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table 50 List of Abbreviations for Data Sections<br />

– part of unit is detached/less than<br />

* combat capable<br />

’’ unit with overstated title/ship class<br />

nickname<br />

+ unit reinforced/more than<br />

< under 100 tonnes<br />

† serviceability in doubt<br />

ε estimated<br />

AAA anti-aircraft artillery<br />

AAB Advisory and Assistance Brigade<br />

AAM air-to-air missile<br />

AAV amphibious assault vehicle<br />

AB airborne<br />

ABM anti-ballistic missile<br />

ABU sea-going buoy tender<br />

ac aircraft<br />

ACCS Air Command and Control System<br />

ACM advanced cruise missile<br />

ACP airborne command post<br />

ACV air cushion vehicle / armoured<br />

combat vehicle<br />

AD air defence<br />

ADA air defence artillery<br />

adj adjusted<br />

AE auxiliary, ammunition carrier<br />

AEW airborne early warning<br />

AF Air Force<br />

AFB Air Force Base / Station<br />

AFS logistics ship<br />

AG misc auxiliary<br />

AGB icebreaker<br />

AGF command ship<br />

AGHS hydrographic survey vessel<br />

AGI intelligence collection vessel<br />

AGL automatic grenade launcher<br />

AGM air-to-ground missile<br />

AGOR oceanographic research vessel<br />

AGOS oceanographic surveillance vessel<br />

AGS survey ship<br />

AH hospital ship<br />

AIFV armoured infantry fighting vehicle<br />

AIP air independent propulsion<br />

AK cargo ship<br />

aka also known as<br />

AKR fast sealift ship / cargo ship<br />

AKSL stores ship (light)<br />

ALARM air-launched anti-radiation missile<br />

ALCM air-launched cruise missile<br />

amph amphibious/amphibian<br />

AMRAAM advanced medium-range air-toair<br />

missile<br />

AO tanker with RAS capability<br />

AOE auxiliary fuel and ammunition, RAS<br />

capability<br />

AORH tanker with hel capacity<br />

AORL replenishment oiler light<br />

AORLH oiler light with hel deck<br />

AOT tanker<br />

AP armour-piercing/anti-personnel<br />

APC armoured personnel carrier<br />

AR/C repair ship/cable<br />

ARG amphibious ready group<br />

ARL airborne reconnaissance low<br />

ARM anti-radiation missile<br />

armd armoured<br />

ARS salvage ship<br />

ARSV armoured reconnaissance/<br />

surveillance vehicle<br />

arty artillery<br />

ARV armoured recovery vehicle<br />

AS anti-submarine<br />

ASaC airborne surveillance and control<br />

ASCM anti-ship cruise missile<br />

aslt assault<br />

ASM air-to-surface missile<br />

ASR submarine rescue craft<br />

ASROC anti-submarine rocket<br />

ASSM anti-surface-ship missile<br />

ASTOR airborne stand-off radar<br />

ASTROS II artillery saturation rocket<br />

System<br />

ASTT anti-submarine torpedo tube<br />

ASW anti-submarine warfare<br />

ASuW anti-surface warfare<br />

AT tug / anti-tank<br />

ATBM anti-tactical ballistic missile<br />

ATF tug, ocean going<br />

ATGW anti-tank guided weapon<br />

ATK attack<br />

ATP advanced targeting pod<br />

ATTACMS army tactical missile system<br />

ATTC all terrain tracked carrier<br />

AV armoured vehicle<br />

AVB aviation logistic ship<br />

avn aviation<br />

AWACS/AEW&C airborne warning and<br />

control system<br />

AWT water tanker<br />

AXL training craft<br />

AXS training craft, sail<br />

BA budget authority (US)<br />

Bbr bomber<br />

BCT brigade combat team<br />

bde brigade<br />

bdgt budget<br />

BfSB battlefield surveillance brigade<br />

BG battle group<br />

BMD ballistic missile defence<br />

BMEWS ballistic missile early warning<br />

system<br />

bn battalion/billion<br />

BSB brigade support battalion<br />

BSTB brigade special troops battalion<br />

Reference<br />

487<br />

bty battery<br />

C2 command and control<br />

CAB combat aviation brigade<br />

CALCM conventional air-launched cruise<br />

missile<br />

CAS close air support<br />

casevac casualty evacuation<br />

CASM conventionally armed stand-off<br />

missile<br />

cav cavalry<br />

cbt combat<br />

CBU cluster bomb unit<br />

CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological,<br />

nuclear, explosive<br />

CCS command and control systems<br />

cdo commando<br />

CET combat engineer tractor<br />

CFE Conventional Armed Forces in Europe<br />

C/G/GN/L cruiser/guided missile/guided<br />

missile, nuclear powered/light<br />

cgo cargo (freight) aircraft<br />

CIMIC civil-military cooperation<br />

CIS Command Information Systems<br />

CIWS close-in weapons system<br />

CLOS command-to-line-of-sight<br />

COIN counter insurgency<br />

comb combined/combination<br />

comd command<br />

COMINT communications intelligence<br />

comms communications<br />

CPV crew protected vehicle<br />

CPX command post exercise<br />

CS combat support<br />

CSAR combat search and rescue<br />

CSG carrier strike group<br />

C-RAM counter rocket, artillery and mortar<br />

CT counter terrorism<br />

CTOL conventional take off and landing<br />

CV/H/N/S aircraft carrier/helicopter/<br />

nuclear powered/VSTOL<br />

CVBG carrier battlegroup<br />

CW chemical warfare/weapons<br />

DD/G/GH destroyer/guided missile/with<br />

helicopter<br />

DDS dry dock shelter<br />

def defence<br />

demob demobilised<br />

det detachment<br />

DISTEX disaster training exercise<br />

div division<br />

dom domestic<br />

DSCS defense satellite communications<br />

system<br />

ECCAS Economic Community of Central<br />

Africa States<br />

ECM electronic counter measures<br />

ECR electronic combat and reconnaissance<br />

EELV evolved expendable launch vehicle<br />

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