigned Resource Management System (AFLC)

AARS Ammunition Asset Reporting System

AART airborne avionics research testbeds

AAS aeromedical airlift squadron

AASA 1administrative assistant to the Secretary of the Army, 2advanced airborne surveillance antenna

AASC Army area signal center

AASE Army aviation support element

AASF Army aviation support facility

AASLT air assault

AASM advanced air-to-surface missile

AASP 1Army Automation Security Program, 2Army Automation Standardization Program, 3ASCII asynchronous support package

AASR Advanced Airborne Surveillance Radar (RADC)

AASTA United States Army Aviation Systems Test Activity

AAT Army assault team

AATC 1Antiaircraft Training Center, 2automatic air traffic control [system], 3Air Force Reserve Test Center

AATCO Army air traffic air coordinating office

AATH automatic approach to hover

AATRI Army Air Traffic Regulation and Identification System

AATU automatic antenna tuning unit

AAUB Associate Army Uniform Board

AAUSN Assistant Under Secretary of Navy

AAV amphibious assault vehicles (USMC)

AAVN Army aviation

AAW 1anti-air warfare [USN], 2Army acquisition workforce, 3advanced analysts' workstation, 4aeromedical airlift wing (MAC), 5active aeroelastic wing

AAWC anti-air warfare commander [USN]

AAWS automated attack warning system

AAWSSC Army Atomic Weapons Systems Safety Committee

AAWWS Airborne Adverse Weather Weapon System

General Mil Acronyms "AC" - "ACX"

AC 1Active Component, 2assistant commandant, 3actual cost, 4analyst console, 5advisory committee, 6aerodynamic center, 7analog computer, 8automatic checkout, 9automatic computer, 10automatic control, 11air conditioning, 12aircraft commander, 13allied command, 14area coverage, 15Atlantic Council (NATO), 16attack characterization, 17autocheck, 18access control, 19analyst console, 20armament cooperation, 21Acquisition Corps

AC&W air control and warning [USAF site]

AC-130 Hercules aircraft

AC-130A/H Spectre aircraft

AC/RC Active Component/Reserve Component

AC/S, C4I = Assistant Chief of Staff, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (USMC)

AC2MP Army Command and Control Master Plan

ACAB air cavalry attack brigade

ACAF advanced counter-air fighter

ACAG Army Competition Advocate General

ACALA Armament and Chemical Acquisition and Logistic Activity

ACALS Army CALS

ACAMIS Army CA Management Information System

ACAPS area communications electronics capabilities

ACAs air clearance authorities

ACAS 1aircraft collision avoidance system, 2advanced counter-air system, 3Army Crisis Action System, 4airborne collision-avoidance system, 5airlift cycle analysis spreadsheet

ACB 1air circuit breaker, 2amphibious construction battalion, 3advanced concepts base, 4allocated configuration baseline

ACBACCIS Allied Command Baltic Approaches Command Control and Information System (NATO)

ACBMDA Automated C3CM Battle Management Decision Aid (RADC)

ACBP advanced concepts base program

ACBT air combat training

ACC 1Army correspondence course, 2air control center, 3area control center, 4artillery control console, 5accumulator, 6aft cargo carrier, 7access control center, 8[USAF] Air Combat Command (created 1 June 1992 by merging TAC and SAC), 9air component commander, 10airlift coordination center, 11airspace control center, 12accumulator, 13Army command center, 14Army Communications Command, 15area control computer, 16Army component commanders, 17architecture control committee, 18accelerated case closure, 19approval cause code, 20architecture coordination council, 21[JP 1-02] area coordination center

ACC/MASS Airlift Coordination Center/Military Airlift Support Squadron (AMC)

ACCB air cavalry combat brigade

ACCESS 1aircraft communications electronic signaling system, 2automatic computer controlled electronic signaling system, 3automated Catalog of Computer Equipment and Software System, 4Automated Command and Control Evaluation Systems, 5Army Commissary Computer Entry Store System

ACCHAN Allied Command Channel (NATO)

ACCIS 1Army Command and Control Information System, 2Automated Command and Control Information System (NATO)

ACCLAIMS Army COMSEC Commodity, Logistical, and Accounting Information Management System

