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AA - antiaircraft

AAA - antiaircraft artillery AAG - army artillery group

AAICV- amphibious airborne infantry combat vehicle AAM - air-to-air missile

ACRV - artillery command and reconnaissance vehicle a c q - acquisition

ACV - armored command vehicle a d m i n- administrative

AGI - auxiliary general intelligence (ship) AICV- amphibious infantry combat vehicle A M - amplitude modulation

a m m o - ammunition a m p - amplifier

An-(no.) - Soviet designation for aircraft from Antonov design bureau

AP - armor-piercing (round); antipersonnel (mine) APC- armored personnel carrier

APC-T - armor-piercing capped tracer

API - armor-piercing incendiary

API-T - armor-piercingincendiary tracer AP-T - armor-piercing tracer

APVO - Aviation of National Air Defense arty - artillery

AS-(no.) US designation for Soviet air-to-surface missile

ASC - armored scout car ASM - air-to-surface missile ASW - antisubmarine warfare AT - antitank

- US designation for Soviet antitank guided missile

ATGL - antitank grenade launcher ATGM - antitank guided missile auto automatic

a u x- auxiliary

AWACS - airborne warning and control system

BAF - battalion assault force (naval infantry)

B A Z- heavy transport vehicle produced by Bryansk Automobile Plant

B M P - Soviet abbreviation for infantry combat vehicle bn - battalion

BTR - Soviet abbreviation for armored personnel carrier btry -battery

BVR - beyond visual range

C2 - command and control

C3-command, control, and communications CAA - combined arms army

CB U -cluster bomb unit c d r - commander

CEP - circular error probable

CES- chief of engineer services

CGF - Central Group of Forces

C I N C- commander in chief

c m- centimeter

CMTA - chief of missile troops and artillery C N - chloroacetophene

c o - company

COMINT- communications intelligence COP - command observation post

C P- concrete-piercing

CPSU- Communist Party of the Soviet Union CRP -combat reconnaissance Patrol

CS - combat support

CSS - combat service support c y l - cylinder

DAG - division artillery group decon - decontamination

D F - direction finding D M - adamsite

D O I -date of introduction

DOSAAF - Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army. Aviation, and Navy (premilitary training organization)

DS - direct support DZ - drop zone

ECM - electronic countermeasures ELINT- electronic intelligence EMP - electromagnetic pulse

ESM - electronic warfare support measures est - estimated

EW - early warning; electronic warfare

FAC - forward air controller

FEBA - forward edge of the battle area (US acronym used in this manual as the equivalent of the Soviet term "forward edge")

FDC - fire direction center

FLOT - forward line of own troops

FM - frequency modulations; field manual FO -forward observer

FOP - forward observation post

Frag - fragmentation

Frag-HE- fragmentation high-explosive Frag-T- fragmentation tracer

Frag-HE-T- fragmentation high explosive tracer fre q - frequency

FROG - free rocket over ground FS - fin-stabilized

FSE -forward security element (of the advance guard)

g -gram

GAZ-(no.) - medium truck produced by Gorkiy Motor Vehicle Plant

GPMG -general purpose machine gun grd- ground

GRU - general staff's main intelligence directorate GTO - All-Union Sports-Technical Complex Ready for

Labor and Defense of the USSR

HCF - High Command of Forces H E -high explosive

HEAT -high explosive antitank

HEAT-FS - high explosive antitank fin-stabilized HEAT-SS - high explosive antitank spin-stabilized H E I- high explosive incendiary

HEI-T -high explosive incendiary tracer HEP - high explosive plastic

H F - high frequency hp -horsepower

H Q -headquarters hr - hour

HVAP - hyper-velocity armor-piercing

HVAPFSDS - hyper-velocity armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot

HVAP-T- hyper-velocity armor-piercing tracer

I C M- improved conventional munitions IFF - identification, friend or foe

IFV - infantry fighting vehicle

II-(no.) - Soviet designationfor aircraft from llyushin design bureau

INA - information not available at the unclassified level IN F - Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces

intcp - intercept I R-infrared

I R B M- intermediate-range ballistic missile I - T-incendiary tracer

I T B- independent tank battalion

Ka-(no.) - Soviet designation for helicopter from Kamov

design bureau

KamAZ-(no.) - medium truck produced by Kama River Motor Vehicle Plant

kg - kilogram

KGB - Committee for State Security kg/cm2 - kilograms per square centimeter

k m- kilometer

km/hr - kilometers per hour

KrAZ-(no.) - heavy truck produced by KremenchugMotor Vehicle Plant

LMG - light machine gun LOC - line of communications LOP - lateral observation post LOS - line of sight

LRA - long range aviation

LuAZ-(no.) - light truck produced by Lutsk Motor Vehicle Plant

L Z- landing zone

m -meter

m / s e c - meters per second

MAZ-(no.) - heavy truck produced by Minsk Motor

Vehicle Plant

MCLOS - manual-command-to-line-of-sight guidance M F - medium frequency

M G - machine gun

m3/hr- cubic meters per hour m/hr- meters per hour

M H z -megahertz

Mi-(no.) - Soviet designation for helicopter from Mil design bureau

m i c h m a n-warrant officer, navy

MiG-(no.) -Soviet designation for aircraft from Mikoyan-

Gurevich design bureau min- minute

mm- millimeter

MOD - Ministry of Defense MOP - mobile observation post MPA - Main Political Directorate M R B - motorized rifle battalion

