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| Glossary | 1943
- 1960 | feb61-aug63 | aug63-oct65
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| 12.7 | (51Cal) Enemy Heavy Machinegun | |
| 50 | Cal Friendly Heavy Machinegun | |
| AATTV | Australian Army Training Team Vietnam | |
| AK47 | Avtomat Kalashnicov 47 (Enemy Assault Rifle) | |
| AO | Area of Operation | |
| APC | Armoured Personnel Carrier | |
| ARVN | Army Republic of Vietnam | |
| BAR | Browning Automatic Rifle | |
| Base Walla | Someone who does not leave the safety of camp | |
| Blue Line | River or Creek | |
| Blind | Ammunition that has failed to explode | |
| Bushman | Scout Enemy who was captured and came to work on our side | |
| C4 | Plastic Explosive | |
| Callsign | Units e.g. Sect, Pl, Coy, | |
| CBU | Cluster Bombs dropped from Aircraft | |
| Charlie | Enemy | |
| Chicom | Enemy Explosive | |
| CHQ | Company Headquarters | |
| Claymore | Command Detonated Anti Personnel Mine | |
| Clicks | Kilometres | |
| CMF | Citizens Military Forces | |
| CO | Commanding Officer (Battalion Commander) | |
| Coy | Company (132 men ) | |
| CSM | Company Sergeant Major | |
| D445 | Enemy Battalion | |
| Div | Division | |
| Dustoff | Medical Evacuation Helicopter (Dedicated Undying Service To Our Fighting Forces) | |
| F1 | 9mm Sub Machinegun | |
| FAC | Forward Air Controller | |
| FO | Forward Observer (Artillery) | |
| FSB | Fire Support Base | |
| FSPB | Fire Support Patrol Base | |
| GR | Grid Reference, where you are on a map and on the ground e.g. GR527842 | |
| HMG | Heavy Machine Gun | |
| Tokarev 33 | 7.62 Enemy Pistol (Chinese) | |
| KIA | Killed in Action | |
| Land Line | Telephone | |
| Locators | Artillery Div Loc Battery | |
| LZ | Landing Zone | |
| Marked Mission | A way of finding out where you are using Artillery | |
| M16 | 5.56 Assault Rifle | |
| M60 | Machinegun | |
| M72 | Rocket Launcher | |
| M79 | Grenade Launcher | |
| Maitdem | Maintenance Demand | |
| MFC | Mortar Fire Controller | |
| MG | Machine Gun | |
| NCO’s | Non Commissioned Officers | |
| NDP | Night Defensive Position | |
| OC | Officer Commanding (Company Commander) | |
| OHP | Overhead Protection | |
| OP | Operation | |
| Opdem | Operation Demand | |
| OR’s | Other Ranks. Other than Officers | |
| Pl | Platoon | |
| POGO | One who does not go outside the wire, a non combatant | |
| Possum | Bell Helicopter | |
| POW | Prisoner of War | |
| R&C | Rest (Incountry) | |
| R&R | Leave (Out of Country) | |
| RAR | Royal Australian Regiment | |
| Red Caps | British Military Police | |
| R F | Regional Forces | |
| RPD | Enemy Light Machinegun | |
| RPG 7 | Enemy Rocket Launcher | |
| RSM | Regimental Sergeant Major | |
| RTB | Recruit Training Battalion | |
| SKS | Enemy Rifle | |
| SLR | Self Loading Rifle | |
| SMG | Sub Machinegun | |
| SVN | South Vietnam | |
| Tango | Tanks callsign | |
| TAOR | Tactical Area of Responsibility | |
| UXB | Unexploded Bomb | |
| VC | Viet Cong (Enemy) | |
| WIA | Wounded in Action | |
| Zero Alfa | Company Headquarters | |
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