ACCMB Aircraft Crewman Badge

ACCMP Army Command Control Master Plan

ACCMPS automated C2 message Processing System (NATO)

ACCNET 1Army Command and Control Network, 2Federal Acquisition Computer Network (OMB)

ACCOR Army COMSEC central office of record

ACCS 1Army Command and Control System, 2[NATO] Air Command and Control System, 3airborne command and control squadron, 4allied command and control system, 5advanced communications control system, 6Air Combat Camera Service

ACCSA Allied Communications and Computer Security Agency

ACDA Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACDO [JP 1-02] assistant command duty officer

ACDS 1Advanced Combat Direction System, 2Advanced Countermeasures Dispenser System

ACE 1[ASAS] Analysis and Control Element, 2American Council on Education, 3assistant chief of engineers, 4armored combat earth mover, 5airborne command element, 6acceptance checkout equipment, 7advanced control experiment, 8animated computer education, 9automatic checkout equipment, 10[NATO] Allied Command Europe, 11automatic computer evaluation, 12automatic computer engine,13Army Corps of Engineers, 14[JP 1-02] aviation combat element (MAGTF), 15advanced computing environment [SCO], 16automatic calibration and equalization, 17accelerated capital enrichment, 18adverse channel enhancements [Microcom], 19aircraft configuration equipment, 20alternate command element, 21automated cost estimator, 22[DoD/DSMC] Acquisition Center of Excellence, 23[FM101-5-1] air combat element (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 24[TTPIO-ABCS] assistant corps engineer, 25[AR 310-50] assessment of combat effectiveness

ACEB Army Clothing and Equipment Board

ACEORBAT ACE order of battle (NATO)

ACEREP Allied Command Europe Reporting System (NATO)

ACES 1Army Continuing Education System, 2ADP command and control evaluation system, 3Automated Command and Control Evaluation System (DSSO), 4automated cost evaluation system, 5Advanced Carry-on ELINT/ESM Suite, 6airborne collection electronic signals, 7Army Center of Excellence – Subsistence, 8Acquisition Center Executive System

ACESTRIKE Allied Command Europe Strike Command (NATO)

ACETEF Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility

ACEVAL air combat evaluation (NATO)

ACEWS 1automated computer-assisted electronic warfare system, 2automatic communications electronic warfare system

ACF 1air contingency force, 2area confinement facility

ACFP advanced computer flight plan

ACFPS Advanced Computer Flight Planning System (AFGWC)

ACFT aircraft

ACG area coordination group

ACGP Army career group

ACI 1air combat intelligence, 2air combat intercept

ACIB Air Characteristics Improvement Board (Navy)

ACIC Army CI Center

ACINT acoustic intelligence

ACIPS 1Acoustic Intelligence Processing System, 2Army Casualty Information Processing System

ack 1acknowledge, 2acknowledged, 3acknowledgment

ACLANT [NATO] Allied Command, Atlantic

ACLDB Army Central Logistics Data Bank

ACLICS Airborne Communications Location Identification and Collection System

ACLIS Airborne Communications Location Identification and Collection System

ACLS 1air cushion landing system, 2automatic carrier landing system

ACLV accrued leave

ACM 1additional crew member, 2Advanced Cruise Missile,AGM-129, 3air combat maneuver, 4air combat maneuvering, 5auxiliary crew member

ACMC Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

ACNO Assistant Chief of Naval Operations

ACNOCOMM Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Communications and Cryptology

ACO 1administrative contracting officer, 2airspace control order, 3airspace coordination order, 4associate contracting officer

ACOC 1air command operations center, 2airborne combat operations center, 3allied combat operations center (NATO), 4alternate command operations center (NATO), 5area communications operations centers (DISA), 6area control operations center, 7AUTODIN communication operations center

ACofS assistant chief of staff

ACOM Atlantic Command

ACOUSTINT acoustical intelligence

ACP airborne command post, 2airlift command post, 3alternate command post

ACPA adaptive controlled phase array

ACQ STRAT acquisition strategy

ACQN acquisition

ACR 1armored cavalry regiment, 2aircraft control room, 3airfield control radar, 4antenna coupling regulator, 5automatic compression regulator, 6air control radar, 7attenuation to crosstalk loss ratio, 8advanced concepts and requirements, 9ammunition consumption rate, 10authorization change request, 11[JP 1-02] assign channel reassignment, 12[AR 310-50] ammunition condition report

acred accreditation

ACRES airborne communications relay station

ACRF African Crisis Response Force (PKO)

