User Guide

B: ACRONYMS
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ACRONYMS
AAA Anti-aircraft artillery Heavy version of anti-aircraft gun, also known
as “arty.”
AAC Army Air Corps
AAH Advanced Attack Helicopter
AFCS Automatic Flight Control System Controls both the autopilot and auto-hover mechanisms.
AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle Used in front line combat, essentially a tank with tires
instead of treads.
AGM Air-to-Ground Missile
AH-xx Attack Helicopter U.S. military designation.
APC Armored Personnel Carrier Armed, rough-terrain vehicle with tracks or wheels used
to transport troops.
APR-39 Digital threat warning system used on helicopters and
light aircraft.
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
ASE Aircraft Survivability Equipment Physical and electronic countermeasures.
ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile Missile guided by lasers, wires or infrared signals.
ATHS Airborne Target Handoff
Subsystem data link
AWACS Airborne Warning And Control System
BMP Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty Russian, combat vehicle, infantry; also called “bimp.”
CM Countermeasures Used by aircraft against air-to-air or surface-to-air
weapons (chaff, flares and jammers).
CP/G Co-Pilot/Gunner Sits in the front seat of helicopters with tandem seating,
and on the left in helicopters with side-by-side seating.
CPO Co-Pilot/Observer Sits in the left seat of helicopters with side-by-side seating
(such as the Kiowa Warrior), and is responsible for
sensors and weapons.
DASE Digital Auto-Stabilization Equipment
DoD Department of Defense
DMM Digital Moving Map
ECM Electronic Countermeasures Equipment that counteracts electronic targeting systems.
EW Electronic Warfare