Military abbreviations (France)

See also: military Abbreviations

This page presents some Abréviation S usually used by the French Army .

With

  • AA Anti-Aérien
  • AC Anti Tanks (by ex 25mm AC - gun of 25mm Anti Tanks, to also see DCB)
  • Divisional
  • AD Artillery
  • ADC Regimental sergeant major
  • ADJ Adjudant
  • AEF French Equatorial Africa
  • ALVF Heavy artillery on Railway
  • ALAT Light Aviation of the Army (combat helicopters)
  • AM Armoured car
  • AMC Armoured car of Combat (official designation of the tanks of Cavalry)
  • AMD Armoured car of Discovered (armoured car with wheel)
  • MFA Military Workshop of the Fleet
  • AML Light Armoured car
  • AMR Armoured car of Recognition (light tank)
  • AMT Military aid and Technique
  • YEAR Nuclear weapon
  • AOF French Western Africa
  • Anti-submarine
  • ASM
  • Air-to-ground
  • ASMP Average Range (Missile)
  • Air-to-ground
  • ASMP/A Average Range Improved
  • AVURNAV Urgent Opinion with the Navigators
  • ACCS
  • ACO : Air Fights Order
  • AFO : associated Force
  • ATO : Air Task Order (order of mission air)
  • AOPC : Assistant of the Officer Permanence Command
  • AMD BA : Plane Marcel Dassault Breguet Aviation
  • AIA : Aeronautical Industrial workshop
  • ASMP : Air Ground Average Carried
  • ASTAC : electronic nacelle of recognition
  • ATEC : workshop of test of the complex equipment
  • ATLIS : laser nacelle of illumination
  • AWACS : airborne warning and controlling system

B

  • BA Battalion of the Air
  • BA Air base
  • BA Brigade of Artillery
  • VAT Anti-tank Battalion
  • BAF Alpine Bataillon of Fortress
  • BAICM Autonomous Bataillon of Colonial Infantry of Walk
  • ROUND OF APPLAUSE Bases air and sea
  • BB Bâtiment Bases (marine)
  • BB armor-plated Brigade
  • British
  • BBB armor-plated Brigade
  • BC Brigade of Cavalry
  • BCA Bataillon of Alpine hunters
  • BCC Battalion of Tanks
  • BCH Brigadier Chief
  • BCHM Bataillon of Hunters of High mountain (only one existing: 199e BCHM)
  • BDC Batement de Débarquement of Tanks
  • BIA Bases InterArmée
  • BIMa Bataillon of infanterire of navy
  • BK Bunker
  • BOA Battalion of workmen of the artillery
  • Bon Battalion
  • BCP Bataillon of Hunters to Feet (see also below)
  • BCP Bataillon of Hunters Carried (4th, 5th, 16th and 17th BCP only)
  • BCPyr Bataillon of Pyrenean Hunters
  • BCTC Bataillon of Tanks of Colonial Troops (only one existing, affected with the Army of the Alps)
  • BDAC anti-tank Bataillon of defense (attached to divisional artillery)
  • BDP Bataillon of Dragons Carried
  • BEF British Expeditionary Forces - British Task force in France
  • BHM Brigade of High mountain
  • BHR Batterie Except Row
  • Bie Batterie
  • BIL Bataillon of Light Infantry
  • BILA Bataillon of Light Infantry of Africa
  • BLM Mechanical Light Brigade
  • BM Bataillon of Machine gunners
  • BM Mechanized Brigade
  • Military
  • BMC Brevet of Control
  • BMIC Bataillon of Machine gunners of Colonial Infantry
  • BMM Bataillon of Machine gunners Motorized
  • BIS (or BGR) Sergeant
  • BS Brigade of Spahis
  • BSC Bureau of the Servicing
  • BSN Bureau of the National service
  • BT Battalion of Transmissions
  • BTM Battalion of Malagasy Riflemen
  • BTMSA Mountain Battalion of Riflemen of the South Annam
  • BTS Battalion of Senegalese Riflemen
  • BVE Battalion of Foreign Volunteers
  • BAP : Administrative office of the Personnel

  • BGA : Gendarmerie squad Air
  • BPB : Bureau Prévention Bases
  • BSB : Bureau Securité Bases
  • BSI : Office Interior Service
  • BE : Patented Elementary or butted elastic
  • BPB : Office prevention bases
  • BS : Patented Higher
  • BT : technical office

C

  • CA Army corps (by ex XIXe CA, to see also CA below)
  • CA Against-Aircraft (by ex 25mm CA - anti-aircraft gun of 25mm, to also see DCA)
  • CA Against Admiral
  • CAC Fights Anti-tank
  • CAC Body-with-Body (technique of combat)
  • CAC Colonial Army corps
  • Autonomous
  • CACC Compagnie of Tanks
  • CIF Army corps of Fortress
  • CAJ Commission Army-Youth
  • CAPE (or CAL) Corporal
  • CAT Commissariat of the Army
  • CAW British Army corps
  • CBS Commandement of the Bases of the South
  • DC Body of Cavalry
  • DC Lieutenant commander
  • CDC Chief of police (or C1)
  • Cdt Ordering
  • CFAM Center Military Air Experiments
  • CEFS French Task force in Scandinavia
  • CED Economic council of defense
  • CEO Compagnie of Crews of Works
  • STOCK Centers Experimentation of the Pacific
  • CERAM Center Atomic Studies and Research Military
  • CF Commander
  • CFS French Côte of Somalis
  • CHR Compagnie Except and Recruitment Row
  • Co Company
  • CIRAT Information center of the Army
  • CIT International Compagnie of Workers
  • CLRM light Compagnie of repair of the material
  • CM Centers Mobilizing
  • Military
  • CMD Circonscription of Defense
  • CME Compagnie of Machine-guns and Machines of Accompaniment
  • Cne Capitaine
  • COFAS Operational center of the Strategic Air forces
  • Col Colonel
  • COMAR COMandement of the Navy
  • COMSUP Higher COMmandement of the armed forces
  • COPID Operational center of the International press of Defense
  • COTAM COmmandement of Military Air transport
  • CSTT Higher Commandement of the Troops of Tunisia
  • CSRM Superior council of the military reserve
  • CTE Compagnie of Spanish Workers
  • CTG Governmental Signal center
  • CTM Signal center of the Navy
  • CVDM Cabin Cloakroom Shower Mobile
  • Leather Regiment of Cuirassiers (by ex the 8th Leather, semi-official)
  • CV Captain
  • C2 Second in command
  • CASE : closed air support

  • CASSIC : Command Air of the Monitoring systems, Information and Communication
  • CCOA : Load dispatching center of the air operations
  • CDAOA : command of air Defense and the air operations
  • CFA : Command of the Air forces, gathers the old CFAC and COFOG
  • CFAC : Command of the Air forces of Combat, converts into brigade drives out in CFA
  • COFOG : Command of the Air forces of Projection, converts into brigade of support and projection in CFA
  • CFAS : Command of the Strategic Air forces
  • CFPSAA : Command of the Forces of Protection and Safety of the Air force
  • CDB : Commander, basic commander
  • CDVE : Electric ordering Of Flight
  • CDC : center detection and of control
  • CLA : control local air
  • CM : tally of control
  • CME : electronic countermeasures
  • CMR : center maintenance radar
  • CNOA :
  • CP : (qualification) Patrol leader. (technique Mirage 2000) Principal Calculator. (M53 technique): calculator of potential
  • CPE : permanent instructions of drive (?)
  • CPO : operational permanent instructions
  • CPSV : permanent instructions safety of the flights
  • CPSN : permanent instructions nuclear safety
  • CPIPM : permanent instructions of instruction of the personnel mechanic
  • CPUT : permanent instructions of use ground
  • CPUCT : permanent instructions of field of fire use
  • CPX : permanent instructions exercise
  • CRP : Pendular chimney of Tank
  • CSO : Chief of the Operational Support
  • CSP : Chief of the Support of the Personnel
  • CST : Command of the technical support (organization bases) or chief of the engineering services (in Squadron of Hunting)

