[a. ] - Argentine (Argentine
aircraft lost)
AA -
anti-aircraft
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAM -
air-to-air missile
AB - Able Seaman
ADC - Aide-de-Camp
AEM(L, M or R) - Air Engineering Mechanic
(Electrical, Mechanical or Radio)
AFC - Air Force Cross
ammo -
ammunition
ARA - Armada Republica
Argentina (Argentine Navy)
Arty
Bty - Artillery Battery
Asst - Assistant
ASW - anti-submarine warfare
[b. ] - British (British
aircraft lost)
BAS -
British Antarctic Survey
Bde - Brigade
Bdr - Bombardier
BEM - British Empire Medal
Brig -
Brigadier
Bty, bty - Battery, battery
c - circa
CAB - Battalion de Aviacion
de Combate (Combat Aviation Battalion of
Argentine Army)
CANA - Comando Aviacion Naval Argentina
(Argentine Naval Aviation Command)
CAP -
combat air patrol
Capt - Captain
casevac - casualty evacuation
CB - Companion of the Bath
CBAS - Commando Brigade Air Squadron
CBE - Commander of Order of British
Empire
CBU -
cluster bomb unit
Cdo - Commando
Cdo Bde - Commando Brigade
(British 3rd)
Cdo Regt - Commando Regiment
CGM - Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
Ch -
chartered
Cdr - Commander
CO, co - commanding officer
Cdre - Commodore
Coy, coy - Company, company
Cpl - Corporal
CPO - Chief Petty Officer
CV - aircraft carrier
CVBG - Carrier Battle Group
DCM - Distinguished Conduct
Medal
DD -
destroyer
DFC - Distinguished Flying
Cross
DFM - Distinguished Flying Medal
DSC - Distinguished Service Cross
DSM - Distinguished Service Medal
DSO - Companion of Distinguished Service
Order
ECM -
electronic counter-measures
EEC - European Economic Community
EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Eng Off - Engineering Officer
Esc - Escuadrilla (CANA
squadron)
EW -
Electronic Warfare
F -
Fighter
FAA - Fleet Air Arm (Royal
Navy)
FAA - Fuerza Aerea Argentina
(Argentine Air Force)
Flt -
Flight
Flt Lt - Flight Lieutenant
FOB - forward operating base
FR - frigate
FSB - forward support base
GBE - Knight Grand Cross of
British Empire
Gdsm -
Guardsman
GM - George Medal
GPMG -
general purpose machine gun (7.62mm)
grt - gross registered tonnage
H -
helipad
HAS. - anti-submarine helicopters
(primarily)
HC. - assault helicopters (primarily)
HMS - Her Majesty's Ship
HQ -
headquarters
HU. - assault/utility helicopters
(primarily)
Ind Cdo Sqdn - Independent
Commando Squadron
Inf Bde - Infantry Brigade (British 5th)
Inf
Regt - Infantry Regiment
IPV - ice patrol vessel (HMS
Endurance)
KBE - Knight Commander of
Order of British Empire
KCB - Knight Commander of Order of the
Bath
LAW -
light anti-armour weapon (66mm)
L/Cpl - Lance Corporal
LCU - landing craft, utility
LCVP - landing craft, vehicle and
personnel
Ldg - Leading
LS - Leading Seaman
L/Sgt - Lance Sergeant
LSL - landing ship, logistic
LST - landing ship, tank
Lt - Lieutenant
Lt Cdr - Lieutenant Commander
Lt Col - Lieutenant Colonel
LVTP - landing vehicle, tracked,
personnel
Maj -
Major
M & AW Cadre - Mountain
and Arctic Warfare Cadre (Royal Marines)
MAW -
medium anti-armour weapon (84mm Carl
Gustav)
MBE - Member of British
Empire Order
MC - Military Cross
MCMS - Mine Countermeasures Squadron
MEA(M
or P) - Marine Engineering Artificer
(Mechanical or Propulsion)
MEM(L or M) - Marine Engineering Mechanic
(Electrical or Mechanical)
MEZ - maritime exclusion
zone (excluded Argentine naval vessels
from zone 200 nautical miles in radius
from Falkland Islands as from 12th April
1982)
MID - Mention in Despatches
MM - Military Medal
Mne -
Marine
MR - maritime reconnaissance
MVO - Member of Royal
Victorian Order
NAS - Naval Air Squadron
NATO -
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCO - non-commissioned officer
NGFO - Naval Gunfire Forward Observer
NP - Naval Party
OAS -
Organisation of American States
OBE - Officer of British
Empire Order
Off -
Officer
Para -
Parachute Battalion
paras - paratroopers
PNA - Prefectura Naval
Argentina (Argentine Coastguard)
PO -
Petty Officer
post - posthumous
POW - prisoner-of-war
Pte - Private
PTI - Physical Training Instructor
QGM - Queen's Gallantry
Medal
RA - Royal Artillery
RAF - Royal Air Force
RAOC - Royal Army Ordnance Corps
RAPC - Royal Army Pay Corps
RAS -
replenishment-at-sea
RCB - Red Cross Box (to
north of Falklands)
RCT - Royal Corps of Transport
RE - Royal Engineers
Recon
- Reconnaissance
Regt, regt - Regiment, regiment
REME - Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers
Req -
requisitioned
RFA - Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RM - Royal Marine(s)
RMAS - Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
RMP - Royal Military Police
RN - Royal Navy
RO-RO
- roll-on, roll-off
RO(W) - Radio Operator (Warfare)
SAM -
surface-to-air missile
SAR - search and rescue
SAS - Special Air Service
SBS - Special Boat Service
SC - Satcom (satellite communication)
Sgt - Sergeant
SN - Satnav (satellite navigation)
Sqdn, sqdn - Squadron, squadron
Sqdn Ldr - Squadron Leader
SS - submarine - conventionally-powered
SSM - surface-to-surface missile
SSN - submarine - nuclear-powered
Stuft - ships taken up from trade
STWS - ships torpedo weapon system
Sub Lt - Sub Lieutenant
TB -
Torpedo Bomber
TEZ - total exclusion zone
(excluded all Argentine vessels and
aircraft from zone 200 nautical miles in
radius from the Falkland Islands as from
30th April 1982; and outside 12 nautical
mile zone from Argentine coast from 7th
May)
TF -
Task Force
TG - Task Group
TRALA - Tug, Repair and
Logistic Area (to east of Falklands)
UK - United Kingdom
UN -
United Nations
US - United States
UXB - unexploded bomb
vertrep -
vertical replenishment (by helicopter)
VC - Victoria Cross
WEA(-/App)
- Weapon Engineering Artificer (including
Apprentice)
WEM(O or R) - Weapon Engineering Mechanic
(Ordnance or Radio)
Wing Cdr - Wing Commander
WO1/2 - Warrant Officer Class I/II
