The glossary lists acronyms and a term with a joint definition. Acronyms appearing in ATP 7-100.3 that are not Army or joint are marked with an asterisk (*). The proponent publication is listed in parentheses after the definition.
SECTION I – ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
*AAB army aviation brigade
ADP Army doctrine publication
*AFV armored fighting vehicle
APC armored personnel carrier
AR Army regulation
ATGM antitank guided missile
ATP Army techniques publication
B.C. [years] before Christ; equivalent to [years] B.C.E. (“before common era”)
BCT brigade combat team
CA-BN combined arms battalion
*CA-BDE combined arms brigade
CAS close air support
CCG China Coast Guard
*CMC Central Military Commission
*CNP Comprehensive National Power
*CPC Communist Party of China
DA Department of the Army
DOD Department of Defense
ELINT electronic intelligence
*ERA explosive-reactive armor
EW electronic warfare
FM field manual
HE high explosives
HUMINT human intelligence
IADS integrated air defense system
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
*IFV infantry fighting vehicle
IO information operations
IW information warfare
JP joint publication
KDP key defense point
km kilometer
*LC local command
LOC line of communications
m meter
MANPADS man-portable air defense system
*MBT main battle tank
*MD military district
mm millimeter
*MPS Ministry of Public Security
MRL multiple rocket launcher
*MSS Ministry of State Security
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO noncommissioned officer
*PAP People’s Armed Police
*PLA People’s Liberation Army
*PLAA People’s Liberation Army Army
*PLAAF People’s Liberation Army Air Force
*PLAJLSF People’s Liberation Army Joint Logistics Support Force
*PLAN People’s Liberation Army Navy
*PLANMC People’s Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps
*PLARF People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force
*PLASSF People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
PMESII-PT political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time
*PRC People’s Republic of China
SAM surface-to-air missile
SHORAD short-range air defense
SIGINT signals intelligence
SOF special operations forces
*SPAAG self-propelled antiaircraft gun
*SPG self-propelled gun
SRBM short-range ballistic missile
*TC theater command
TEL transporter-erector-launcher
UA unmanned aircraft
UAS unmanned aircraft system
U.S. United States
USAF United States Air Force
USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command
SECTION II – TERMS
course of action A scheme developed to accomplish a mission. (JP 5 0)