List of modern infantry-related terms and acronyms

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List of terms, acronyms, information, related to modern infantry, infantry weapons, military, or firerarms in general.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

AA: Anti-Aircraft
AAA: Anti-Aircraft Artillery "Triple A"
AAN: Army After Next
AARADCOM: Army Armament Research And Development COMmand
AB: Air Burst
ABC: Automatic Brightness Control
ABM: Air Burst(ing) Munition
ABMS: Air Bursting Munition System
ABRO: Army Base Repair Organisation
ABS: Air-Bursting System
AC: Alternating Current
ACA: Ammunition Container Assembly
ACOG: Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
ACLOS: Automatic Command to Line of Sight
ACP: Automatic Colt Pistol
ACH: Advanced Combat Helmet
ACR: Advanced Combat Rifle
ADI: Australian Defence Industries
AE: Action Express
AGC: Automatic Gain Control
AGL: Automatic Grenade Launcher
AICS: Accuracy International Chassis System
AICW: Advanced Individual Combat Weapon
AIFV: Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle
ALICE: All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment
AMLCD: Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
AMR: Anti-Materiel Rifle
AMS: Armoured Mortar System
AMS-H: Advanced Missile System - Heavy
AP: Anti-Personnel
AP: Armour Piercing
APC: Armoured Personnel Carrier, also Armor Piercing, Capped (AP using an aerodynamic shroud.)
APDS: Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot
APEP: Armour-Piercing Enhancement Programme
APERS: Anti-PERSonnel
APFSDS: Armour Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot
APFSDSDU: Armour Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot, Depleted Uranium
API: Armour Piercing Incendiary
APSA: Armour Piercing Secondary Effect
AR: Assault Rifle
ARD: Anti-Reflective Device
ARDEC: Armament Research, Development and Engineering Command
ASP: Automatic, Self-Powered
AT: Anti-Tank or All Terrain
ATAS: Automatic Target Acquisition System
ATD: Advanced Technology Demonstrator
ATGL: Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher
ATGM: Anti-Tank Guided Missile
ATGW: Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
ATK: Alliant Techsystems
AUG: Armee Universal Gewehr

[edit] B

BBSP: Blow Back Shifted Pulse
BCT: Brigade Combat Team or Basic Combat Training
BDA: Browning Double Action or Bomb Damage Assessment
BDM: Bunker Demolition Munition
BFA: Blank-firing adaptor or blank firing attachment
BILL: Bofors, Infantry, Light and Lethal
BLITS: Beta Lighted Infantry Telescope System
BMNT: Begin Morning Nautical Twilight
BMP: Pronounced "bimp". A Former Warsaw Pact IFV
BMS: Battalion Mortar System
BOSS: Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System
BPS: Battery Power Source
BSP: Bright Source Protection
BST: Basic Skills Trainer
BT: Bullet Trap
BTU: Bullet Trap Universal
BUA: BILL Under Armour or Built Up Area
BW: Bacteriological Warfare

[edit] C

C3I: Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
CCD: Charge Coupled Device
CCO: Close Combat Optic
CCTV: Closed-Circuit Television
CDA: Combat Defensive Action
CEP: Circular Error Probability
CEV: Combat Engineer Vehicle
CEPP: Controlled Effect Police Projectile
cd: candela
CIS: Chartered Industries of Singapore
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
CLASS: Computerised Laser Sight System
CLOS: Command to Line Of Sight
CLU: Command Launch Unit
CM: Colour-Marking or "Continue Mission"
CMS: Common Missile System
CMT: Cadmium Mercury Telluride
CNVD: Clip-on Night Vision Device
CPR: Common Practice Round
CQB: Close Quarters Battle
CQBW: Close Quarters Battle Weapon
CRISAT: Collaborative Research Into Small Arms Technology
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CS: Confined Space
CTA: Case Telescoped Ammunition
CW: Chemical Warfare

[edit] D

DA: Double Action
DAO: Double Action Only
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DC: Direct Current
DCCT: Dismounted Close Combat Trainer
DERA: Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (UK)
DICON: Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria
DMC: Digital Magnetic Compass
DMR: Dedicated Marksman Rifle
DoD: Department of Defense
DP: Demonstration Purpose
DP: Dual Purpose
DRA: Defence Research Agency (UK)

