Appendix A
Reading edition
List of Abbreviations
AA Antiaircraft
AC Air Corps
AT Antitank
cm. Centimeter
DD Duplex drive
DDT Dichloro-Dithenyl-Trichloroethane
Flak Fliegerabwehrkanone (antiaircraft artillery gun)
JU. Junkers (designation of airplane built by company of that name)
K. Kanone (gun)
Kw. Kraftwagen (motor vehicle)
Kw.K. Kampfwagenkanone (tank gun)
LCI Landing craft, infantry
LCI (L) Landing craft, infantry (large)
LCM Landing craft, mechanized
LCP Landing craft, personnel
LCP (R) Landing craft, personnel (ramp)
LCT Landing craft, tank
LCV Landing craft, vehicle
LCVP Landing craft, vehicle-personnel
le.P.Kw.K.2s Leichter Personen Kraftwagen, K.2, Schwimmend (light personnel vehicle, K.2, amphibian)
LST Landing ship, tank
LVT Landing vehicle, tracked
mm. Millimeter
Pak. Panzerabwehrkanone (antitank gun)
Pz. Kpfw. Panzerkampfwagen (tank)
SCR Signal Corps Radio
S.F.H. Schwere Feld Haubitze (medium field howitzer)
Sig C Signal Corps
SOC Scout Observation Curtis
SP Self-propelled
Stu. G. Sturmgeschuetz (self-propelled assault gun)
Stu. H. Sturmhaubitze (self-propelled assault howitzer)
Stu. K. Sturmkanone (self-propelled assault gun)
TD Tank destroyer
TNT Trinitrotoluene; trinitrotoluol (high explosive)
WAC Women’s Army Corps
USAFIME U. S. Army Forces in the Middle East
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics