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AAM |
see AIM |
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| A-10 | US Ground Attack Aircraft | |
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Adoo |
Arabic for Enemy. | |
| Adjutant | An Officer, normally of the rank of captain, who acts as the commanding officers 'right-hand man' in peace and war, with special responsibility for personnel and discipline. | |
| Advance To Contact | A form of operation in which a unit, or sub-unit, travels along a set route until it meets an enemy position which then engages. Normally used when enemy location is unclear. | |
| AFV | Armoured Fighting Vehicle | |
| AF252 | Official Army Form, otherwise known as a charge sheet, on which are recorded the charges a soldier faces and the disciplinary process he will face (UK) | |
| AF1771 | Offcial Army Form on which a soldier makes claims for expenses, a much sought after piece of bumf :) (UK) | |
| Agusta A-109 | Italian designed and built single rotor, twin-turbo shaft light helicopter. | |
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AIM |
Air-Intercept Missile (or Air-to-Air missile--AAM) | |
| Air America | Secret airline run by the CIA during the Vietnam war | |
| Airborne Mug | Plastic container fitting to the base of a water bottle, so as to avoid damage in a parachute landing. | |
| Airborne Stew | A mix of boiled potatoes, carrots, onions, meat and dry bread, all thrown into one stew pot. | |
| Airburst | Artillery shells designed to go off over the heads of troops out in the open to inflict maximum casualties | |
| Air Marker Panel | Light weight fabric or plastic cloth carried in a soldiers belt kit and deployed to indicate to an overflying aircraft where to land or drop its load. | |
| Air Troop | One of the four squadrons that make up an SAS Sabre Squadron. All members of the SAS are trained parachutists , but Air Troops are specialists, particularly |HAHO, HALO & Freefall. | |
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Across The Pavement |
Term used by UK SO19 for confronting robbers in the commission of an offence | Street |
| Actions On | Actions On Contact (contingency plans) | |
| AFO | Authorized Firearms officer | Afo |
| AK-47 | Russian automatic assault rifle, AK stands for Avtomat Kalashnikov after its designer Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov. Eventually replaced by the AK-74 and the AKM. | |
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AP |
Armour Piercing |
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| APC | Armoured Personnel Carrier | Apc |
| Armalite | Colt M16A1 assault rifle | |
| ARV | Armed Response Vehicle | |
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ASM |
Air-to-Surface Missile |
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| Asp | Small, lightweight alloy retractable baton carried by SO19 | |
| ASU | Air Support
Unit -SO19
Active Service Unit - IRA Terrorist cell |
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A Team |
The basic 12-man section or patrol of US special forces |
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| ATF | Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms | |
| Australian SAS |
Formed in 1964 , the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). |
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