[edit] E

EC: Enhanced Carbine
ECOS: Enhanced Combat Optical Sight
EFP: Explosively Formed Penetrator
EGLM: Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module
ELB: Extended Life Barrel
EMD: Engineering and Manufacturing Development
EOD: Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EPG: Enhanced Performance Grenade
ER: Extended Range
ERA: Explosive Reactive Armour
ES: Extreme Spread
ESAF: Elecronic Safety and Arm Function

[edit] F

FAL: Fusil Automatique Lйgиre
FAPDS: Frangible Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCS: Fire-Control System/Subsystem
FEBA: Forward Edge of Battle Area
FFSS: Future Fighting Soldier System
FIBUA: Fighting In Built-Up Areas
FIRM: Floating Integrated Rail Mount
FIST: Future Integrated Soldier Technology, FIre Support Team
FLEA: Frangible Low Energy Ammunition
FLIR: Forward-Looking Infra-Red
FLOT: Forward Line of Own Troops
FLSW: Future Light Support Weapon
FM: Titanium tetrachloride (code designation)
FMBS: Family of Muzzle Brake/Suppressors
FMJ: Full Metal Jacket
FMJBT: Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail
FMJLF: Full Metal Jacket Lead Free
FN: Fabrique Nationale (now FN HERSTAL)
FOB: Forward Operating Base
FOD: Foreign Object Damage
FORTIS: Forward Observation and Reconnaissance Thermal Imaging System
FOTT: Follow-On-To-TOW
FPA: Focal Plane Array
FRAG: FRAGmentation
FRAGO: FRAGmentary Order. (see OPORD)
FTA: Frangible Training Ammunition
FTT: Field Tactical Trainer
FUE: First Unit Equipped
FV: Fighting Vehicle
FY: Fiscal Year

[edit] G

g: gramme(s)
GAMA: Gun Automatic Multiple Ammunition
GBAD: Ground Based Air Defence
GCU: Gun Control Unit
GL: Grenade Launcher
GLDNSM: Grenade Launcher Day-Night Sight Mount
GMG: Grenade Machine Gun
GPMG: General Purpose Machine Gun
GPS: Global Position System
GREM: Grenade Rifle Entry Munition

[edit] H

h: hour(s)
H&K: Heckler and Koch
HALO: High Altitude Low Opening, High Activity/Low Observable
HB: Heavy Barrel
HBAR: Heavy Barrel Assault Rifle
HC: High Capacity
HC: Hollow Charge
HC: Hexachloroethane/zinc
HDS: HOLOgraphic Diffraction Sight
HE: High Explosive
HEAA: High Explosive Anti-Armour
HEAB: High Explosive Air Burst
HEAT: High Explosive Anti-Tank
HEDP: High Explosive Dual Purpose
HEF: High Explosive Fragmentation
HEFT: High Explosive Follow Through
HEI: High Explosive Incendiary
HEMP: High Explosive Multi-Purpose
HEP: High Explosive Plastic
HESH: High Explosive Squash Head
HETF: High Explosive Time Fuzed
HITP: High Ignition Temperature Propellant
HMG: Heavy Machine Gun
HMMWV: High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle
HP: High Power; Hollow Point
HPT: High Pressure Test
HVCC: High Velocity Canister Cartridge

[edit] I

I: Incendiary
IAL: Infra-red Aiming Light
IDW: Individual Defence Weapon
IFV: Infantry Fighting Vehicle
IGLS: Individual Grenade Launcher System
II: Image Intensifier
IIR: Imaging Infra-Red
IM: Insensitive Munition(s)
IMU: Inertial Measurement Unit
INSAS: Indian Small Arms System
InSb: Indium-antimonide
IOF: Indian Ordnance Factory
IR: Infra-Red
IS: Internal Security
ISGU: Integrated Sight and Guidance Unit
ITAS: Improved Target Acquisition System
ITOW: Improved TOW
ITPIAL: Infra-red Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Laser
ITT: Invitation To Tender
IW: Individual Weapon

[edit] J

JHP: Jacketed Hollow Point
JLTA: Javelin Composite Launch Tube
JMAC: Joint Medium-calibre Automatic Cannon
JSCS: Joint Service Combat Shotgun
JSP: Jacketed Soft Point
JSSAMP: Joint Services Small Arms Master Plan
JSSAP: Joint Services Small Arms Programme

