Korean People's Army - OOB & Combat History - Abbreviations

["Joseph S. Bermudez Jr." <joseph_bermudez@compuserve.com>]

Abbreviations

AAA    Antiaircraft Artillery
AFV    Armored Fighting Vehicle
AO    Area of Operations
ATIS    Allied Translator and Interpreter Section
COMINT    Communications Intelligence
COMSEC    Communications Security
CPV    Chinese People¹s Volunteers
DAPam    Department of the Army Pamphlet
DIA    Defense Intelligence Agency
DMZ    Demilitarized Zone
DPRK    Democratic People¹s Republic of Korea (i.e., North Korea)
EUSA    Eighth U.S. Army
EUSAK    Eighth U.S. Army, Korea
FC    Field Circular
FEC    Far East Command - U.S.
FM    Field Manual
G2    Intelligence section
GHQ    General Headquarters (eqv. General Staff Department)
GPO    Government Printing Office
HQ    Headquarters
KCP    Korean Communist Party
KFRA    Korean Fatherland Restoration Association
KPA    Korean People¹s Army
KPAF    Korean People¹s Air Force
KPN    Korean People¹s Navy
KVA    Korean Volunteer Army
KWP    Korean Workers¹ Party
LMG    Light Machine-gun
LOC    Lines of Communication
MDL    Military Demarcation Line
MND    Ministry of National Defense
MPAF    Ministry of the People¹s Armed Forces
MRL    Multiple Rocket Launcher
NBC    Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
NCO    Noncommissioned Officer
NEAJUA    Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army
OOB    Order of Battle
OPFOR    U.S. Army Opposition Forces
POL    Petroleum, Oil, & Lubricants
PRC    People¹s Republic of China (i.e., Communist China)
ROK    Republic of Korea (i.e., South Korea)
ROKA    Republic of Korea, Army
ROKAF    Republic of Korea, Air Force
ROKN    Republic of Korea, Navy
T/O&E    Tables of Organization & establishment
TC    Training Circular
U/I    Unidentified
UN    United Nations
UNC    United Nations Command
USAF    United States Air Force
USMC    United States Marine Corps
UW    Unconventional Warfare
WPNK    Workers¹ Party of north Korea
WPSK    Workers¹ Party of south Korea