D

  • DA Alpine Division (by ex 27 {{E}} DA)
  • DAR Diploma of Aptitude for the Reserve
  • DAS Delegation with the Businesses Strategic
  • dB Armor-plated Division
  • dBa Alpine Half-Brigade
  • DBAF Alpine Half-Brigade of Fortress
  • DBI Half-Brigade of Infantry
  • DBIL Half-Brigade of Light Infantry
  • DBCP/A Half-Brigade of Hunters to Feet and Alpine
  • DBCPyr Half-Brigade of Pyrenean Hunters
  • DBLE Half-Brigade of Foreign legion
  • DBMC Half-Brigade of Colonial Machine gunners
  • DBNA North-African Half-Brigade
  • DCA Defense Against Aircraft (by ex 25mm DCA - anti-aircraft gun of 25mm, to see also CA)
  • DCB Defense Against Armoured tanks (by ex 25mm DCB - anti-tank gun of 25mm, to also see AC)
  • DCCAT Central management of the Police station of the Army
  • DCR Armoured Division of Reserve
  • DGA General delegation for the Armament
  • DGP Division of Polish Pomegranates (another denomination of the 1st DIP)
  • DI Division of Infantry
  • DIA Division of Algerian Infantry
  • DIA Division of Infantry of Africa
  • DIC Division of Colonial Infantry
  • DIF Division of Infantry of Fortress
  • DIM Division of Infantry of Mountain
  • DIM Division of Motorized Infantry
  • DIMa Division ofMarines (by ex 9th DIMa)
  • DINED Division on North-African Infantry
  • DIP Division of Infantry Polonaise (see also DGP)
  • DIRCAT Direction of the Police station of the Army
  • DIW Division of British Infantry
  • DLB Armor-plated Light Division
  • DLC Light Division of Cavalry
  • DLCh Division Light of Hunters
  • DLI Light Division of Infantry
  • DLIC Light Division of Colonial Infantry
  • DLINA Light Division of North-African Infantry
  • Mechanical
  • DLM Light Division
  • DM Moroccan Division
  • DMA Détachement Motorized of Annam (in Indo-China)
  • DMC Détachement Motorized of Cochinchine (in Indo-China)
  • Departmental
  • DMD Deputy Military
  • DML Detachment Motorized of the Legion (in Indo-China)
  • DM Moroccan Division of Mountain
  • DMT Territorial Military Division
  • DMT Detachment Motorized of Tonkin (in Indo-China)
  • DP Division Parachutist
  • DPMAT Staff management of the Army
  • DPMN Staff management of the National marine
  • DZ Drop Zone (literally " zone of posé" = drop zone)
  • PREJUDICES : deposit workshop ammunition special
  • DFM : Division Finances and Material or Division of Military Formation
  • DRH : Division of Resources Human
  • Directing DRHAA of Human Resources of the Air force
  • DRL : Division Restoration And Housing
  • DSAé : Division of the Aeronautical Specialities (Rochefort)
  • FD : Director of the Flights

E

  • EB Escadrille of Bombardment
  • RBE Vehicle Armoured of Recognition
  • EC. Fighter squadron
  • ECMJ Fighter squadron Multiplace de Jour
  • ECN Fighter squadron of Night
  • ECPAD Establishment of Communication and Audio-visual Production of Defense
  • Divisional
  • EDAC Squadron Anti Tank
  • EDIC Machine of Unloading of Infantry and Tanks
  • EDNBC Squadron of Nuclear Defense Biologigique and Chimique
  • Divisional
  • EDR Squadron of Repair
  • EED divisional Squadron of lighting (to replace by eei)
  • EEI Squadron of lighting and investigation (under the orders of general of division)
  • EHR Squadron Out Row
  • Light
  • ELD Escradrille of Defense
  • EM Staff
  • EMMA Staff of the Armies
  • EMAA Staff of the Air force
  • EME Squadron of Machine-guns and Machines of Accompaniment
  • EMM Staff of the Navy
  • EMSEC Electrical engineer of safety (Naval Fireman)
  • OUT OF Nuclear Machine
  • EO Escadrille of Observation
  • Organic
  • EOCA Elements of Army corps
  • EPB Machine Carry-Armoured tanks (TRM 700/100)
  • EPS Flotilla of Police force and Monitoring
  • ER Transmitter-receiver
  • ER Flotilla of Recognition
  • ERC Regional Flotilla of Hunting
  • ERGM Regional Squadron of Reserve of Material
  • ES Escadrille Saharienne
  • military
  • ESM special École (Saint-Cyr military school)
  • ETOM Escadron of Transport In addition to Sea
  • EV2 Teaches Vessel 2nd class
  • EV1 Enseigne Vessel 1st class
  • EAM : Military Air stopover

