AH – attack helicopter
AK-47 – Kalashnikov 7.62-mm assault rifle
AT – Ammunition Technician
ATO – Ammunition Technical Officer
BCR – battle casualty replacement
CBA – combat body armour
Chinook – RAF twin-propeller helicopter
CIED – counter-IED
det – detonator
Dragnov – Russian sniper rifle
ECM – electronic counter-measures
EOD – Explosive Ordnance Disposal
FOB – forward operating base
FSG – Fire Support Group
FST – Fire Support Team
GPMG – general-purpose machine gun
HLS – helicopter landing site
HME – home-made explosive
HMG – heavy machine gun
HRF – High Readiness Force
IED – improvised explosive device
ICP – incident control point
IEDD – improvised explosive device disposal
ISTAR – Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
JF – Joint Force
KIA – killed in action
MERT – medical emergency response team
Mastiff – wheeled armoured personnel carrier
Merlin – RAF helicopter
M-Kill – mobility kill (when an IED disables a vehicle)
O-group – Orders group (where orders for an operation are issued)
PB – patrol base
PE – plastic explosive
PPR – personal role radio
R&R – Rest and Recuperation
REMF – rear-echelon motherfucker
Ridgeback – four-wheeled variant of Mastiff
RLC – Royal Logisitc Corps
RSOI – Reception, Staging and Onward Movement Integration
SA80 – standard-issue British Army rifle
SF – special forces
SH – support helicopter
UGL – underslung grenade launcher
terp – interpreter
VP – vulnerable point
Warrior – British Army tracked armoured carrier
WIS – Weapons Intelligence Section
WO1 – Warrant Officer Class 1