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World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations | Last Updated 28.06.2019 |
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World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations | Last Updated 28.06.2019 |
| Term | Meaning |
| 5-AK | Truck-borne radio station (AM) |
| 6-PK | Infantry portable radio station (AM) |
| 11-AK | Truck-borne heavy radio station (AM) |
| 71-TK | Armored vehicle radio station (AM) |
| AA | Antiaircraft |
| AAHMG | Antiaircraft Heavy Machine Gun (12,7mm) |
| AAMG | Antiaircraft Machine Gun |
| AAMMG | Antiaircraft Medium Machine Gun |
| AES-1 | Mobile electric power plant (truck-borne electric generator) |
| AES-3 | Mobile electric power plant (truck-borne electric generator) |
| Ammo | Ammunition |
| APC | Armored Personnel Carrier (Halftrack) |
| ATG | Antitank Gun |
| BAD | Breakthrough Artillery Division |
| Brig. | Brigade |
| Bn. | Battalion |
| Commissar | Political Officer (Communist party functionary to control and indoctrinate the military) |
| Co. | Company |
| Decon | Decontamination |
| Div. | Division |
| Dual | Two machine guns in a single mounting. |
| G-H | Gun-Howitzer |
| GL | Grenade Launcher |
| HMG | Heavy Machine Gun |
| How | Howitzer |
| Hqs | Headquarters |
| Hvy | Heavy |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General Corps |
| LMG | Light Machine Gun |
| Lt | Light |
| Maint | Maintenance |
| Mech | Mechanized (motorized infantry with tanks) |
| Men | Personnel, comprising Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Other Ranks |
| MG | Machine Gun |
| MMG | Medium Machine Gun (7,62mm) |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer (Sergeants and senior sergeants) |
| NKVD | People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Russian: Народный комиссариат внутренних дел / Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del) The USSR's Interior Ministry and secret police, handled wartime security, internal policing, counter-intelligence, arrests, surveillance, and prison administration , as well as operating heavily armed internal troops for the border guards and rear-area security. |
| Obsv | Observation |
| Ops | Operations |
| OR | Other Rank (Enlisted men, without sergeants) |
| PO | Political Officer (Commissar, Communist party functionary to control and indoctrinate the military |
| PVO | Soviet Air Defence Forces
(Russian: Противовоздушная Оборона
/ ProtivoVozdushnaya Oborona)
The dedicated air Defence branch, completely separate from the Ground Forces, from the Soviet Air Force (VVS) and Air Defence Troops of Ground Forces. They were primarily responsible for protecting strategic rear areas, cities, and major industrial hubs. |
| Quad | Four guns in a single mounting (lit.: Quadrupel) |
| RB radio | RB transmitter-receiver. Short-wave. (Range: 8km for voice, 12km for morse) |
| Recon | Reconnaissance |
| RGK | The Reserve of the Supreme High Command (also STAVKA Reserve)
(Russian: Резерв Верховного Главнокомандования / Rezerv Glavnogo Komandovaniya |
| Rgt | Regiment |
| RRU | pack radio (VHF) |
| RSB | truck-borne ground-to-air radio (AM) (Range with 4m antenna: 30km for voice, 60km for morse)
(also known as forward air support link / " tentacle ") |
| SMG | Sub-Machine Gun (also known as Machine Pistol) |
| T/O | Table of Organization (Number) |
| Tele | Telephone |
| Topo | Topographic |
| w/sc | with sidecar |
| Shtat | Table of Organization (number) | VNOS | Air Observation, Warning, and Communications
(Russian: Воздушное наблюдение, оповещение и связь / Vozdushnogo Nablyudeniya, Oposhcheniya i Svyazi) |