  • EECV : components electric and orders of flight
  • EC. : Squadron of Hunting (in the process of disappearance, to see ESTA)
  • EDCA : squadron of detection and airborne control
  • EDSA : squadron of defense ground air
  • EETIS : Together of Engineering team and Instruction Specialized
  • EFSOAA : School of Formation of Under Officer of the Air force
  • EH : Squadron of Helicopters
  • ELIAS : Laser Ecartomètre louse Illumination Air Ground
  • EP : Squadron of Protection or Electric pomp (plane)
  • ER : Squadron of Recognition
  • AND : Squadron of transport
  • ESIC : Squadron of the Communication and Information systems
  • ESIE : squadron of support of the infrastructure and energy
  • ESRT : Squadron of Support and Technical Supply. in the past ERT
  • ESTA : Squadron of Technical support Aircraft (soon into force),
  • ESTC : Squadron of Common Technical support. in the past GERMaC
  • ESTS : Squadron of Specialized Technical support (in the process of disappearance, replaced by structure ESTA). in the past: GERMaS
  • EV or EDV or EP : flight recorder

F

  • F F orce has érienne
  • FAMAS F usil of has jump of the M anufacture of has rmes S T Etienne
  • FAMMAC F ederation of the has ssociations of M arins and M arins has ncians C ombattants
  • FAS F orces has ériennes S trategic
  • CAT-LIKE F antassin with E quipements of L tégrés iaison IN
  • FM F usil M itraillor
  • FMF F orces M aritimes F rançaises
  • FMN F orces M aritimes of the NR ord
  • FORFUSCO FOR this maritime of the WERE marine iliers and CO mmandos
  • FOST F orces O ceanic rategic ST (underwater Nuclear deterrence ensured by SNLE)
  • FOMECBLOT Moyen mnemotechnics of teaching of the camouflage
  • FTA F orces T erritoriales has ntiaériennes
  • FV F usilier V oltigor
  • FAC : forward air to control

  • the FIT : Card-index technical intervention
  • FM or FME : log card or log card equipment
  • FOD : Foreign Ramming Object, foreign body trailing by ground (track and carpark) being able to be aspired by an engine

G

  • GA Groups of Army (sometimes Groupe of Artillery, to see below)
  • GA Groups Artillery (more usually Groupe of Army, to see above)
  • Gall Général
  • Mixed
  • GAM Groupe Air (in general Chasse and Recognition)
  • GAM Groupe Armoured cars
  • GAN Groupement of North Africa
  • GAN Groupe Air and sea (a door planes and ships which accompanies it)
  • GAO Groupe Air Observation
  • GAT Groupe Aviation of Transport
  • GB Groups Bombardment
  • GBA Groupe Bombardment of Attack
  • GBC Groupe Battalions of Tanks (administrative grouping of several BCC)
  • GC Groupement Armoured (administrative grouping several DCR)
  • GC Groupe of Hunting
  • GC Groupe of Combat
  • GED Groupe Divisional Exploitation
  • GFC Groupe Frankly Cavalry
  • GFML Groupement of the Mobile Forces of Raising
  • GIA Groupe of Infantry of the Air
  • GIABSE Groupement of Instruction of the Aviation of Bombardment of South-east
  • GLAM Groupe Air links Ministerial (depends on the air force)
  • Logistic
  • GLCAT Groupe Police station of the Army
  • GM Groupe of Walk
  • GR. Groups Recognition
  • GR. Groups Recognition (size of a battalion)
  • GRS Groupement of Underwater Research of the National marine
  • military
  • GMP Gouverneur of Paris
  • GMR Garde mobile republican
  • GMS Groupement of Strategic Missiles
  • GNA North-African Groupement
  • GQG Grand general headquarter
  • GRCA Groupe Recognition of Army corps
  • GRDI Groupe Recognition of Division of Infantry
  • GRRF Groupe Recognition of Strengthened Area
  • GQG Grand General headquarter
  • CRE Commissaire (of the Air, Navy, Army)
  • Divisional
  • GSD Groupe Medical
  • CSFM Superior council of the Military Function
  • WP Groups Transport (unit of the train attached to the Great Units ofInfantry for the strategic movements)
  • GU Grande Unit (division)
  • GUI Groups Units of Instruction
  • Steam Generator Pomegranate acrobat
  • G : Greasing (maintenance plane)

