| AO |
Area of Operation |
| APC |
Armored Personnel Carrier |
| ARVN |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Common
abbreviation used to refer to regular army forces to include
airborne and ranger units |
| ARDF |
Airborne Radio Direction Finding |
| CAV |
Cavalry (U.S.) |
| CBU |
U.S. Air Force anti-personnel bombs
dropped in clusters |
| COSVN |
Central Office for South Vietnam
(Communist Party) |
| CP |
Command Post |
| DMZ |
Demilitarized Zone |
| DRAC |
Delta Regional Assistance |
| FRAC |
First Regional Assistance |
| FSB |
Fire Support Base |
| FSCC |
Fire Support Coordination Center |
| FWMA(F) |
Free World Military Assistance (Forces) |
| GVN |
Government of South Vietnam |
| HALO |
High Altitude, Low Opening |
| JGS |
Joint General Staff, RVNAF |
| LTL |
Vietnamese inter-provincial route (Lien
Tinh Lo) |
| LZ |
Landing Zone |
| LAW |
Light Antitank Weapon |
| MACV |
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |
| Main Force |
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese military
units subordinate to COSVN, military regions, or other higher
echelons of enemy command
|
| MR |
Military Region (RVN) |
| NVA |
North Vietnamese Army |
| PRG |
Provisional Revolutionary Government (Viet
Cong) |
| QL |
Vietnamese National Route (Quoc Lo) |
| RF and PF |
Regional Force(s) and Popular Force(s).
Military forces recruited and employed within a province
|
| RVN |
Republic of Vietnam. Sometimes used
inter-changeably with GVN when referring to the government or with
SVN when referring to the country. |
| RVNAF |
Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces |
| SAM |
Surface-to-air missile |
| SOI |
Signal Operating Instructions |
| SRAG |
Second Regional Assistance Group |
| STZ |
Special Tactical Zone (Biet khu) |
| SVN |
South Vietnam. Generally connotes the
land itself |
| TAE |
Target Acquisition Element |
| TAOR |
Tactical Area of Responsibility |
| TL |
Vietnamese Provincial Route (Tinh Lo) |
| TRAC |
Third Regional Assistance Command |
| TOW |
Tube-launched, Optically-tracked,
Wire-guided (missile) |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| VC |
Viet Cong. Communist insurgents in South
Vietnam |
| VCI |
Viet Cong Infrastructure |
| VNAF |
Vietnam Air Force |
