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ARC |
Armored Ramp Carrier. Specially adapted tank for laying ramps across ditches, tanks, etc. |
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AVRE |
Armored Vehicle, Royal Engineers |
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BAR |
Browning Automatic Rifle. An American light machine gun. |
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COSSAC |
Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander |
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CSM |
Company Sergeant Major |
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DD |
Duplex drive. DUKWS (see next) were fitted with duplex drive, which made it possible for them to move by land or sea. |
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DUKW |
Amphibious Landing Craft |
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DZ |
Drop Zone |
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FLAK |
Fleiger Abwehrkanone. German acronym for anti-aircraft guns. |
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GI |
Strictly speaking, Government Issue. In common usage, GI refers to individual American soldiers. |
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GOC |
General Officer Commanding |
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HQ |
Headquarters |
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Inf. Reg. |
Infantry Regiment (see also PIR) |
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LCI |
Landing Craft Infantry (Large) |
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“Locku” Boys |
Landing Craft Obstacle Clearance Units. The units charged with clearing a safe path through the mines and other obstructions that guarded the beaches. |
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LCT |
Landing Craft Tanks |
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LCT(R) |
Landing Craft Tanks (Rockets) |
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LCVP |
Landing Craft Vehicles and Personnel |
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Para/para |
Parachute/parachute |
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Para Bn |
Parachute Battalion |
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PIAT |
Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank. Similar to a bazooka. |
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PIR |
Parachute Infantry Regiment |
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PLUTO |
Pipe Line under the Ocean. Flexible pipelines laid under the ocean by the Allies to pump petrol, oil, and water directly to the Continental battlefields. |
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RAF |
Royal Air Force |
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RE |
Royal Engineers |
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Recce |
Reconnaissance |
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RM |
Royal Marines |
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SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force |
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SP |
Self-Propelled (as in SP guns, for example) |
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VC |
Victoria Cross. The highest British military award for bravery. |