GLOSSARY
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
A2C2........................... Army
airspace command and control
A................................ attack
AADS......................... airspeed
and direction sensor
AAR........................... after
action review
ABCS......................... airfield
battlefield countermeasures and survivability
ABF............................ attack
by fire position
AC.............................. alternating
current
acft.............................. aircraft
ACP........................... air
control point
ACQ........................... acquire
ADA........................... air
defense artillery
ADI............................ attitude
direction indicator
ADS........................... air
data subsystem
ADSS......................... air
data sensor subsystem
ADV........................... advance
AF.............................. adjust
fire
AGES......................... air-ground
engagement system
AGL........................... above
ground level
AGM.......................... antitank
guided missile
AH.............................. attack
helicopter
AH1FWS................... AH-1
flight weapons simulator
AHGR........................ attack
helicopter gunnery range
AL.............................. Alabama
ALCA......................... aircraft
loader control assembly
ALFGL....................... automatic
low frequency gain limiting
ALSE.......................... aviation
life support equipment
ALT............................ airborne
laser tracker
AMC.......................... air
mission commander
AMCCOM................. US Army Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command
AMC ORD................. at
my command ordnance
AMC TGT.................. at
my command target
ammo.......................... ammunition
AND........................... alphanumeric
display
AP.............................. armor
piercing
APC........................... armored
personnel carrier
API............................. armor-piercing
incendiary
API-T......................... armor-piercing
incendiary--tracer
APU........................... auxiliary
power unit
AQC........................... aviator
qualification course
AR.............................. Army
regulation
ARCP aerial
rocket control panel
ARCS aerial
rocket control system
ARI Army
restructuring initiative
ARM anti-radiation
missile
ARMD armed
ARNG Army
National Guard
ARTEP Army
Training and Evaluation Program
ASE aircraft
survivability equipment
ASET aircraft
survivability equipment trainer
ASO aviation
safety officer
assy assembly
ATAC air-to-air
combat
ATAS air-to-air
Stinger
ATGM antitank
guided missile
ATHS automatic
target handover system
atk attack
ATM aircrew
training manual
ATS acquire-track-stow
attk attack
attn attention
ATWESS antitank
weapons effects signature simulator
AUTO automatic
AVIM aviation
intermediate maintenance
AVTR airborne
video tape recorder
AVUM aviation
unit maintenance
AWS area
weapon system
AWSS aerial
weapons scoring system
az azimuth
BBC backup
bus controller
BDA battle
damage assessment
BIT built-in
test
BMD Russian
combat vehicle, airborne
BMP Soviet
personnel carrier
BOT burst
on target
BP battle
position
BPC battle
position card
BRDM Russian
combat reconnaissance patrol vehicle
BRSIT boresight
BRT bright
BSS ballistics
scoring subsystem
BTM battalion
training model
BTR Soviet
personnel carrier
btry battery
B/W black
on white
C2 command and
control
C centigrade
CALFEX combined
arms live-fire exercise
CAS close
air support
CB circuit
breaker
CBHK captive
boresight harmonization kit
CDS control
display subsystem
CDU computer
display unit
CCIP continuously
computed impact point
CCM counter-countermeasure
C-COFT crew
conduct of fire training
CCP communication
check point
CFT captive
flight trainer
CG center
of gravity
CGUN copilot
gun
CH cargo
helicopter
CHAN channel
CHANLS channels
CL checklist
CMS combat
mission simulator
CMSL copilot
missile
COMP compensation
COMSEC communications
security
CONT control
CONVERG convergence
CONUS continental
United States
coop cooperative
CPG copilot/gunner
CPO copilot/observer
CRT Cathode
ray tube
CSS computer
scoring system
CTC combined
training center
CTT common task training
CVI combat
vehicle identification
C/W caution
warning
CWEPT cockpit
weapon and emergency procedures trainer
DA Department
of the Army
DASE digital
automatic stabilization equipment
DC direct
current
deg degree
DEK data
entry keyboard
DELVRY delivery
DGST door
gunnery skills test
DIG digital
generation imagery
dir direct
DODAC Department
of Defense Ammunition Codes
DODIC Department of Defense
Identification Code
DP dual
purpose
DS direct
support
DSS detonation