  • Steam Generator : Major inspection

I

    Divisional
  • ID Infanterie
  • IT Luminous Intensification

J

  • JMO Newspaper of walk and the operations of a military unit
  • Twin
  • JVN with Night vision

L

  • LCL Lieutenant-Colonel
  • LTN Lieutenant
  • LRAC Launches Anti-tank Rockets
  • Multiple
  • LRM Lance Rockets
  • LV Lieutenant

M

  • m modified (by ex Miss 1911 m38 - Model 1911 modified 1938, to also see Miss)
  • MAC Munitions factory of Chatellerault
  • MAPOM Marins Firemen of Marseilles
  • MARPO Marins Firemen (other assignments)
  • FARMHOUSE Munitions factory of Saint-Etienne
  • CHECHMATE Munitions factory of Tulle
  • MCH Sergeant Chief
  • MDL Sergeant
  • MDR Militaire of the row
  • MIAPEFDR Mines anti-personnel for purpose directed
  • Miss Modèle (by ex Miss 1937: Model 1937, to also see m)
  • MJR Major
  • Mlot Matelot
  • MO2 Matelot 2nde Classe
  • MO1 Matelot 1st Class
  • MP Military Organizes
  • MP Principal Maître
  • Main MT
  • MTBA Moyens of Telecommunication of Air bases
  • Transmission resource
  • MTGT of the Garrisons of the Army
  • Mtr Mortier
  • MAOP
  • MBM
  • MIP Module of insertion of parameters
  • MISSREP
  • MPF : average platform
  • MRM : Mécanician Resource Management
  • MTA : Soldier Technician of the Air

NR

O

  • OPEX External operations
  • OPINT International Opérations
  • DARED Senior officer Associated
  • OSC Officer Under Contrat
  • OAE : Additional body equipment
  • OAT : Officer Associates Technical
  • OPC : Duty officer Command
  • OPS : Operations
  • OSV : order of exit conveys or officer of safety of the flight

P

  • Pa Automatic pistol
  • Pa Not of Support
  • PAD divisional Parc of artillery
  • PC Headquarters
  • PEB Parc of armoured vehicles
  • PEB Carries Armoured Vehicles
  • PEG Peloton of Raised Graded
  • PESO Peloton of Raised Warrant officers
  • PG Prisoner of war
  • km No Not kilometric
  • PM Pistolet-mitrailleur
  • Military
  • PM Préparation
  • PM First Master
  • PMG Military Préparation Gendarmerie
  • Military
  • PMP Préparation Parachutist
  • PMS Higher Military Préparation
  • Military
  • PMSG Préparation Higher Gendarmerie
  • PM Military Préparation Ground
  • Military
  • PMM Préparation Navy
  • divisional
  • PSD Poste medical
  • PDL-CT (S)

  • PC : Post Combustion
  • PIM : Pilot with the instruction of Shit
  • PO : Operational pilot (that remains to be proven) or operational Permanence
  • PN : Flight crew
  • PNN : Ground personnel

Q

  • HQ General headquarter
  • QM1 Main District 1st Class
  • QM2 Main District 2nd Class
  • QMM Main District Maistrancier
  • QMM Main Districts and Sailors

