[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