MRB M - medium-range ballistic missile MRC - motorized rifle company

MRD - motorized rifle division MRL - multiple rocket launcher MRP - mobile reconnaissance post MRR - motorized rifle regiment

MSD - movement support detachment (engineer element) mt - metric tons

MV D - Ministry of Internal Affairs

N A -not applicable

NAC -new army corps

NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NB C - nuclear, biological, chemical

NBDF- nuclear burst direction-finding

NCO - noncommissioned officer

NGF - Northern Group of Forces. Poland

OMG - operational maneuver group

plt- platoon

POL - petroleum, oils, lubricants

PPO- primary party organization: mobile training post PGM - precision-guided munitions

praporshchik - warrant officer, army

PRTB - Soviet abbreviation for mobile rocket technical base

PVO Strany - National Air Defense Troops

PVO Sukhoputnykh Voysk -air defense troops of the ground forces

PWP - plasticized white phosphorus

RAG - regimental artillery group RAP - rocket-assisted projectile

RAST - Soviet abbreviation for mobile analytical plotting station (also known as mobile computation and analysis station)

rd - round

rd/min - rounds per minute RDF - radio direction finding REC - radioelectronic combat recon- reconnaissance

REG - repair and evacuation group regt- regiment

rkh - Russian abbreviation (literally: radio-chemical) used as suffix in Soviet designations for NBC reconnaissance vehicles

ROTC - Reserve Officers' Training Corps RTO - radio telephone operator

RVGK - Reserve of the Supreme High Command

SA-(no.) - US designation for Soviet surface-to-air

missile

SACLOS - semiautomatic-command-to-line-of-sight guidance

SAM - surface-to-air missile sec- second

SGF - Southern Group of Forces shp - shaft horsepower

SIGNT - signals intelligence SLAR -side-looking airborne radar

SLP - semiactive laser-guided projectile SP - self-propelled

SPAAG - self-propelled antiaircraft gun SPETSNAZ - Soviet acronym for (troops of) special

designation, also known as special purpose forces

SRBM - short-range ballistic missile SRF - strategic rocket forces

SS - spin-stabilized round

SS-(no.) - US designation for Soviet surface-to-surface missile

SSB - single sideband

SSM - surface-to-surface missile

STOL - short takeoff and landing aircraft

Su-(no.) - Soviet designation for aircraft from Sukhoi design bureau

TA - tank army

TASM - tactical air-to-surface missile TB - tank battalion

TBr- tank brigade TD - tank division TDY - temporary duty

TEL - transporter-erector-launcher

TELAR - transporter-erector-launcher and radar

TOE - table(s) of organization and equipment TOP - technical observation point

TR - tank regiment

Tu-(no.) - Soviet designation for aircraft from Tupolev design bureau

TV - theater of war

TVD - theater of military operations

UAZ-(no.) - light truck produced by Ulyanovsk Motor Vehicle Plant

UHF - ultra high frequency

U / I - unidentified

Ural-(no.)- medium truck produced by Ural Motor Vehicle Plant

US - United States

USSR - Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics (Soviet Union)

UW - unconventional warfare

VEESS - vehicle engine exhaust smoke system VGK - Supreme High Command

VHF - very high frequency

VOSO - Central Military Transportation Directorate Voyska PVO - ai rdefense troops

VTA - military transport aviation VTOL - vertical takeoff and landing VVS - Soviet Air Force

WGF - Western Group of Forces

WP - white phosphorus

Yak-(no.) - Soviet designation for aircraft from Yakovlev design bureau

Academies, military

curriculum of. 3-4

US equivalents for, 3-4 Voroshilov Military Academy, 3-5

Administrative service. 1-4

Air assault battalion. See Independent air assault battalion (army)

Air assault brigade (front), 4-139

Air defense battalion (MRR and TR, MRD and TO). 4-18n

Air defense forces. 1-1

air defense missile and artillery battery (MRR and TR, MRD and TD). 4-18

Air defense platoon (MRB. MRR (BMP). MUD and TO). 4-29 consolidation of company.level AA squads, 1-6

Air defense troops (Voyrka PVO), 1-2

Air defense troops of the ground forces (PVO Sukhoputnykh Voysk). 1.2

Air force. 1-1

Air forces of the front, 4.133

Airborne battalion (airborne regiment, airborne division). 4-145

Airborne company (airborne battalion, airborne regiment. airborne division). 4.144

Airborne division

description of. 4-143 equipment in, 4-150-4-152 Increased firepower in, 1-6 organization of. 1-6, 4.143-4-154

reorganization and modernization of, 1-7 2S9 airborne SP howitzer in, 1-7

Airborne forces. 1-2, 4-144

as reserve force af the Supreme High Command, 1.2

Airborne reconnaissance company (reconnaissance battalion, MRD and TO). 4.7%

Airborne regiment, (BMD) description of, 4-146 equipment in, 4-147--4-148 organization of, 4-146 structure of, 4-146-4-148

