Glossary of Soviet Military and Related Abbreviations

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TECHNICAL MANUAL

GLOSSARY OF SOVIET MILITARY

AND RELATED ABBREVIATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

FEBRUARY 1957

TECHNICAL MANUAL No. 30-546

TM 30-546

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 31 December 1956

GLOSSARY OF SOVIET MILITARY AND RELATED ABBREVIATIONS

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TRANSLITERATION TABLE

FOR THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

The Russian alphabet has 33 letters, which are here listed together w [th their transliteration as adopted by the Board on Geographic Names.

A a AG

a

P

pd

e B B 3

C ?c

C

T T cAl/

r

rJCT

A

D

B cSe

"s

y

d

ye,et

X xZ

ts

ch

)K3J G "0

sh

314

C '

shch

b b

hi bi

'b *i,

H H

KG

Oo (90

10 10j 51 31

1L

/

p

ye initially, after vowel. andl after 'b, b; e e1~ewhere. When written as a in Rusoian, transliterate a5~ yii or e. Use of diacritical marks is. preferred, but such marks may be omitted when expediency

(apostrophe), palatalize. a preceding consonant, giving a sound resembling the consonant plus y!, somewhat as in English meet you, did you.

3The symbol " (double apostrophel, not a repetition of the line above. No sound; used only after certain prefixe.- before the vowvel letter: c. e. 91. 10.

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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL

AA AAA Acft Admin AE AF

Ammo Amph Anat Anl Armd Arty Ash AT Autmv Auto Avn Ball Bin Brg Biowar CA Cam Carr Cav Civ Clo Cmdr Cml Cml C Comm Cons Crypto Elec Engr Eqp Fin Ftn G Geol Gli H Inf Inst Intel

antiaircraft antiaircraft artillery aircraft administrative, administration atomic energy, atomic physics air forces

airfield ammunition amphibian, amphibious anatomy animal armored artillery airship antitank automotive automatic aviation ballistic, ballistics balloon bridge biological warfare coast artillery camouflage carrier cavalry civil, civilian clothing commander chemical Chemical Corps communication construction cryptography electric, electricity engineers, engineering equipment finance, financial fortifications

gun

geologic, geology glider horse infantry instrument intelligence

Mar Math Mech Med Met MG Mil Mort MT Mtr

Nay

Obs Obsn Obsol Opn Ord Photo Plte PW Prcht Psywar R Rad Rd RR SA Slt SMG SR Sup Surv Tac Tech Tfc Tg Tk Topo Tp Trans TT. UN USA

USMC Vet Wpn

marine mathematical, mathematics mechanical medical meteorological, meteorology machine gun military mortar motor transport motor naval, navy obstacle observation obsolete operation ordnance

photography political prisoner of war parachute psychological warfare rifle radio road railroad small arms searchlight submachinegun sound ranging supply, supplies survey, surveying tactical, tactics technical traffic telegram, telegraph tank topographical, topography telephone transportation teletypewriter United Nations United States Army,

United States of America U.S. Marine Corps veterinary weapon

GRAMMATICAL ABBREVIATIONS

adj adv F indecl intr M N

adjective adverb Feminine noun indeclinable intransitive Masculine noun Neuter noun

n

noun

pf

perfective

pl

plural

s

singular

tr

transitive

v

verb

FOREWORD

This Glossary of Soviet Military and Related Abbreviations is a companion volume to TM 30-544, Glossary of Soviet Military Terminology. It contains, in addition to the most frequently encountered Soviet military abbreviations, selected abbreviations of political, administrative, industrial, and scientific terms likely to be encountered in military documents.

There appear to be no Soviet rules governing the formation of abbreviations. Generally, Soviet abbreviations are letters, syllables, combinations of syllables and letters or of syllables and words, or the first and last syllables of a word. Use of capital letters and periods is often optional, and the form shown in this glossary is the one believed to be encountered most frequently.

The same abbreviation may stand for a confusing number of totally different words; conversely, the same word may be represented by variant abbreviations. The meaning of an abbreviation, therefore, often can be determined only from the context. A number of abbreviations which have become accepted as independent words are included in the glossary, e.g.: cheka, narkom, kolkhoz, komsomol.

Terms marked "Obsol" refer to organizations, activities, or concepts which are no longer in existence or which now have different names. They are included because they may still be found in old books and documents.

For a table of symbols used in ballistics, refer to Appendix II, TM 30-544.

GLOSSARY OF SOVIET MILITARY AND RELATED ABBREVIATIONS

AA AA aa6 AAr

AAr AAE

AAPM

AB AB a6 a6 a66p a6jA

a6HMB

a6M a6oH

a6n a6n a6p A6T a6TB ABT3

AB3TM ABTC ABTY

a6'rq aB aB asajt

ABBC

A

ap~eftcxas aB~aaHs

army aviation

apMe~cxa5I apTHJLI~pH5I

army artillery

arHTaJHOHxaH aBHaJHHaa[ 6oM6a leaflet bomb

apMeflc i~ aBHauHOHHbIiH [OCiHH- army aviation hospital

TaJIb apMerIcxaSI apTHJIJ~epHftcKS5I rpynria

army artillery group

ABHaAJHOHHbIiI ACTPOHOMHtIeCK4

Air Astronomical Almanac

E~erOAtHHK

apMeiicKasI apTHJIJIepH~lcxaf

army artillery repair shop

peMOHTHaSI MaCrepcxaAi aBHaUH ................
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