R

  • R Receiving
  • RA Regiment of Artillery Artillery
  • RAA Regiment of Africa
  • RAC Regiment of Colonial Artillery
  • RAC Regiment of Field artillery
  • RACMM Regiment of Mixed Colonial Artillery Malagasy
  • RAD Divisional Regiment of Artillery
  • RADCA Regiment of Artillery of DCA
  • RAL Regiment of Heavy artillery
  • RALA Regiment of Heavy artillery Automobile
  • RALC Regiment of Colonial Heavy artillery
  • RALCMM Regiment of Mixed Colonial Heavy artillery Malagasy
  • RALCH Regiment of Colonial Heavy artillery Horse-drawn (semi-official, to also see RALHC)
  • RALD Regiment of Heavy artillery Divisional
  • RALGP Regiment ofHeavy artillery with Great power
  • RALH Regiment of Horse-drawn Heavy artillery
  • RALHC Regiment of Colonial Horse-drawn Heavy artillery (see also RALCH)
  • RALP Regiment of Heavy artillery Carried
  • RALT Regiment of Heavy artillery Tractor drawn
  • RALVF Regiment of Heavy artillery on Railway
  • RAM Regiment of Armoured cars (see also RAM below)
  • RAM Regiment of Artillery of Mountain (see also RAM above)
  • RAMD Regiment of Divisional Mixed Artillery
  • RAMD Regiment of Mobile Artillery of Fortress
  • RAMSES Network Upstream With a grid Strategic And of Survival
  • RANA Regiment of North-African Artillery
  • RAP Regiment of Artillery of Position (only 150e with 170e RAP)
  • RAP Régiment of Artillery Carried (only of the numbered regiments 300 and more)
  • RAT Regiment of Artillery of Distinct
  • RATTT Régiment of Tractor drawn Artillery Cross-country
  • RARF Régiment of Artillery of Strengthened Area
  • RC Régiment of Cuirassiers (regiments of assembled cavalry, mechanized recognition or tanks)
  • RCA Régiment of Hunters of Africa
  • RCC Tank regiment of Combat (unit of time of peace)
  • RCIR Ration Fights Individual Réchauffable
  • RCh Régiment of Hunters - Hunters Regiment (regiments of assembled cavalry)
  • CCP Regiment of Hunters Parachutists
  • RCR Regiment of Road traffic
  • RD Régiment of Dragons (regiments of assembled cavalry or tanks)
  • RDP Regiment of Dragons Carried
  • RDP Regiment of Dragons Parachutists
  • REC Foreign Regiment of Cavalry
  • REI Foreign Regiment of Infantry
  • REFERENCE MARK Foreign Regiment of Parachutist
  • RF Strengthened Area
  • RGA General Reserve of Artillery
  • RGA Regiment of the Genius of the Air
  • RGP Regiment of Genius Parachutist
  • RH Regiment of Hussards (regiments of assembled cavalry)
  • RHC Regiment of Combat helicopters
  • IH Regiment of Infantry
  • RIA Regiment of Alpine Infantry
  • RIC Regiment of Colonial Infantry
  • RICCA Regiment of Infantry and Command of Army corps
  • RICM Regiment of Colonial Infantry of Morocco
  • RICM Regiment of Infantry Tank of Navy
  • RIMa Regiment of Marines
  • RICMS Regiment of Senegalese Mixed Colonial Infantry (metropolitan battalions and Senegalese)
  • RITA Network Integrated of the Automatic Transmissions
  • RITTER Network Integrated of the Transmissions of the Army
  • RLA Regiment of Delivery by Air
  • RM Military region
  • RMD Military region of Defense
  • Mixed
  • RMIC Regiment of Colonial Infantry (metropolitan and Senegalese or Indochinese battalions)
  • RMIC Regiment of Machine gunners of Colonial Infantry (41e and 51e RMIC only)
  • RMT Regiment of walk of Chad
  • Malagasy
  • RMM Mixed Regiment (metropolitan battalions and Madagascans)
  • RMSM Regiment of Walk of Spahis Morrocans
  • RMVE Regiment of Walk of Foreign Volunteers
  • RP Regiment of Pioneers
  • RPC Regiment of Colonial Pioneers
  • RR Regional Régiment
  • RRT Regional Regiment of Workers
  • RSA Regiment of Spahis Algerians
  • RSM Regiment of Spahis Morrocans
  • RST Regiment of Spahis Tunisians
  • RSMA Regiment of the Military service Adapted
  • RT (or RTRS) Regiment of Transmissions
  • RT (or RTRN) Regiment of the Train
  • RT Région Ground
  • RTA Régiment of Algerian Riflemen
  • RTA Régiment of Annamites Riflemen (in Indo-China only)
  • STN Regiment of Kampuchean Riflemen (in Indo-China only)
  • RTM Régiment of Moroccan Riflemen
  • RTS Régiment of Senegalese Riflemen
  • RTT Regiment of Tunisian Riflemen
  • RTT Regiment of Tonkinois Riflemen (in Indo-China only)
  • RVDM Réseau Sees Given Navy
  • RZ Régiment of Zouaves
  • RPIMa Régiment of Parachutists of Marines
  • DRC : compensation for the damages of the time of crisis

  • RAPHAEL-TH :
  • RETEX : Experience feedback
  • RPL : Pendular tank Larguable (see also CRP)
  • RTB : Return To Base

