| AC |
Active Component |
| ANCOC |
advanced noncommissioned officer course |
| AN/PVS |
Army Navy passive vision sight |
| ARTEP |
Army Training and Evaluation Program |
| backblast |
The backward blast created by igniting the propellant in a weapon designed to be as recoilless as possible. |
| blast |
An explosive or violent detonation that produces a direct effect on its target in addition to radiant heat and overpressure at its point of origin. |
| BMP |
a type of non US fighting vehicle built by the former Soviet Union |
| BNCOC |
basic noncommissioned officer course |
| BRDM |
a type of non-US scout car built by the former Soviet Union |
| BTR |
a type of non-US personnel carrier built by the former Soviet Union |
| C |
Centigrade |
| CS |
combat support |
| CSS |
combat service support |
| DA |
Department of the Army |
| DKIE |
decontamination kit individual equipment |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DS |
direct support |
| F |
Fahrenheit |
| FHT |
field handling trainer |
| fps |
feet per second |
| FTX |
field training exercise |
| HE |
high-explosive |
| HEAT |
high-explosive antitank |
| HELLFIRE |
heliborne laser fire and forget (a missile system) |
| HMTS |
medium weapon thermal sight |
| HWTS |
heavy weapon thermal sight |
| IAW |
in accordance with |
| IET |
initial entry training |
| IR |
infrared |
| kmph |
kilometers per hour |
| LAW |
light antitank weapon |
| LED |
light emitting diode |
| METL |
mission-essential task list |
| MILES |
Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System |
| mm |
millimeter(s) |
| MMTT |
manned moving target tank |
| MOPP |
mission-oriented protective posture |
| MOUT |
military operations on urbanized terrain |
| mph |
miles per hour |
| mps |
meters per second |
| MTP |
mission training plan |
| MWTS |
medium weapon thermal sight |
| NA |
not applicable |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC |
nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NCO |
noncommissioned officer |
| NSN |
national stock number |
| NVD |
night vision device |
| OIC |
officer in charge |
| overpressure |
increased atmospheric pressure (positive overpressure), followed by a wave of decreased atmospheric pressure (negative overpressure), produced around the origin of an explosive or violent detonation |
| PLDC |
primary leadership development course |
| POI |
program of instruction |
| promethium |
a radioactive metallic element of the rare-earth group used to illuminate range markings on the front sight of the M72-series LAW |
| RC |
Reserve Component |
| RPG |
rocket-propelled grenade (non-US) |
| STX |
situational training exercise |
| SMCT |
soldier's manual of common tasks |
| SOP |
standing operating procedure |
| spall |
small fragment or chip |
| STP |
soldier training publication |
| STRAC |
standards in training commission |
| TOC |
tactical operations center |
| TP |
training-practice |
| TPIAL |
target pointer/illuminator/aiming light, AN/PEQ-2A |
| TRADOC |
(US Army) Training and Doctrine Command |
| trc |
track (as used in STRAC manual) |
| TRP |
target reference point |
| TSC |
training support center |
| TWS |
thermal weapon sight |