[edit] K

KAC: Knight's Armament Company
KE: Kinetic Energy
kg: kilogramme(s)
KIA: Killed in Action

[edit] L

LAM: Laser Aiming Module
LAR: Light Automatic Rifle
LAV: Light Armored Vehicle
LAW: Light(weight) Anti-armour Weapon
LB: Long Barrel
LC: Laser Collimator
LCD: Liquid crystal display
LD: Low drag, Line of Departure
LE: Law Enforcement
LED: Light Emitting Diode
LF: Linked Feed
LF: ATGW Light Forces' Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
LFL: Light Fighter Lethality
LFHG: Lightweight Fragmentation Hand Grenade
LION: Lightweight Infra-red Observation Night sight
LMAW: Light Multi-purpose Assault Weapon
LMG: Light Machine Gun
LOAL: Lock On After Launch
LOBL: Lock On Before Launch
LP: Liquid Propellant, Listening Post
LPG: Liquid Propellant Gun
LR: Long-Range
LR: Long Rifle
LRD: Long Range Deflagrator
LRIP: Low-Rate Initial Production
LRM: Laser Range-finder Module
LRN: Lead Round Nose
LRSA: Long Range Sniper Ammunition
LRSU: Long Range Surveillance Unit
LRU: Line Replacement Unit
LSS: Lightweight Shotgun System
LSW: Light Support Weapon
LTA: Launch Tube Assembly
LTP: Laser Target Pointer, Luminesant Training Projectile
LUTE: Lightweight Uncooled Thermal Imager Equipment
LVS: Lightweight Video Sight
LWC: Lead Wad Cutter
LWIR: Long Wave Infrared
LWL: LightWeight Launcher

[edit] M

m: metre(s)
MALOS: Miniature Laser Optical Sight
MAR: Micro Assault Rifle
MARS: Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight
MARS: Mini Assault Rifle System
m/s: metres per second
MBC: Mortar Ballistic Computer
MBT: Main Battle Tank
MCLOS: Manual Command to Line Of Sight
MEP: Modular Explosive Penetrator
METT-TC: Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Troops and support available--Time available, Civilians
MEU(SOC): Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
MFC: Mortar Fire Control(ler)
MFCS: Multi-Fire Control System/Mortar Fore Control System
MG: Machine Gun
MGL: Multiple Grenade Launcher
MICV: Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle
MILSTAN: MILitary STANdard
mm: millimetre(s)
MLI: Mid-Life Improvement
MLO: Muzzle Loaded Ordnance
MMG: Medium Machine Gun
MMS: Modular Mounting System
MNVD: Monocular Night Vision Device
MOA: Minute Of Angle
MoD: Ministry of Defence
MOLLE: MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment
MOUT: Military Operations in Urban Terrain (urban warfare)
MP: Machine Pistol
MPI: Mean Point of Impact
MPIM: MultiPurpose Individual Munition
MPM: MultiPurpose Munition
MR: Medium Range
MRAR: MultiRole Assault Round
MSR: Missile Simulation Round
MT: Mechanical Time
MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure
MTSQ: Mechanical Time Semi-Quick
MUGS: Multipurpose Universal Gunner Sight
MV: Muzzle Velocity
MWS: Modular Weapon System

[edit] N

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBC: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical
NDI: Non-Developmental Item
NFOV: Narrow Field Of View
NG: New/Next Generation
Ni/Cd: Nickel Cadmium
NLAW: Next Light (weight) Anti-armour Weapon
NV: Night Vision
NVG: Night Vision Goggle
NVS: Night Vision System

[edit] O

OCOKA: Observation and fields of fire, Cover and concealment, Obstacles, Key terrain, and Avenues of Approach.
OCSW: Objective Crew-Served Weapon
OEG: Occluded Eye Gunsight
OFSA: Objective Family of Small Arms
OFSA: One Size Fits All
OFW: Objective Force Warrior
OHWS: Offensive Hand Weapon System
OIC: Officer In Charge
OICW: Objective Individual Combat Weapon
OOTW: Operations Other Than War
OP: Observation Point
OPCON: OPerational CONtrol
OPDW: Objective Personal Defense Weapon
OPORD: OPerations Order
OPSEC: OPerational SECurity
OSW: Objective Sniper Weapon
OTA: Over-flight Top Attack