1RTR: First Royal Tank Regiment
2CG: Second Battalion Coldstream Guards
2LI: Second Battalion the Light Infantry
3RGJ: Third Battalion Royal Green Jackets
‘5’: Slang term for MI5
‘6’: USN carrier borne strike aircraft (Intruder)
A-6: USN carrier borne strike aircraft (Intruder)
A-10: US built single seat, close air support, tank killing aircraft (Warthog)
A-50: Russian built AWAC version of the heavy Il-76 transport aircraft (Mainstay)
AA: Air-to-Air
AAA: Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAC: British Army’s Army Air Corps
AEW: Airborne Early Warning
AFB: Air Force Base
AFV: Armoured Fighting Vehicle
AGM: Air-to-ground missile
AIM: Aerial Intercept Missile
AK-47: Updated derivative of the Kalashnikov assault rifle
AKM-74: Romanian derivative of the AK-74
ALASAT: Air Launched Anti Satellite missile
AMIP: Area Major Inquiry Pool (Metropolitan Police)
AMRAAM: Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (Slammer)
AN-72: Russian built transport
Apache: US built helicopter gunship in service with US and Allied forces
APC: Armoured Personnel Carrier
Army: 3 x Corps + combat and logistical support
Army Group: 3 x Armies
AP: Anti-Personnel
ASW: Anti-Submarine Warfare
AT: Anti-Tank
ATC: Air Traffic Control
ATF: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
ATO: Ammunition Technical Officer (Military bomb disposal officer)
AV-8B: US developed version of the Harrier II.
AWACS: Airborne Warning And Control System
AWE: Atomic Weapons Agency (Aldermaston)
B1-B: US built supersonic swing wing early stealth bomber (Lancer)
B-2: US built stealth bomber (Spirit)
B-52: Heavy USAF bomber (The Buff aka Big Ugly F***er)
Backfire: Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber (TU-22M)
BAOR: British Army Of the Rhine
Battalion: 3–4 Rifle Coy’s + combat and logistical support (Bn)
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
Bde: Brigade (3 Bn’s + combat and logistical support)
Binos: Binoculars
Blackjack: Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber (TU-160)
Blinder: Russian built supersonic bomber (TU-22)
BMP: Tracked AFV
Bn: 3–4 Rifle Coy’s + combat and logistical support (Battalion)
Boomer: Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)
Box: Slang term for MI5 (Post Office Box 500)
Bradley: US AFV
BRDM: Russian built four wheeled Reconnaissance vehicle
Brew: Tea
BTR: Russian built eight wheeled APC
Buckshee: Free item
Buckshee: New and inexperienced
Buff: B-52 Heavy USAF bomber (Buff aka Big Ugly F***er)
CAD: Computer Aided Dispatch
CAG: Commander Air Group
CAP: Combat Air Patrol
Carl Gustav: 84mm medium anti-tank weapon
CBU: Cluster Bomb Unit
CCCIR: Police Information Room Senior Controller
CCCP: Cyrillic alphabet for ‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’
CG: Coldstream Guards
Challenger: Current series of British MBTs
Charlie Gee: 84mm medium anti-tank weapon
CHARM: 120mm self stabilising main tank gun with rifled barrel
Chieftain: Former series of British MBTs
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
CIC: Combat Information Centre
CIC: Commander In Chief
Civvy: Civilian
CNN: Cable News Network
CO: Commanding Officer
CO: The Commissioner’s Office (NSY: New Scotland Yard)
Colly: Her Majesty’s Military Correction and Training Centre (HMCC)
Company: 3 x Pl’s + logistical support (Coy)
COMSUBPAC: Commander Submarines Pacific
Corps: 3 x Div’s + combat and logistical support
Coy: 3 x Pl’s + logistical support (Company)
CP: Command Post
Cpclass="underline" Corporal
CQMS: Company Quarter Master Sergeant (Colour Sergeant rank)
CSA: Chief Scientific Advisor
CSM: Company Sergeant Major (WO2 rank)
CTR: Close Target Reconnaissance
CVR(T): Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
CVR(W): Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled)
DEEP STRIKE: Air and SF attacks on logistical targets 100k + behind the lines
DefCon5: Peacetime
DefCon4: Peacetime; Increased intelligence; Strengthened security
DefCon3: Increased force readiness
DefCon2: Increased force readiness — Less than maximum
DefCon1: Maximum force readiness
DF: Defensive Fire
DF: Direction Find
Div: 3 x Bde’s + combat and logistical support (Division)
DPM: Disruptive Pattern Material (Camouflage)
DZ: Drop Zone
E-2C: US built Carrier borne early warning aircraft (Hawkeye)
E-3: US built AWACS based on Boeing 707 (Sentry)
Eagle: USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, all weather, fighter (F-15)
ECM: Electronic Counter Measure
ELINT: Electronically gathered Intelligence
EMCON: Electronic Emission Control (Radio and Radar silence)
EMP: Electro Magnet Pulse
ESM: Electronic Surveillance Measures
Expo: Explosives Officer (Police bomb disposal officer)
Extender: Aerial Tanker derived from Boeing 707 (KC-135)
F-14: USN swing wing, twin engine, two seat, strike fighter (Tomcat)
F-15: USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, tactical fighter (Eagle)
F-15E: USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, all weather, strike fighter (Strike Eagle)
F-16: US built multi-role fighter (Falcon)
F-117A: USAF stealth fighter bomber (Nighthawk)
F-117X: Northrop experimental stealth fighter bomber testbed in service with USAF