GLOSSARY
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACCP Army Correspondence Course Program
ADA air defense artillery
AFV armored fighting vehicle
ANCOC Advanced noncommissioned officer course
APC armored personnel carrier
AR Army regulation
ARTEP Army training and evaluation program
ATEA anticipated target engagement area
ATGM antitank guided missile
ATTN attention
ATWESS antitank weapon effect signature simulator
AZ azimuth
BGST Bradley Gunner's Skill Test
BNCOC Basic noncommissioned officer course
BPC battery power condition
BTV Bradley TOW vehicle
CO company
CM centimeter
CVC combat vehicle crewman (helmet)
CVKI combat vehicle kill indicator
DA Department of the Army
DS direct support
EFP explosively formed projectiles
ELEV elevation
EMER PWR emergency power
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
FIST fire support team
FM field manual
FO forward observer
FSO fire support officer
FTX field training exercise
GCP gunner's control panel
GHC gunner's hand control
GST Gunner's Skill Test
HMMWV high mobility, multipurpose wheeled vehicle
IAW in accordance with
IFV infantry fighting vehicle
IMT infantry moving target
IR infrared
ITA image transfer assembly
ITOW improved TOW
ITV improved TOW vehicle
IVD interactive video disk
kph kilometers per hour
LOS line of sight
LTD laser target detector
LTID laser target interface device
MCLOS manual command to line-of-sight guidance
METL mission-essential task list
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
MGS missile guidance set
MILES mulitple integrated laser engagement system
MOP mission-oriented protective posture
MOS military occupation specialty
MPRC multipurpose range complex
MSR missile simulation round
MV moving
MWLD man-worn laser detectors
MWO modified work order
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical
NCO noncommissioned officer
NTC National Training Center
OCL operator's checklist
OPFOR opposing force
OSUT one station unit training
PGTS precision gunnery training system .
PLT platoon
PMCS preventive maintenance checks and services
psi pounds per square inch
rpm revolutions per minute
SACLOS semiautomatic command-to-line-of-sight guidance
SFC sergeant first class
SGT(P) sergeant (promotable)
SL skill level; squad leader (figures only)
SLP squad leader's periscope
SM soldier's manual
SOP standing operating procedure
SQD squad
ST stationary
STBY standby
STRAC Standards in Training Commission
STP soldier training publication
STX situational training exercise
TFTT TOW field tactical trainer
TG trainer's guide
TGT TOW gunnery trainer
TOW tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided
TM technical manual (training manual)
TRP target reference point
TVPC TOW vehicle power conditioner
US United States
VDC volts direct current
VPC vehicle power conditioner
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