| AAR | after-action review |
| AC | alternating current |
| AI | assistant instructor |
| ammo | ammunition |
| API | armor-piercing incendiary |
| APC | armored personnel carrier |
| API-T | armor-piercing incendiary tracer |
| AR | Army regulation |
| ARTEP | Army Training and Evaluation Program |
| ATGM | antitank guided missile |
| ATWESS | antitank weapons effect simulator system |
| ATTN | attention |
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| BC | battery commander |
| BCIS | battlefield combat identification system |
| BGM | ballistic guided missile |
| BII | basic issue items |
| BMD | amphibious Soviet air-droppable vehicle |
| BMP | Soviet tracked armored personnel carrier |
| BOT | burst on target |
| BRDM | Soviet wheeled reconnaissance vehicle |
| BTM | Soviet ditching machine |
| BTR | Soviet APC and command vehicle |
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| cm | centimeters |
| CO EXEVAL | company exercise evaluation |
| CPL | corporal |
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| DA | Department of the Army |
| DODIC | Department of Defense Identification Code |
| dvr | driver |
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| ea | each |
| eng | engagement |
| EST | engagement skills trainer |
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| F | fire |
| FIST | fire support team |
| FKSM | Fort Knox supplemental material |
| FM | field manual |
| FPL | final protective line |
| FSN | Federal stock number |
| FRAGO | fragmentary order |
| FSO | fire support officer |
| FTX | field training exercise |
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| gnr | gunner |
| GST | Gunnery skills test |
| GTA | graphic training aid |
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| HB | heavy barrel |
| HE | high explosive |
| HEAT | high-explosive antitank |
| HIND-D | Soviet attack helicopter |
| HMMWV | high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle |
| HQ | headquarters |
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| IAW | in accordance with |
| IFFN | identified friend, foe or neutral |
| IFV | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| IRETS | infantry remoted target system |
| IRP | initial rally point |
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| K | kill |
| kmph | kilometers per hour |
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| LFX | live-fire exercise |
| LOS | line of sight |
| LP | listening post |
| LTID | laser target interface device |
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| M | miss |
| m | meter(s) |
| m | mil |
| MEL | maximum engagement line |
| METL | mission essential task list |
| METT-T | mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available |
| MGS | missile guidance set |
| MILES | multiple integrated laser engagement system |
| min | minutes |
| MK | Mark |
| mm | millimeter |
| MOPP | mission-oriented protective posture |
| mph | miles per hour |
| MPRC | multipurpose range complex |
| MPTR | multipurpose training range |
| MSR | missile simulation round |
| MT LB | amphibious Soviet vehicle |
| MTP | mission training plan |
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| N | no |
| NA | not applicable |
| NBC | nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NCOIC | noncommissioned officer in charge |
| NE | not engaged |
| NSN | National stock number |
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| OIC | officer in charge |
| OP | observation post |
| OPFOR | opposing forces |
| OPORD | operations order |
| ORP | objective rally point |
| OT | Czechoslovakian personnel carrier |
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| pam | pamphlet |
| PAS | passive acquisition sight |
| PC | personnel carrier |
| PCS | permanent change of station |
| PD | primer detonating |
| PDF | principle direction of fire |
| PGS | precision gunnery system |
| PGTS | platoon gunnery training system |
| PI | primary instructor |
| PIBD | point initiating, base detonating |
| POL | petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
| PRC | portable radio configuration |
| PVS | passive viewing sight |
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| qual | qualified |
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| R | range (formula) |
| rds | rounds |
| REDCON | readiness condition |
| ref pt | reference point |
| RERP | reentry rally point |
| RP | reference point |
| RPG | rocket-propelled grenade |
| rpm | rounds per minute |
| RSO | range safety officer |
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| S2 | Intelligence Officer (U.S. Army) |
| S3 | Operations and Training Officer (U.S. Army) |
| SALUTE | size, activity, location, unit, time, equipment |
| SAT | satisfactory |
| SAW | squad automatic weapon |
| sec | second(s) |
| SLAP | saboted light armor penetrating |
| SM | soldier's manual |
| SMCT | soldier's manual of common tasks |
| SOI | Signal Operation instructions |
| SOP | standing operating procedures |
| SP | start point |
| STANO | surveillance, target acquisition, and night observation |
| STP | soldier's training publication |
| STRAC | Standards in Training Commission |
| STX | situation training exercise |
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| T&E | training and evaluation |
| TB | technical bulletin |
| TC | training circular, truck commander |
| TCE | truck crew evaluator |
| TCEPT | truck crew evaluator performance test |
| tech | technique |
| TGST | TOW gunnery skills test |
| tgts | targets |
| TM | technical manual |
| TOT | tracer on target |
| TOW | tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided |
| TOW FTT | TOW field tactical trainer |
| TOW GT | TOW gunnery trainer |
| TP | target practice |
| TRADOC | US Army Training and Doctrine Command |
| TRC | training readiness condition |
| TRP | target reference point |
| TVS | thermal viewing sight |
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| UNSAT | unsatisfactory |
| UTM | universal traverse mercator |
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| W | width |
| WRP | weapons reference point |
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| Y | yes |
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| ZSU | Soviet antiaircraft vehicle |
