| AA |
Antiaircraft |
| AAF |
Army Air Forces |
| ACF |
American Car and Foundry Company |
| Acft |
Aircraft |
| ACofAS |
Assistant Chief of Air Staff |
| ACofS |
Assistant Chief of Staff |
| ACofOrd |
Assistant Chief of Ordnance |
| Actg |
Acting |
| Admin |
Administration |
| AEF |
American Expeditionary Forces (1917-18) |
| AF |
Air Force |
| AG |
Adjutant General |
| AGF |
Army Ground Forces |
| AGO |
Adjutant General’s Office |
| AIC |
Ammunition Identification Code |
| Ammo |
Ammunition |
| ANMB |
Army and Navy Munitions Board |
| Ann |
Annual |
| AOA |
Army Ordnance Association |
| AP |
Armor piercing |
| APC |
Automotive Production Committee |
| APG |
Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| API |
Armor piercing incendiary |
| App. |
Appendix |
| AR |
Army Regulation |
| Arty |
Artillery |
| ASF |
Army Service Forces |
| ASP |
Army Supply Program |
| Asst |
Assistant |
| ASW |
Assistant Secretary of War |
| AT |
Antitank |
| BAR |
Browning automatic rifle |
| Bd |
Board |
| Br |
Branch |
| Bull |
Bulletin |
| Bur |
Bureau |
| CG |
Commanding general |
| Cir |
Circular |
| Civ |
Civilian |
| CO |
Commanding officer |
| Co. |
Company |
| CofAC |
Chief of Air Corps |
| CofAS |
Chief of Air Staff |
| CofEngrs |
Chief of Engineers |
| CofFA |
Chief of Field Artillery |
| CofInf |
Chief of Infantry |
| CofOrd |
Chief of Ordnance |
| CofS |
Chief of Staff |
| Comdr |
Commander |
| Comm. |
Committee |
| Conf |
Conference |
| Cong. |
Congress |
| Cont! |
Control |
| Contr |
Contract |
| CPFF |
Cost-plus-fixed-fee |
| DCofS |
Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Dept |
Department |
| Dev |
Development |
| Dir |
Directive |
| Dist |
District |
| Div |
Division |
| DNT |
Dinitrotoluene |
| Doc. |
Document |
| Dr |
Drawer |
| DRB |
Departmental Records Branch |
| Dukw |
2½-ton amphibian truck |
| EAM |
Electrical accounting machines |
| ECO |
Engineering Change Orders |
| Ed. |
Editor |
| Educ |
Educational |
| EEPL |
Essential Extra Parts List |
| Engr |
Engineering |
| ETO |
European Theater of Operations |
| ETOUSA |
European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
| EUCOM |
European Command |
| Ex. |
Exhibit |
| Exec |
Executive |
| ExecO |
Executive Office |
| FA |
Field Artillery |
| FDAP |
Field Director of Ammunition Plants |
| FEPC |
President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practices |
| Fig. |
Figure |
| Fisc |
Fiscal |
| FM |
Field Manual |
| FS |
Field Service |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
| FY |
Fiscal year |
| G-3 |
Operations and Training Division of the War Department General Staff |
| G-4 |
Supply Division of the War Department General Staff |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GE |
General Electric |
| Gen |
General |
| GF |
Ground Forces |
| GHQ |
General Headquarters |
| GMC |
General Motors Corporation |
| GO |
General Order |
| GOCO |
Government-owned, contractor-operated |
| Gp |
Group |
| GP |
General Purpose |
| GPF |
Grande Puissance Filloux |
| HE |
High explosive |
| Hist |
History |
| HP |
Horsepower |
| Hq |
Headquarters |
| H.R. |
House of Representatives |
| H.S. |
Mustard gas |
| IBM |
International Business Machines Corporation |
| ICAF |
Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
| Incl |
Inclosure |
| Ind |
Industrial |
| Inf |
Infantry |
| Info |
Information |
| Instr |
Instruction |
| Intel |
Intelligence |
| Interv |
Interview |
| IOC |
Introduction to the Ordnance Catalog |
| JANASB |
Joint Army-Navy Ammunition Storage Board |
| JTR |
Joint Termination Regulations |
| Ltr |
Letter |
| Maint |
Maintenance |
| MBCA |
Munitions Board Cataloging Agency |
| Memo |
Memorandum |
| MDL |
Maximum Distribution Level |
| Mfg |
Manufacturing |
| MG |
Machine gun |
| Mil |
