| Ranks |
| GEN |
General |
| LTG |
Lieutenant General |
| MG |
Major General |
| BG |
Brigadier General |
| COL |
Colonel |
| LTC |
Lieutenant Colonel |
| MAJ |
Major |
| CPT |
Captain |
| 1LT |
1st Lieutenant |
| 2LT |
2nd Lieutenant |
|
| Miscellaneous |
| AA |
Antiaircraft |
| AAB |
Army Air Base |
| AAF |
Army Air Field |
| AAMG |
Antiaircraft Machine Gun |
| Ammo |
Ammunition |
| ATG |
Antitank Gun |
| ATR |
Antitank Rifle |
| Avn |
Aviation |
| Bn |
Battalion |
| Brig |
Brigade |
| Cav |
Cavalry |
| (CE) |
Combat Engineer |
| Co |
Company |
| Cons |
Construction |
| Det |
Detachment |
| Div |
Division |
| Engr |
Engineer |
| FA |
Field Artillery |
| Fld |
Field |
| GD |
grenade discharger ("knee mortar") |
| HMG |
Heavy Machine Gun |
| Hqs |
Headquarters |
| GGM |
Netherlands East Indies Colonial Navy (gemilitariseerde Gouvernements Marine) |
| Hvy |
Heavy |
| IJA |
Imperial Japanese Army |
| IJN |
Imperial Japanese Navy |
| KIA |
Killed in Action |
| LMG |
Light Machine Gun |
| LOC |
Line-of-Communications (Logistics) |
| MMG |
Medium Machine Gun |
| Mtn |
Mountain |
| NAB |
Naval Air Base |
| NAS |
Naval Air Station |
| NCO |
Non-commissioned Officer(s) |
| NEI |
Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Plt |
Platoon |
| Recon |
Reconnaissance |
| Rgt |
Regiment |
| RR |
Railroad (Railway) |
| Sect |
Section |
| SNLF |
Special Naval Landing Force (IJN Naval Infantry) |
| Sqd |
Squad |
| Sqdn |
Squadron |
| Transp |
Transport |
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