ACRV armored command and reconnaissance vehicle

ACS 1accumulator switch, 2alternating current synchronous, 3attitude control system, 4automatic checkout system, 5automated communications set, 6auxillary cooling system, 7auxilliary core storage, 8[USN] auxiliary crane ship, 9air commando squadron, 10Ada compilation system, 11afloat correlation system, 12air control system, 13airborne control system, 14asset control system, 15Assistant Chief of Staff, 16access control system, 17advanced communications services, 18asynchronous communications server, 19access, 20access control set, 21acquisition and command support, 22automated cartography system, 23Army Community Service, 24automated conversion system, 25[JP 1-02] airspace control system, 26[JP 3-04.1] air-capable ship, 27[AR 310-50] asset control subsystem

ACS/I Assistance Chief of Staff for Intelligence (USAF)

ACS3 Allied Cooperative Support Sharing System (JCS)

ACSA Allied Communications Security Agency

ACSCE Army Chief of Staff for Communications and Electronics

ACSI Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence

ACSIM 1Assistant Chief of Staff for Information Management, 2Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management, 3[TP71-9] Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management and Environment

ACSIM-C4 Assistant Chief of Staff for Information Management - Command, Control, Communication, and Computers

ACSM advanced conventional stand-off missile

ACSQ airborne communications squadron

ACSS Air Combat and Surveillance System

ACST access time

ACSTE Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Test and Evaluation

ACT 1advanced communications terminal, 2analysis and control team, 3armored cavalry trainer, 4air control team, 5algebraic compiler and translator, 6automatic code translation, 7armored cavalry troop, 8active control technology, 9Automated Circuit Test System, 10area capability training, 11acoustic charge, 12advanced communications technology satellite (NASA), 13transport (DARPA), 14aerial combat tactics, 15air cargo terminal, 16air combat tactics, 17automated control of trainees, 18acquisition coordination team, 19[TTPIO-ABCS] analysis control team, 20[JP 1-02] activity, 21[AR 310-50] American College Test

ACTA Advanced Combat Training Academy

ACTS 1Acoustic Control and Telemetry System, 2automatic computer TELEX services, 3advanced communications technology satellite (NASA), 4automated circuit test system, 5automated computer time service, 6Automated Centralized Ticketing System, 7Automated Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) and Tracking System

actv activity

ACU 1assault craft unit (USN), 2avionics control unit

ACV 1armored command vehicle, 2air cushion vehicle, 3auxiliary aircraft carriers [later renamed CVE]

ACVC Army commercial vehicle code

ACW 1air control wing, 2aircraft control and warning, 3alternating continuous waves, 4anti-carrier warfare (USN)

ACWS aircraft control and warning squadron

ACX advanced combat experimental

Blooper: Nickname for the M-79 Grenade Launcher
Blooperman: M-79 Gunner
Chicken Hawk: A person who strongly advocates military action as a viable means to resolve conflict, while declining the opportunity to put his 'Butt' in the line of fire, when his/her country institutes a policy that requires said military action. See also; hypocrite or coward.

/USMC: United States Marine Corps...Indeed!
ANG: Army National Guard
RTO: Radio Telephone Operator
MOS: Military Occupational Specialty
E-3: The US military, regardless of branch, share a pay grade scale. The Enlisted grades are E-1 thru E-9. Officers are O-1 thru O-10
L/Cpl: Lance Corporal ?...aye
Commo Chief: NCOIC of Company communications training, operations and maintenance (scheduling)
SSG: Staff Sergeant ?...aye

NCOIC: Non-Commissioned Officer IN Charge

AA - Anti-aircraft. Usually this means anti-aircraft guns.

AAA - Anti-aircraft Artillery. This means any gun designed to shoot down planes.

AFV - Armoured Fighting Vehicle. Any vehicle that has had armour plating added for protection.

AG - Assault Gun. Any vehicle designed to support infantry operations by large caliber cannon fire.

AGB - Assault Gun Brigade. This is a formation of the German Army where 36 - 48 assault guns are grouped together for concentration of force.

