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Abbreviations |
Military |
ANZAC |
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Australia & New Zealand Army Corps |
APC |
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Armoured Personnel Carrier |
AWACS |
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Airborne Warning And Control System (surveillance planes) |
BFPO |
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British Forces Postings Overseas |
ECM |
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Electronic Counter Measures (aircraft combat) |
ENSA |
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Entertainments National Service Association |
FANY |
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GI |
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Government Issue (see also Science) |
ICBM |
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Inter–Continental Ballistic Missile |
IED |
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Improvised Explosive Device |
IRBM |
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Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
KOSB |
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King's Own Scottish Borderers |
MASH |
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Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
MI(5/6) |
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Military Intelligence |
MIDAS |
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Missile Defence Alarm System |
NAAFI |
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Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes |
QARANC |
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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps |
QARNNS |
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Queen Alexandra's Royal Navy Nursing Service |
RAOC |
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Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
RAPC |
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Royal Army Pay Corps |
REME |
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Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
RFA |
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
ROC |
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Royal Ordnance Corps |
RPC |
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Royal Pioneer Corps |
RSM |
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Regimental Sergeant–Major |
SAM |
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Surface–to–Air Missile |
SAS |
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Special Air Service |
SBS |
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Special Boat Squadron |
SHAPE |
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
SLR |
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Self–Loading Rifle |
SOE (WWII) |
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Special Operations Executive |
START |
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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (1991) |
SWAT |
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Special Weapons And Tactics |
TAVR |
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Territorial Army Voluntary Reserve |
UDR |
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Ulster Defence Regiment |
WAAF |
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
WRAC |
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Women's Royal Army Corps |
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