Military |
| Min |
Minutes |
| Misc |
Miscellaneous |
| MS |
Manuscript |
| Msg |
Message |
| Mtg |
Meeting |
| MTOUSA |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
| MTS |
Motor Transport Service |
| MWO |
Modification Work Order |
| NA |
National Archives |
| NADA |
National Automobile Dealers Association |
| Natl |
National |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NATOUSA |
North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
| N.d. |
No date |
| NDAC |
National Defense Advisory Commission |
| NDRC |
National Defense Research Committee |
| No. |
Number |
| NRA |
National Rifle Association |
| OASW |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of War |
| OC |
Ordnance Committee |
| OCM |
Ordnance Committee Minutes |
| OCMH |
Office of the Chief of Military History |
| OCO |
Office of the Chief of Ordnance |
| OCO-D |
Office, Chief of Ordnance—Detroit |
| OD |
Ordnance Department |
| ODO |
Ordnance Department Order |
| OHF |
Ordnance Historical Files |
| OO |
Ordnance Office |
| OOM |
Ordnance Office Message |
| OP |
Ordnance plant |
| OPM |
Office of Production Management |
| Opns |
Operations |
| OPSI |
Ordnance Publications for Supply Index |
| Ord |
Ordnance |
| Orgn |
Organization |
| OSRD |
Office of Scientific Research and Development |
| OSW |
Office of the Secretary of War |
| OUSW |
Office of the Under Secretary of War |
| OWMR |
Office War Manpower and Reconversion |
| Par. |
Paragraph |
| PASO |
Philadelphia Ammunition Supply Office |
| Pers |
Personnel |
| PL |
Public Law |
| Plng |
Planning |
| PMP |
Protective Mobilization Plan |
| POW |
Prisoner of War |
| PP |
Project Paper |
| PR |
Procurement Regulations |
| Proc |
Procurement |
| Prod |
Production |
| PSP |
Project Supporting Paper |
| PT |
Point detonating |
| PWP |
Preliminary work plan |
| QM |
Quartermaster |
| QMC |
Quartermaster Corps |
| QMG |
Quartermaster General |
| QMR |
Quartermaster Review |
| Rcd |
Record |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| Rds |
Rounds |
| RDX |
Research Department Explosive (cyclonite) |
| Ref |
Reference |
| Regt |
Regiment |
| REME |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Res |
Resolution |
| Ret |
Retired |
| Rev |
Review |
| RP |
Research Project |
| Rpt |
Report |
| Rqmt |
Requirement |
| S. |
Senate |
| SA |
Small arms |
| SAE |
Society of Automotive Engineers |
| SC |
Service command |
| Sec |
Section |
| SecNav |
Secretary of the Navy |
| Secy |
Secretary |
| Serv |
Service |
| Sess. |
Session |
| SNL |
Standard Nomenclature List |
| SO |
Special Order |
| SOS |
Services of Supply |
| SP |
Self-propelled |
| Spec |
Special |
| SR |
Senate Resolution |
| Stat |
Statistical |
| Stat. |
Statutes |
| Sup |
Supply |
| Supp. |
Supplement |
| SW |
Secretary of War |
| T-AC |
Tank-Automotive Center |
| TAG |
The Adjutant General |
| TCVD |
Tank and Combat Vehicle Division |
| Tech |
Technical |
| Telcon |
Telephone conversation |
| Telg |
Telegram |
| TIG |
The Inspector General |
| TM |
Training Manual |
| Tng |
Training |
| TNT |
Trinitrotoluene |
| T/OE |
Tables of Organization and Equipment |
| TORCH |
Allied invasion of North and Northwest Africa, 1942 |
| TQMG |
The Quartermaster General |
| U.K. |
United Kingdom |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| USSBS |
United States Strategic Bombing Survey |
| USSR |
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics |
| USW |
Under Secretary of War |
| V-E |
Victory in Europe |
| V-J |
Victory in Japan |
| WD |
War Department |
| WDAB |
War Department Appropriations Bill |
| WDBO |
War Department Budget Officer |
| WDGS |
War Department General Staff |
| W.P. |
White phosphorus |
| WPB |
War Production Board |
| WPD |
War Plans Division |
| ZI |
Zone of Interior |