AP - Armour Piercing. Punches a hole in the armour plate using the speed and mass of the shell.

APFSDS - Armour Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot. This is an APDS round with fins added to the penetrator. Normally the penetrator is a substance like tungsten.

APDS - Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot, This shell has a sabot formed around the penetrator that drops off when fired from the gun. The smaller penetrator itself then adds the Kinetic Energy from the sabot to it's own speed and increases the speed at which the penetrator flies and strikes the target. The higher speed coupled with a small dense penetrator results in increased penetration.

ATGM - Anti-tank Guided Missile. The missile is being directed to the target instead of being fired and the projectile flies undirected. Means of directing the missile can vary. The missile can be directed by signals from the firing by an attached wire or by wireless means, some are optically guided.

BMP - pronounced "bump", the first generation of Soviet Infantry Combat Vehicles produced as the BMP-1, BMP-2 and BMP-3. Each version an improvement over the previous versions.

FLOT - Foward Line of Troops. Where the forward edge of friendly troops are deployed.

HEAT - High Explosive Anti-tank. HEAT rounds use the Morrow Effect, which involves the detonation of a high explosive shell at a preset distance from the target armour plate. The shell is designed with a conical hollow charge inside which when detonated focusses the explosion into a high-speed jet of material which burns it's way through the armour plating. The normal penetratoin factor is five times the depth in armour plating for the diameter of the HEAT round. Once it has burned through the armour then the molten material of the penetration jet acts like any other round that penetrates the AFV.

HESH - High Explosive Squash Head. The shell consists of a
large amount of HE with a base fuze. This is encased in a thin steel case. On hitting the target the explosive flattens against it (squashes) the target and is then detonated. The shock generates enough force to knock off pieces of the armour inside the target vehicle. This effect is known as spalling. The spalling becomes projectiles on the inside of the vehicle creating crew casualties. The exterior explosion is also sufficiently powerful to do considerable damage to the target vehicle and if less than an MBT could destroy the target vehicle by itself.

ICV - Infantry Combat Vehicle. A vehicle designed to support soldiers in combat with weapons systems and not just deliver them to the battlefield and withdraw.

JATO - Jet Assisted Take Off. Some aircraft have disposable jets added to the wings and fuselage to give them an extra boost of power at takeoff to allow them to use much shorter take off distances.

MBT - Main Battle Tank. A heavily armoured and armed vehicle with tracks, normally armed with a large cannon in a  turret capable of firing in a 360 degree arc.

RAP - rocket assisted projectile, this is a system that adds rocket propulsion to an artillery shell to give it greater range without increasing the powder charge or the size of the projectile.

SPA - Self Propelled Artillery. Any artillery gun that is on some kind of a vehicle mount making it mobile.

Spalling - When a projectile strikes the hard armour of an AFV it can cause the armour to break apart. The shock generates enough force to knock off pieces of the armour inside the target vehicle. This effect is known as spalling. The spalling becomes projectiles on the inside of the vehicle creating crew casualties.

Good Hunting.

MR

I have no clue who checks them, whenever I stumble over a mistake I correct/let Koen know.

As for the Acronyms, just giving the words it stands for seems enough (enough workk for sure), explanations should be with the glossary, we can - of cause - combine those.

For your Skyraider example, you need to learn to read all :



Should be clear enough, methinks...

Now, if you see e.g. one of my acronym deciphering, giving an explanation for all of this would have  me out of my depth some time, and would make it a life work:



Who really wants to know what "accumulator", "architecture control committee" or "airspace control center" is exactly about, I suggest some googeling.

Rattler

I was just referring to the acronyms, not the glossary, and mentioned that. Ppl googled the acronym and get it spelled out for them by us, if they want to know what the stuff means they should either go to the glossary or google on.

Maybe Glossary and Acronyms should be seperated more clearly, Koen?

The tanks do not belong in the AdashNUMBER list (a/c) but into the ANUMBER list (w/o dash), Koen should correct that.

Rattler

although I have a minor military background it's not comparable with your background guys so what I do is copy/paste the intel into the specific A to Z, 1 to 0 topics.

The more info you give the more I put into it.

For the question 'who checks this?', I do!

I agree, the best thing is to collect questions and criticims on 1 place...