S

  • SA Sector of the air
  • SAL Section of Light Planes
  • SALC Section of Long-distance aircrafts
  • SAS Section of Ambulance aircrafts
  • SAS Section of Planes of Surveys
  • SAS Special Air Service
  • SAT Air Section of Transport$
  • SCH Sergeant Chief
  • SD Defensive Secteur
  • ITS Section of Scouts Skiers (sections of elite of the RIA, BCA and BAF)
  • SF Secteur Strengthened
  • SFI Service of manufacture of industry
  • SFP French company of oils
  • SGA General secretary for the Administration
  • SGH Staff sergeant
  • SGT Sergeant
  • SM Section of machine-guns
  • SM Military Secretary
  • SM Second Master
  • SMQ Second Qualifiable Master
  • SNA Nuclear submarine of Attack
  • SNLE Nuclear submarine Launcher of Machines (underwater of dissuasion belonging to the FOST)
  • SOG working Sapper of the genius
  • SYDEREC System of Last Recourse (replaces the old system ASTARTE, transmissions VLF of help of the FOST)
  • SYRACUSE SYstème of Radiocommunication Using a Satellite
  • SDT : followed ground

  • SOWS or SEMS : section maintenance of the materials of environment or constraint
  • SER : Service Maintenance Repair or EPD (breakdown service)
  • SERPAM : System of Recording and Restitution of the Parameters of Mission. Diskette which is put in equipment of the plane
  • SLAR : Side Looking Airborne Radar
  • SLPM/SLPRM : Local system of Preparation (and Restitution) of Mission
  • SM : Medical department
  • SMC : Material service Police station (or Service of My Testicles when they are inefficient)
  • SNA : navigation system and of attack
  • LOCATED : (in the past) section help rescue sets fire to: the firemen
  • SWEATS : basic secretariat of unit
  • SV : Safety of the flights

T

  • MT Promotion table
  • TAOPM Time of activity and professional obligations of soldiers (RTT of the soldiers)
  • TC Train of combat
  • TCD Transport of Barges of Unloading
  • TC2 Train of Combat n°2 (logistic and reserves of a regiment engaged in an operation)
  • TDM Troupes of Navy
  • TIOR Technique of Brought closer Operational Intervention
  • TLM Tube Lance Miciles
  • TBO Tubes Lance Rockets
  • TN Nuclear warhead
  • TOAFN Théâtre of Operations of North Africa
  • TOE Théâtres of Operations External
  • TOMO Théâtre of Operations of the Mediterranean Orientale
  • TOM Overseas territories
  • TON Theater of Operations of the North-East
  • TOSE Theater of Operations of South-east
  • TPFA Permanent Court of the Armed forces (removed in 1980)
  • TR Train of supply
  • regimental
  • TR Train
  • TRM All Driving Wheels (in TRM 2000 for example)
  • TTA All Weapons (to indicate the documents or materials in equipment in the Army)
  • TTN Very Natural Transport
  • YOU Universal Time
  • TACP : Tactical Air Control Leaves

  • TAM : Table of armament and Ammunition

U

V

  • GOES Vice Admiral
  • VAB Véhicule Before Blindé
  • VAE Vice Admiral of squadron
  • VB Grenade or Vivien-Bessières shell to rifle
  • VBCI Armored vehicle of Combat of Infantry
  • VF Railway
  • VLF Very Low Frequency (very low frequency, used for the sub-maritime radio connections of the SNLE)
  • VLRA Light vehicle of Recognition and Support
  • VLTT Light vehicle Any Ground
  • VOA Volontaire Officer Aspiring
  • VdN : Night flight

  • VH : Visit Hebdomadaire
  • VJ : Visit Journalière
  • VP : Visit Périodique
  • VORTEX : visualization objectifies experience feedback
  • VTB : Visualization Low Head
  • VTH : Visualization Head high
  • VTM : Visualization Average Head

W

  • - W British (suffix lawful for the British units, by ex DIW or CAW)

Z

  • ZOAA Zone of Air Operations of the Alps
  • ZOAC Zone of Air Operations Centers
  • ZOAE Zone of Air Operations Is
  • ZOAN Zone of Northern Air Operations
  • ZOAS Zone of Air Operations Southern
  • Military
  • ZMD Zone of Defense
  • Sensitive
  • ZMS Military Zone
  • ZP Protected area
  • ZRA Zone of Rallying and Waiting

Sources

  • Army, Air force
  • France 1940

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