Vietnam abbreviations

Alpha	Word, phrase, abbreviation	Meaning, Translation, More Information, &c
A	AK47	Kalashnikov 7.62mm automatic rifle with 30 round magazine. Very unfriendly.
	AO	Area of Operations.
	APC	M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier.
	ARVN	Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Often used as a noun to describe a number of South Vietnamese soldiers.
B	BK	Battery Captain.
C	Charlie	Viet Cong. Abbreviation from 'Victor Charlie' (see below).
	Chinook	CH47 helicopter used for heavy transport.
	CP	Command Post.
D	DF	Defensive Fire.
	DOW	Died of Wounds.
	Dustoff	Radio call requesting the helicopter ambulance.
F	Firefly	A team of 3 Huey helicopters; 1 equipped with powerful searchlights, the other 2 with mini-guns & rockets.
	FO	Forward Observer.
	FSPB	Fire Support Base.
G	GPO	Gun Position Officer.
H	HE	High Explosive.
	HEAT	High Explosive Anti-Tank.
	Huey	UH1 Iroquois helicopter
K	KIA	Killed in Action.
L	Light fire team	Two heavily armed helicopters.
M	MAT	Mobile Advisory Team.
	Medevac	Removal from an area of operations due to wounds or illness.
	Mini-gun	A 6-barrelled gun (Gattling type) capable of firing 6,000 7.62mm rounds per minute.
	mm	millimetre.
	MP	Military Police.
	MPC	Military Payment Currency.
N	NVA	North Vietnamese Army.
O	OC	Officer Commanding.
P	PF	Popular Force. Applied to Vietnamese militia.
	PW (POW)	Prisoner of War.
R	RF	Regional Force. Applied to Vietnamese militia.
	RNZIR	Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
S	Shadow	An aircraft armed with 3 mini-guns which operated using no illumination, thus gaining an element of surprise.
	Skyspot	A system in which a grid reference was bombed without the use of a spotter aircraft.
	Spooky	A DC3 airplane equipped with 3 mini-guns, which, unlike Shadow, illuminated its target using powerful flares.
T	TAOR	Tactical Area of Responsibility.
V	VC	Viet Cong.
	Victor Charlie	From the NATO phonetic alphabet for the abbreviation V C, i.e Viet Cong.
W	WIA	Wounded in Action.