scoring subsystem
DTTP doctrine
and tactics training plan
DTV day
television
DVO direct
view optics
EA engagement
area
ECAS enhanced
Cobra armament system
ECM electronic counter
measure
EL elevation
ELEC electrical
EMP electro-magnetic
pulse
EMR electromagnetic
radiation
ENG engagement
EOD explosive
ordnance disposal
EPS electronic
power supply
EPU electronics
processor unit
ETL effective
translational lift
FA Field Artillery
FAA forward
assembly area
FAB forward
avionics bay
FAIL failure
FARM fuel,
ammunition (cannon), rockets, missiles
FARP forward
arming and refueling point
FCC fire
control computer
FCP fire
control panel
FCR fire
control reticle
FCR Fire Control Radar
FDC fire
direction center
FD/LS fault
detection/location system
FFAR folding
fin aerial rocket
FFE fire
for effect
FHT field
handling trainer
flex flexible
FLIR forward
looking infrared radar
FLOT forward line of own
troops
FLTR filter
FM field
manual or frequency modulated
FOC focus
FORSCOM Forces
Command (US Army)
FOV field
of view
FP firing
point
fps feet
per second
ft feet
FTX field
training exercise
FXD fixed
FWS flight
weapon simulator
FY fiscal
year
GEN generator
GHSS gunner's
helmet sight subsystem
GND ground
GPU ground
power unit
G/VLLD ground
or vehicular laser locator designator
GZN grid
zone
HA holding
area
HAD high
action display
HARS heading
and altitude reference system
HDD heads-down
display
HDM Hellfire
dummy missile
HDU helmet
display unit
HE high
explosive
HEAT high-explosive
antitank
HEDP high-explosive
dual-purpose
HEI high-explosive
incendiary
HEI-T high-explosive
incendiary-tracer
HEI-T-SD high-explosive
incendiary with tracer and self-destruct feature
Hellfire Hellfire laser air
defense suppression and fire-and-forget guided missile
HE-PD high-explosive
point detonating
HERO hazard
of electronic radiation to ordnance
HF Hellfire
HFOV horizontal field of
view
HGST Helicopter
gunnery skills test
HI high
HIMAG high
magnification
HMMWV high
mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HOD heads-out
display
HMD helmet-mounted
display
HQ headquarters
HSI horizontal
situation indicator
HSS helmet
sight subsystem
HTM Hellfire
training missile
HUD heads-up
display
IAT image
autotracking
IATF individual
aircrew training folder
IAW in
accordance with
ID identification
IEA IMUX
electronic assembly
IERW initial
entry rotary wing
IFF identification
friend and foe
IGE in-ground
effect
IHADSS integrated
helmet and display sight system
IL illumination
ill illumination
ILS instrument
landing system
IMUX interface
multiplexer
in inch
INBD inboard
ind indicator
inf infantry
IO instructor
operator
IP instructor
pilot or initial point
IR infrared
IRCCM infrared
counter-countermeasures
IRIS infrared
imaging seeker
ISP integrated
systems processor
JAAT joint
air attack team
JATO jet-assisted
takeoff
KIAS knots
indicated airspeed
km kilometer
kt knot
KVA kilovolt
ampere
KW Kiowa
Warrior
LAI low
airspeed indicator
LAT latitude
LAW light
antitank weapon
lb pound
LD line
of departure
LEU laser
electronics unit
LFX live-fire exercises
LH left
hand
LHG left
hand grip
LMC linear
motion compensator
LNCH launch
LNDS Lightweight
Doppler Navigation Set
LO low
LOAL lock-on
after launch
LOBL lock-on
before launch
LO MAG low
magnification
LOS line
of sight
LP listening
post
LRF laser
range finder
LRF/D laser
range finder/designator
LRSNCO laser
range safety noncommissioned officer
LRSO laser
range safety officer
LRU line
replaceable unit
LST laser
spot tracker
LSR laser
LTL laser
target line
LTU laser
transceiver unit
LWR lower
LZ landing
zone
m meter
M missile
or mil
MACOM major
Army command
MAG magnification
MALF LT malfunction
light
MAN manual
MANL manual
MANPADS man-portable
air defense system
MAN TRK manual
tracker
max maximum
MED medium
MEDEVAC medical
evacuation
MEM LT memory
light
METL mission
essential task list
METT-T mission,
enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
MFD multifunction
display
MILES multiple
integrated laser engagement system
min minute
or minimum
MK mark
mm millimeter
MMS mast-mounted
sight
MOI methods
of instruction
MOPP mission-oriented
protective posture
MOS military occupational
specialty
MP multipurpose
mps meters
per second
MPRC multipurpose
range complex
MPSM multipurpose
submunition
MPT-SD multipurpose
tracer-self destruct
MRE meal,
ready-to-eat
MRT minimum
resolvable temperature
MRTU multiplex
remote terminal unit
MSL missile
or mean sea level
MSP mast
sight processor
MTOE modified
table(s) of organization and equipment
MTP mission
training plan
MUX multiplex
MV magnetic
variation
MWO modification
work order
N narrow
NATO North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAV navigation
NBC nuclear,
