Abbreviation |
Meaning |
AA |
Antiaircraft |
AAMG |
Antiaircraft Machine Gun |
Admin |
Administration |
Ammo |
Ammunition |
Armd. |
Armored |
Art. |
Artillery |
Asst |
Assistant |
AT |
Antitank |
ATR |
Antitank Rifle |
BAR |
Browning Automatic Rifle |
Bn. |
Battalion |
Cav. |
Cavalry |
Co. |
Company |
COL |
Colonel |
CoS |
Chief of Staff |
Decon |
Decontamination |
Div. |
Division(al) |
Engr. |
Engineer |
(GS) |
An officer of the General Staff Corps |
HMG |
Heavy Machine Gun |
Hqs |
Headquarters |
Lab |
Laboratory |
LTG |
Lieutenant General |
LMG |
Light Machine Gun |
Maint. |
Maintenance |
MD |
Military District |
MG (rank) |
Major General |
MG (weapon) |
Machine Gun |
MMG |
Medium Machine Gun |
NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer(s) |
QM |
Quartermaster |
(QM) |
An officer of the Quartermaster Corps |
Rgt. |
Regiment |
Svc. |
Service |