A Dictionary of Military and Technological Abbreviations and Acronyms

Bernhard Pretz

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780367713232
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000370607
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: History of Architecture

This book, first published in 1983, is a compilation of some 50,000 acronyms and abbreviations used by the British, American, German and Soviet military. It enables the researcher to understand the language of the Armed Forces, their armaments and the related technology, and to reach a greater understanding of the capabilities and duties of the Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War. The Dictionary covers all the services and their technology, and is an indispensable reference work.

S

s

situation (report); section; staff South; (air raid) shelter; signals; stores; supply company; supply and secretariat; snow; short; submarine; super; silenced; supersonic; sulphur; Sheridan Products Inc. (Racine US); schwer (heavy); sicher (safe); Spitzgeschoss (pointed projectile); Stahlhulse (steel cartridge case)

S-class

coastal submarines (RN)

S-Boot

Schnellboot (fast patrol boat)

S-day

submarine deployment day (Nato)

S-gun

40mm automatic airborne gun by Vickers

S-Mine

Schutzen (spring) Mine Canti-personnel mine)

S-Rolle

Stacheldrahtrolle (barbed wire coil)

4S

Sperry Secor Simulations Systems (Fairfax Va)

6S

small surface-to-air ship self-defence system (Nato programme for the 1980s)

S-1

adjutant (US Army) personnel planning

S-2

intelligence officer (US Army) intelligence and security

S-2E

Tracker, anti-submarine patrol aircraft by Grumman

S-3

operations and training officer (US Army) operations department

S-3A

Viking, carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft by Lockheed

S-4

supply officer (US Army) quartermaster’s department

S-5

civil affairs officer (US Army); silent reconnaissance aircraft by VFW

S-6

service respirator (UK)

S-23

180mm gun (SU)

S-24

Kiebitz, trainer aircraft WW2 by Focke-Wulf

S-53

smoke hand grenade (EG)

S-55

Whirlwind, helicopter by Westland helicopter by Sikorsky, US designation: HRS-1, HO-4S, H-19 (USAF)

S-58

SH-34, medium transport helicopter by Sikorsky

S-60

57mm anti-aircraft gun (SU)

S-61

RH-3, Sea King, transport helicopter by Sikorsky

S-62

amphibious helicopter by Sikorsky

S-64

Skycrane, CH-54, Tarhe, heavy-lift helicopter by Sikorsky

S-65

CH-53, Sea Stallion, heavy helicopter by Sikorsky

S-67

Black Hawk, assault helicopter by Sikorsky

S-70

Black Hawk, UTTAS, YH-60, SH-60, assault helicopter by Sikorsky

S-76

Spirit, helicopter by Sikorsky

S-80

engineer tractor (SU)

S-1000

engineer tractor (SU)

S-103

MiG-15, Czech version

S-104

MiG-17, Czech version

S-105

MiG-19, Czech version

S-107

MiG-21, Czech version

S-142

Zobel class, torpedo boats (FGN) by Lürssen

S-143

Schnellboot, fast patrol boats (FGN)

S-148

fast patrol boat guided missiles (FGN) by Lurssen CMN

S-150

anti-personnel mine WW2

S-162

fast patrol boat project (FGN)

S-211

jet trainer aircraft by SIAI

S-373

battlefield electronic warfare system by Marconi

S-800

naval light-weight surveillance radar by Marconi

S-1019

forward air controller aircraft by SIAI

S-1148

UHF naval multi-coupler by E-Systerns

S-1722

US Senate Bill against firearms in private hands

S-8600

military computer system by IAI

SA

Secretary of the Army (US); seaman apprentice; service adviser; supply assistant; supply accountant; special agent; salvation army; subject to approval; see also; South Afirca; South America; South Australia; servant’s allowance; semi-annual (report); supervisory authority; supplemental agreement; simple alert; self acting (fuse) ; semi automatic-surface-to-air (missile); small arms; shop accessory; submerged arc (welding); safe arrival; Savage Arms Company; Springfield Armory; Society d’Armes (Paris)

S&A

safety and arming (device); bureau of supplies and accounts (US)

SA-1

Guild, surface-to-air missile (SU)

SA-2

Guideline, surface-to-air missile (SU)

SA-3

Goa, surface-to-air missile (SU)

SA-4

Ganef, surface-to-air missile (SU)

SA-5

Gammon, Griffon, long-range, high” altitude surface-to-air missile (SU)

SA-6

Gainful, surf...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• Bibliography