biological, chemical
NCO noncommissioned
officer
NCOIC noncommissioned
officer in charge
NFOV narrow
field of view
NG National
Guard
NGB National
Guard Bureau
no number
NOE nap-of-the-earth
NORM normal
NSN national stock
number
NVD night
vision devices
NVG night
vision goggles
NVS night
vision system
OC observer
controller
OE2 ordnance
expenditure exercise
OFS offset
OGE out-of-ground
effect
OH observation
helicopter
OIC officer
in charge
OP observation
post
OPFOR opposing
forces
OPORD operation
order
OPTEMPO operational
tempo
ORIDE override
ORT optical
relay tube
OSET offset
OUTBD outboard
OVRD override
PC pilot
in command
PD point
detonating
PDU pilot
display unit
PEN penetrate
PEN-M penetration
in meters
PFR pulse radar
frequency
Ph probability
of hit
PHS pilot
helmet sight
PHSS pilot
helmet sighting system
PK probability of kill
PL precautionary
landing or phase line
plt platoon
PLT/GNR pilot/gunner
PMI pre-marksmanship
instruction
PMSL pilot
missile
P/N part
number
PNVS pilot
night vision system
POI program
of instruction
POL petroleum,
oils, and lubricants
POST passive
optical seeker tracking
PPC performance
planning card
PRI primary
PRKT pilot
rocket
prs pairs
PSI pilot's
steering indicator
PTWS point
target weapon system
PWR ON power
on
quad quadruple
QE quadrant
elevation
QTY quantity
R ready
or range
RAD ram
air decelerator
RAI remote
attitude indicator
RC remote
control
RCD recorder
RCO range
control officer
RCPU rocket
control panel unit
RDY ready
recon reconnaissance
REM remaining
reqd required
RETS remote
target system
RF radio frequency or Radar Frequency
RFD range
finder designator
RH right
hand
RHE remote
Hellfire electronics
RHA rolled
homogenous armor
RIPL ripple
rkt rocket
RL readiness
level
RMI radio
magnetic indicator
RMP radio
magnetic pulse
RMP (Stinger) reprogamable
microprocessor
RMS rocket
management system
RND REM rounds
remaining
rnds rounds
RNG range
RNG-KM range-kilometers
ROE rules
of engagement
RP release
point
rpl ripple
rps revolutions
per second
RRU rocket
remote unit
RSO range
safety officer
S3 Operations
and Training Officer (US Army)
S4 Supply
Officer (US Army)
SAM send
a message or surface-to-air missi
SAL Semi-Active Laser
sec second,
also section
SEL select
SERE survival,
evasion, resistance, and escape
SEU sight
electronics unit
SIGHT SEL sight
selection switch
SIM simulated
SITREP situation report
SK smoke
screen
SKR seeker
SM submunition
sng single
SOI signal
operation instructions
SOP standing
operating procedure
SP standardization
instructor pilot or start point
SPH spheroid
squad squadron
SSN social
security number
SSU sight
survey units
ST store
STAB stabilator
stad stadiametric
STANAG Standardization
Agreement
STBY standby
std standard
STRAC Standards
in Training Commission
STX situational
training exercise
SYM symbology
sys system
TAA tactical
assembly area
TADS target
acquisition and designation system
TAS true
airspeed
TASC training
aids support center
TC training
circular
TCB turret
control box
TCP TOW
control panel
TEA target
effect area
temp temperature
TEU TADS
electronic unit
tgt target
TGT/NAV target/navigation
TIS thermal
imaging system
TKR tracker
TM technical
manual
TOC tactical
operations center
TOE table(s)
of organization and equipment
TOF time
of flight
TOW tube-launched,
optically-tracked, wire-guided missile
TP target
practice
TPT target
practice- tracer
TRADOC Training
and Doctrine Command (US Army)
TRC training
readiness condition
TRK track
TRTG tactical
radar threat generator
trans transition
TRC training
readiness condition
TSEM TOW
system evaluation missile
TSGMS test
set guided missile system
TSR TOW
sight reticle
TSTT TADS
selected task trainer
TSU telescopic
sight unit
TTP tactics,
techniques and procedures
TV television
TVS television
sensor
UH utility
helicopter
UHF ultra
high frequency
UPDT/ST update/store
UPR upper
US United
States (of America)
USA United
States Army
USAAVNC United
States Army Aviation Center
USAR United
States Army Reserve
USAREUR United
States Army Europe
USARPAC United
States Army Pacific
USR unit
status report
UT unit
trainer
UTS universal
turret subsystem
VAC volts,
alternating current
VDC volts,
direct current
VDU video
display unit
VHF very
high frequency
VID video
vis visibility
VRS video
recorder subsystem
VSD vertical
situation display
w with
W width
WAS weapons
action switch
W/B white
on black
W/E with
equipment
WESTCOM United
States Army Western Command
WFOV wide
field of view
WP white
phosphorous
wpn weapon
WR when
ready
WR ORD when
ready ordnance
WRM width,
range, mil
WR TGT when
ready target
WSS weapons
select switch
XMSN transmission
ZFOV zoom
field of view
ZSU Soviet
self-propelled antiaircraft gun