Military Abbreviations

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Generic Military / Political Abbreviations

This list is intended to feature generic abbreviations used by any nation.
Please add your nation's abbreviations to one of your own pages.
10-4 
Acknowledgement "10-4, over."
20 
Location "What's your 20?"
forward turret
A/S 
anti-submarine
AAA 
anti-air artillery
AAM 
air-to-air missile
AAW 
anti-air warfare
ABM 
anti-ballistic missile
AD 
air defence
ADC 
aide-de-camp, an officer acting as a confidential assistant to a senior officer or other commander
ADS 
air defence suppression
AESA 
active electronically scanned array
AEW 
airborne early warning
AIP 
air independent propulsion
APAR 
active phased array radar
ASCM 
anti-ship cruise missile
AShM 
anti-ship missile
ASM 
air-to-surface missile | anti-ship missile
ASuW 
anti-surface warfare
ASW 
Wikipedia:anti-submarine warfare
AWACS 
Airborne Warning And Control System
turret second from the bow
BOHICA 
slang. Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
CIWS 
close-in weapon system
CO 
Commanding Officer
CODOG 
combined operation, diesel and gas turbine
COGAG 
combined operation, gas turbine and gas turbine
CONAG 
combined operation, nuclear and gas
CPP 
complete package pricing
CQB 
Close Quarters Battle
CSM 
company sergeant-major
DEAD 
destruction of enemy air defences
DMZ
De-Militarized Zone
DP 
dual purpose
DPR 
domestic production rights
EARS 
electromagnetic aircraft recovery system
ECCM 
electronic counter-countermeasures
ECM 
electronic countermeasures
ELINT 
Electronic Intelligence
EMALS 
electromagnetic aircraft launching system
EPM 
electronic protective measures (a.k.a. ECM)
ESM 
electronic support measures (e.g. sigint)
ETC 
electro-thermal chemical
EW 
electronic warfare
F/A 
fore and aft; fighter/attack (aircraft)
FASCAM : Field artillery scattered munition
FC 
fuel cell
FCS 
fire control system
FNG 
F*cking new guy
FUBAR 
F----- Up Beyond All Recognition
GMLS 
guided missile launching system
GOC 
general officer commanding
GP 
general purpose
GWLS 
guided weapon launcher system
GWS 
guided weapon system
HARM 
High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
HUMINT 
Human Intelligence
HWT 
heavyweight torpedo, generally 533mm in diameter
ICE 
Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics
IFEP 
integrated full electric propulsion
LWR 
laser warning receiver
LWT 
lightweight torpedo, generally 324mm in diameter
MaRV 
maneuverable re-entry vehicles
MIRV 
Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles
MTHELS 
Mobile Tactical High Energy Laser System
NDB 
nuclear depth bomb
OC 
officer commanding
P/S 
port and starboard; as for F/A
PAAMS 
principal anti-air missile system
PDMS 
point defence missile system
PEM 
polymer electrolyte membrane
QCB 
quick-change barrel
QM 
quartermaster
QMS 
quartermaster sergeant
RAD 
radar absorbent devices
RAM 
rolling airframe missile system|radar absorbent material(s)
recce 
reconnaissance
REMF 
slang, derog. - rear echelon motherf-----
RSM 
regimental sergeant-major
RST 
retractable submerged turret
SAM 
surface-to-air missile
SAW 
squad/section automatic weapon
SCR 
super-cavitating round(s)
SEAD 
suppression of enemy air defence
SATREC 
Satellite Reconnassaince
SIGINT 
Signals Intelligence
SITREP 
Situation Report
SLBM 
submarine-launched ballistic missile
SLCM 
submarine-launched cruise missile
SNAFU 
Slang - Situation Normal, All F----- Up
SOPMOD 
Special Operations Peculiar Modification
SSM 
surface-to-surface missile
STOVL 
short take-off and vertical landing
TT 
torpedo tube(s)
USM 
underwater-to-surface missile
UUM 
underwater-to-underwater missile (e.g. SUBROC)
VLS 
vertical launch system
VTOL 
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (Also: Vertol)
WO 
warrant officer
turret second from stem
XO 
Executive Officer
stern turret


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