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APPENDIX A
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| AD | Air Defense |
| APC | armored personnel carrier |
| ATGM | antitank guided missile |
| Basij | Iranian popular mobilization army |
| ° C | Degree(s) centigrade |
| C2 | command and control |
| cm | centimeters |
| FGA | fighter ground attack |
| FHQ | Field Headquarters |
| ft | feet |
| GHQ | general headquarters |
| IFV | infantry fighting vehicle |
| IIAF | Islamic Imperial Armed Forces |
| IIArF | Iranian Islamic Air Force |
| IIGF | Iranian Islamic Ground Force |
| IIN | Iranian Islamic Navy |
| IISS | International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| IRGC | Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (Pasdaran) |
| IRP | Islamic Republican Party |
| km | kilometer(s) |
| LOC | Lines of communication |
| m | meter(s) |
| MG | machine gun |
| MRL | multiple rocket launcher(s) |
| nm | nautical miles |
| OCU | operational control unit |
| P-ID | Political Ideological Directorate |
| RECCE | Reconnaissance control element |
| RGC | Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| RGFC | Republican Guard Forces Command |
| SAM | surface-to-air missiles |
| SDC | Supreme Defense Council |
| SSM | surface-to-surface missiles |
| TAPline | Trans-Arabian pipeline |
| UAE | United Arab Republic |
| UNIIMOG | United Nations Iran/Iraq, Military Observer Group |
| UTC | universal time coordinated |
