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TAC.........................................Tactical Air Command
T/BA........................................Tables of Basic Allowance
TBC.........................................Tactical Bomber Command
TC...........................................Transportation Corps
T Co
........................................transportation company
TCS.........................................traffic control station
TD...........................................tank destroyer
trdy..........................................treadway
TDy (also TDY)........................temporary duty
T/E
..........................................table of the equipment
tech..........................................technical
Tech Int Team (also TIT)
........... Technical Intelligence Team
TF ...........................................task force, training film
THQ
.......................................Theater Headquarters
tk.............................................tank
Tm...........................................team
TMA........................................Tennessee Maneuver Area
Tng Dir
....................................Training Director
Tr Co
.......................................train commander
Trdy Br Co
...............................Treadway Bridge Company
TO...........................................transportation Officer
T/O..........................................table of organization
topo
.........................................topographic
TOT.........................................Time on target
trac
..........................................tractor
tr-dr
.........................................tractor-drawn
trdwy
.......................................treadway
trk............................................truck
trkhd........................................truck had
trs............................................troops
T/S BB.....................................Triple Single Bailey
Tr TB.......................................Triple Triple Bailey
TTB.........................................Triple Triple Bailey
TUSA
......................................Third United States Army
TWX .......................................teletypewriter
T/5...........................................Technician Fifth Class (equiv of
Corporal)
T/4...........................................Technician Fourth Class (equiv of
Sergeant)
T/3...........................................Technician Third Class (equiv of Staff
Sgt)
UK...........................................United Kingdom (of Great Britain and
Ireland)
USAT
United States Army Transport
USFET
United States Forces European Theater
vic
vicinity
VOCG
verbal order commanding general
VOCO
verbal order commanding officer
W
West
WAC (Wac)
Women's Army Corps (member of
Women's Army Corps)
WD
War Department
WIA
wounded in action
w/o
without
WO
warrant officer
WOJG
warrant officer junior grade
WP
white phosphorus
wpn
weapon
wpn carr
weapons carrier
W Sup Pt
Water Supply Point
w/w
With Winch (on front off truck)
z
zone
Z/A
zone of action, or of advance
ZI
zone of Interior
ZTO
zone transportation Officer
"4x4"
jeep, ambulance or other vehicle with
four wheels and four-wheel-drive
"6x6"
2 1/2-ton truck or other vehicle with
six wheels and six-wheel-drive
COMMON GERMAN TERMS
FK
Feldkommandantur (field
headquarters)
FW
Focke-Wolfe (airplane)
JU
Junker (airplane)
KK
Kreis Kommandantur (County
headquarters)
ME
Messerschmitt (airplane)
OT
Organization Todt (labor troops)
P or Pc
Panzer (armored)
PG
Panzer Grenadier (i.e. armored
infantry)
PGR
Panzer Grenadier Regiment
SS
Schutzstaffel
VG
Volksgrenadier (also Volksturm:
“people’s” militia)
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