The following glossary of British abbreviations is reproduced from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 6, August 27, 1942. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT BRITISH ABBREVIATIONS ABBREVIATION       MEANING AAD       Antiaircraft Defense AC (Sqn) Armored Car, or Army Co-operation (Squadron) ACV Armored Command Vehicle ADS Advanced Dressing Station Adv Gd Advanced Guard AFV Armored Fighting Vehicles AI Aircraft Interception (airborne) ALC Assault Landing Craft ALG Advanced Landing Ground Amn Ammunition APP Armor Piercing Projectile ARH Ammunition Railhead ARP Ammunition Refilling Point AP Armor Piercing, or Ammunition Point AT or A/TK Antitank     BAC Brigade Ammunition Column Bde Brigade BLR Beyond Light Repair BM Bomb Bndy Boundary BOD Base Ordnance Depot BOP Battery Observation Post BOW Base Ordnance Workshop Bty Battery   CAP Company Aid Post Cart Cartridges CCS Casualty Clearing Station Cl Sp Tp   Close Support Troop Coln Column Coy Company CRS Corps Rest Station CT Communication Trench, or Corps Troops   DAC Divisional Ammunition Column DF Direction Finding (by radio), or Defensive Fires Dis Pt Dispersal Point DP Delivery Point, or Dispersal Point DRS Divisional Rest Station   Ech Echelon Eqpt Equipment   Flt Flight FRT Fortress FT Flame Thrower     GF Gun Fire Gr Gunner Gren Grenades     HEAP Armor Piercing (filled with H.E.) HEDA H.E. Delayed Action Fuse HETIM & HETF H.E. Time Fuse     INC Incendiary     LAD Light Aid Detachment (vehicle maintenance) LRS Light Repair Section LMG Light Machine Gun     MDS Main Dressing Station mih Miles in the hour (speed) ML Motor Launch MT Motor Transport     Pdr or PR  Pounder Ph R Photographic Reconnaissance POL Petrol, Oil and Lubricants Pte Private     RAP Regimental Aid Post Recce Reconnaissance Rfn Rifleman RH Railhead RP Refilling Point, or Rules of Procedure rpgpm Rounds per gun per minute RV Rendezvous     Sp Support Spr Sapper     Tp Troop Tpt Transportation, or Transport     Veh Vehicle V/T Visual Telegraphy vtm Vehicles to the mile (road density)     WT Wireless Telegraphy     X rds Cross Roads

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