Airmobile assault brigade (front), 4-140

All-Union Sports-Technical Complex Ready for Labor and Defense of the USSR (GTO): role in-premilitary and speciality training, 3-3-3-4

Ammunition transport company (materiel support battalion, MRD and TO). 4-89

Amphibious forces. 4-154

Antiaircraft artillery regiment 6 6 0 ) (MRD and TD). 4-104 Antitank battalion (MRD). 4-72

Antitank brigade (artillery division. front). 4.135 Antitank missile battery (MRR. MRD and TO). 4-20 Antitank platoon (MRB. MRR (BTR). MRD). 4-7 Antitank regiment (army). 4-121

Armed forces: components of, 1-1

Armor, reactive: on T.80, 1-7

Army. See also Combined arms army (CAA); Tank army (TA) composition typical) of,. 1-5

definition of, 1-5

mix of MRDs and TDs in, 1-5 as part of a front. 4.2

Army aviation. 1-7

Artillery battalion (general). 1-7 Artillery brigade (army). 4-120

Artillery command battery, (MRD and TD), 4-99 Artillery division (front). 4-135

Artillery reconnaissance battery (artillery regiment, MRD and

TD). 4-59

Artillery reconnaissance (target acquisition/early warning) battery (SAM regiment (SA-6), MRD and TD). 4-66

Artillery regiment (airborne division). 4-153

Artillery regiment (MRD and TD)

description of, 4-50 equipment in, 4-51--4-53 organization of, 4.50

Assault battalion (BMD) (air assault brigade, front), 4-141 Assault crossing battalion (army or front), 4-125

Assault crossing company (engineer battalion, MRD and TD). 4-82

Assault gun battalion (airborne division), 4-152 Attack helicopter regiment (army), 4-127

FM 100-2-3

Automatic grenade launcher platoon (MRB, MRR. MRD and

TD), 4-29

consolidation of company-level squads, 1-6

Bakery. See Mobile field bakery (materiel support battalion, MRD and TD)

Benefits (of military service) annual leave. 2.5

for families of noncareer personnel, 2-5 living quarters, 2-5

medical and health care, 2.-5 passes, 2-5

per diem on TDY, 2.5

permanent change of station, 2-5

postal privileges for families of first-time service, 2.5 resorts and sanitoria, 2-5

subsistence subsidy for career personnel. 2.5 BMD platoon (airborne regiment). 4-144 BMD squad (airborne regiment), 4-144 Bolshevik Revolution. 3-8

CAA. See Combined arms army

Cargo transport company (materiel support battalion. MRD and TD), 4-90

Central Group of Forces (CFG) in Czechoslovakia, 1-5 Central Military Topographic Directorate. 1-3

Central Military Transportation Directorate (VOSO). 1-3 CGF. See Central Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia Chemical protection battalion (army). 4-123

Chemical protection brigade (front). 4-137 Chemical protection company (MRD and TO), 4-95

Chemical protection platoon (MRR and TR. MRD and TD). 4-23

Chemical troops, 1-3 Chief of the rear. 1-3 CINC, ground forces. 1.1

Civil defense: training programs, 3-2

Collection and evacuation platoon (medical battalion. MRD and TD). 4-97

Colleges, military. See also Universities, civilian: Education; Academies, military: and Training

compared to civilian technical schools, 3-4 curriculum of. 3-4

numbers of, 3-4--3-5 specialities offered by, 3-4--3-5

Combat arms branches (troops), 1-2

Combat engineer (sapper) company (engineer battalion, MRD and TD). 4-81

Combat training directorate. 1-1

Combined arms: concept of, 1-4

Combined Arms Army (CAA)

description of, 4-116 organization of, 1-5, 4-116--4-117

Commissioning schools (officer): applications for, 3-4

Communications platoon (engineer battalion. MRD and TD), 4-84

Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). See also lndoctrination

control over armed forces, 2.5 influence over military discipline, 2-6 membership in, 2-6

military officers on Central Committee. 2-2 relationship with zampolit, 2-6

role of PPO in, 2-6

Composite artillery battalion (air assault brigade, front). 4-143

Conscripts

and crop harvesting, 3-7 deferments for. 2-1

diversion to civilian projects, 3-7 education of, 2-1

evaluation of, 2-1 family benefits for. 2-5

marriage restrictions for, 2.5 morale of. 2-0

percentage in Soviet ground forces personnel. 2-0 physical examination for, 2-1

Conscription

age requirements for, 2-0--2-1 completion of conscript duty, 2-0 deferment for family reasons, 2-1 deferment for illness, 2-1 description of, 2-0--2-2

draft boards for, 2.1 legislation for. 2-0, 2-1 military oath for, 2-2 quotas for, 2-1 registration of, 2-1 reserves, 2.0, 2-1

student deferments from, 2-1--2-2 of women, 2-1

Council of Ministers

premilitary training of specialists, 3-2