Glossary Of Terms

The Military love to shorten everything so with that in mind below is a list of common terms relating to Military Vehicles.

• AA - Anti Aircraft
• AAAV - Armoured Amphibious Assault Vehicle
• ACRV - Armoured Command and Reconnaissance
• AEV - Armoured Engineer Vehicle

• AIFV - Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• AP - Armour Piercing
• APC - Armoured Personnel Carrier
• APC-T - Armour Piercing Capped Tracer
• APDS - Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot
• APDS-T - Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot Tracer
• APFSDS - Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot
• APFSDS-T - Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot Tracer
• APHE - Armmour Piercing High Explosive
• AARV - Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle
• ATGW - Anti Tank Guided Weapon
• AVLB - Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge
• AVRE - Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
• BARV - Beach Armoured Recovery vehicle
• CVR(T) - Combat Vehicle Reconnaisance (Tracked)
• CVR(W) - Combat Vehicle Reconnaisance (Wheeled)
• ERA - Explosive Reactive Armour
• FCS - Fire Control System
• FV - Fighting Vehicle
• HE - High Explosive
• HE-T - High Explosive Tracer
• HEAT - High Explosive Anti Tank

• HEAT-FS - High Explosive Anti Tank Fin Stabilised
• HE-FS - High Explosive Fin Stabilised
• HESH - High Explosive Squash Head
• IFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• IR - Infra Red
• LLLTV - Low Light Level Television
• MBT - Main Battle Tank
• MG - Machine Gun
• MICV - Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle
• MLRS - Multiple Launch Rocket System
• NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
• NVE - Night Vision Equipment
• RP - Rocket Propelled
• RMG - Ranging Machine Gun
• SAM - Surface to Air Missile
• SPAAG - Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Gun
• SPAAM - Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Missile
• SP - Self Propelled
• SPG - Self Propelled Gun
• SPM - Self Propelled Mortar