Abbreviations AA ACV AEV AFV AIFV AP AP-T APC APC-T APDS APDS-T APER-FRAG APERS-T APFSDS APFSDS-T APHE AP-T API-T AR/AAV ARV ATGW AVLB AVRE BARV BMY CDC GET CEV CFV CHAVRE
anti-aircraft Airborne Combat Vehicle (eg BMD family) Armoured Engineer Vehicle Armoured Fighting Vehicle Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle Armour Piercing Armour Piercing-Tracer Armoured Personnel Carrier Armour Piercing Capped-Tracer Armour Piercing, Discarding Sabot Armour Piercing, Discarding Sabot-Tracer Anti Personnel-Fragmentation Anti Personnel-Tracer Armour Piercing, Fin Stabilised, Discarding Sabot Armour Piercing, Fin Stabilised, Discarding Sabot-Tracer Armour Piercing, High Explosive Armour Piercing-Tracer Armour Piercing, IncendiaryTracer Armoured Recovery and Repair Vehicle Armoured Recovery Vehicle Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle Bowen-McLaughlin-York Computing Devices Company Combat Engineering Tractor Combat Engineer Vehicle Cavalry Fighting Vehicle Chieftain Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
CHIP
Challenger Improvement Programme CPMIEC China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation CRT Cathode Ray Tube DIVAD Divisional Air Defense ERA Explosive Reactor Armour FCS Fire Control System FST Future Soviet Tank (American intelligence community designation usually suffixed by a number eg FST- 1) FV Fighting Vehicle (British MoD designation usually suffixed by a number and version eg FV4030/4 - Fighting Vehicle 4030/version 4) GPS Gunner's Primary Sight GPTTS Gunner's Primary Tank Thermal Sight HE High Explosive HE- APER-FRAG High Explosive-Anti PersonnelFragmentation HE-FRAG High Explosive-Fragmentation HE-FS High Explosive-Fin Stabilised HE-T High Explosive-Tracer HEAT High Explosive, Anti-Tank HEAT-FS High Explosive, Anti-Tank, Fin Stabilised HEAT-MP-T High Explosive, Anti-Tank-Multi Purpose-Tracer HEAT-T High Explosive, Anti-Tank Tracer HEI High Explosive, Incendiary HEI-T High Explosive, IncendiaryTracer HEP-T High Explosive, Plastic Tracer HESH High Explosive, Squash Head HESH-T High Explosive, Squash HeadTracer HVAP-T High Velocity Armour PiercingTracer HVAPDS-T High Velocity Armour Piercing, Discarding Sabot-Tracer HVSS Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension IFCS Improved Fire Control System
IFV IR I.T.T.TV HESH MBT MICV
Infantry Fighting Vehicle Infra Red Low Light Level Television High Explosive, Squash Head Main Battle Tank Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle MOLF Modular Laser Fire Control MRS Multiple Rocket System NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NBC Nuclear, Biological and Chemical NORINCO China North Industries Corporation REME Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RISE Reliability Improved, Selected Equipment SAM Surface-to-Air Missile SAPHEI Semi- Armour Piercing, High Explosive, Incendiary SAPHEI-T Semi-Armour Piercing, High Explosive, Incendiary-Tracer S CG Self Changing Gears SFCS Simplified Fire Control System SIRE Sight Integrated Range Equipment SMT Soviet Medium Tank (Western intelligence community designation usually suffixed by M-date eg SMT M1990 - designation of T-72 Ml 990 before official Russian designation T-72BM became known) STANAG Standardisation Agreement (NATO) TCM Teledyne Continental Motors TOGS Thermal Observation and Gunnery Sight TTS Tank Thermal Sight TWMP Track Width Mine Plough WarPac Warsaw Pact UAE United Arab Emirates
