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APPENDIX
ACRONYMS
AAA |
Anti-aircraft artillery |
ABM |
Antiballistic missile |
AIFV |
Armored infantry fighting vehicle |
AOF |
Aviation of the front |
ATGM |
Ant-tank guided missile |
CAA |
Combined Arms Army |
CGF |
Central Group of Forces |
DAG |
Division artillery group |
FEBA |
Forward edge of the battle area |
FROG |
Free rocket over ground |
GSFG |
Group of Soviet Forces/Germany |
ICBM |
Intercontinental ballistic missile |
INF |
Intermediate Nuclear Forces |
IRBM |
Intermediate-range ballistic missile |
LRA |
Long-range aviation |
LZ |
Landing zone |
MAC |
Military Airlift Command |
MD |
Military district |
METT-T |
Mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available |
MRB |
Motorized rifle battalion |
MRBM |
Medium-range ballistic missile |
MRD |
Motorized rifle division |
MRL |
Multiple rocket launcher |
MRR |
Motorized rifle regiment |
NGF |
Northern Group of Forces |
PVO |
The Air Defense Troops (VOYSKA) |
RAG |
Regimental artillery group |
REC |
Radio-Electronic Combat |
RVGK |
Reserve of Supreme High Command |
SAC |
Strategic Air Command |
SAM |
Surface-to-air missile |
SGF |
Southern Group of Forces |
SLBM |
Submarine-launched ballistic missile |
SRF |
Strategic rocket forces |
SSM |
Surface-to-surface missile |
STAVKA |
Supreme High Command Headquarters |
TA |
Tank Army |
TAC |
Tactical Air Command |
TD |
Tank division |
TEL |
Transportation, erector, launcher |
TVD |
Theaters of military operations |
USAF |
United States Air Force |
USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
VTA |
Military transport aviation |
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