T

T

Codename for sulphur and chlorine compound

t

tones

T

(Phys.) surface tension, mean life. (Elec. Eng.) period, cycle, (Heat.) absolute temperature, (Mech.) torque, moment of couple, (Chem.) transport number, tritium

t.

taken from, teaspoon, temperature, tenor, Gram. tense, territory, time, tome, ton, town, township, transitive, troy

T.

tablespoon, tension, territory, township

true, Tuesday

T&E

trial and evaluation

t(or q)

(Heat.)temperature

T. A.

telegraphic address

T. A. S.

(Aero.) true air speed

T. B. P.

true boiling point

T. C.

teachers college, terra cotta

T.D.C.

(Eng.) top dead center

T.E.L., t. e. l.

(Pet. Eng.) tetraethyl lead

T.P. (orTP)

(Surv.) turning point

T/MDV

Towing/Mine Detection Vehicle

T/R

Transmitter/Receiver

T{2}A

Total Terrain Avionics

TA

Territorial Army

TA

Traffic Advisory

Ta

(Chem.) tantalum

TAB

Towed assault bridge

tac

tactical

TAC

Tactical Air Command

TACAIR

Tactical Air

TACAMO

Take Charge and Move Out

TACAN

tactical air navigation

TACC

Tactical Air Control Center

TACCO

Tactical Co-ordinator

TACDS

Threat Adaptive Countermeasures Dispensing System

TACNAVMOD

Tactical Navigation Modification

TACOM

Tactical Area Communications System

TACON

Tactical Control

TACP

Tactical Air Control Party

TACS

auxiliary crane ship

TACS

Tactical Air Control System

TACSAT

Tactical Satellite

TACSATCOM

Tactical Satellite Communications

TACTAS

tactical towed array sonar

TACTASS

Tactical Towed Acoustic Sensor System

TACTEC

Totally Advanced Communications Technology

TAD

Trailing arm drive

TADIL

Tactical Digital Information Link or Tactical Interface Link

TADIXS

Tactical Data Information Exchange Subsystem

TADOC

Tactical Air Defense Operations Center

TADS

Target Acquisition Designation Sight

TADS/PNVS

Target Acquisition and Designator Set/Pilot Night Vision Sensor

TAERS

Tactical Aircrew Eye Respiratory System

TAF

Tactical Aircraft Forces

T-AFS

combat stores Ship (in Military Balance)

TAG

Tactical Airlift Group

TAGOS

towed array AGOS

T-AH

hospital ship (in Military Balance)

TAIMS

Three Axis Inertial Measurement System

TAIRCW

Tactical Air Control Wing

T-AKX

commercial roll-on/roll-off ship

TALCM

tactical air-launched cruise missile

TALD

Tactical AIR-Launched Decoy

TALO

Theater Airlift Liaison Officer

tan.

(Maths.) tangent

tanh.

(Maths.) hyperbolic tangent

TANKREP

Tank Killer Report

TANS

Tactical Air Navigation System

TAOC

Tactical Air Operations Center

TAOM

Tactical Air Operations Module

T-AOT

transport oiler (in Military Balance)

TAP

Toxicological Agents Protective

TARADCOM

Tank Automotive Research and Development Command

TARCAP

Target Combat Air Patrol

TARE

Telegraph Automatic Radio Equipment

TARIF

Telegraph Automatic Routeing in the Field

TARPS

Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System

TARPS

Tactical Aircraft Reconnaissance Pod System

TAS

Towed Array Sonar

TASM

Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile

TASS

Towed Array Surveillance System

TAT

Total Air Temperature

TAT

Trans-Atlantic Telephone

T-AVB

maintenance aviation support ship (in Military Balance)

TAW

Tactical Airlift Wing

TAWC

Tactical Air Warfare Center

taxon.

taxonic, taxonomy

Tb

(Chem.) terbium

TB.

trial balance, tubercle bacillus, Tuberculosis

TBCP

TeleBrief Control Panel

TBM

Tactical Ballistic Missile

TBM

Theater Ballistic Missile

TBMD

Theater ballistic missile defense

TBMS

Tactical Battlefield Management Subsystem

TBO

Time between overhauls

tbs. or tbsp.

tablespoon, tablespoonful

TBT

Tank bridge transporter

tc.

tierce

Tc.

(Chem.) technetium

TCA

Terminal Control Area

TCAC

Tactical Control and Analysis Center

TCAS

Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System

TCC

Temporary camouflage coating

TCCF

Tactical Communications Control Facility

TCCP

Take Command Control Panel

tchr.

teacher

TCN

Transportation Control Number

TCPS

Transportable Collective Protection System

TCS

Television Camera Set

TCT

Tactical Computer Terminal

TD

Tank destroyer

TD

tank division (in Military Balance)

TD.

Tank destroyer, touchdown

TDA

Tactical Decision Aid

TDM

time division multiplex

TDMA

time division multiple access

TDMS

Tactical Data Management System

TDS

Tactical Data System

TDU

Test Display Unit

TDY.

temporary duty

TE

(Aero.) trailing edge

Te.

(Chem.) Tellurium

tec.

technical

tech.

technical, technically, technician

technological, technology

technol.

technological, technology

TECOM

Test and Evaluation Command

TED

Transferred electron device

TEG

ThermoElectric Generator

TEL

Transporter-Erector-Launcher

TEL

Transporter-Erector-Launcher Vehicle

tel.

telegram, telegraph, telegraphy

TELAR

transporter-erector-launcher and radar vehicle

temp.

temperature, temporary, in the time of

TEMPER

Tent Expendable Modular Personnel

TEMPER

Tent Extendable Modular Personnel

TEMPEST

Transient ElectroMagnetic Pulse Emanation Standard

tempy

temporary

TEMS

Turbine Engine Monitoring System

Tenley

Secure voice system

Tenn.

Tennessee

TEORS

Tactical Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System

TER

terrain-following radar

TER

Triple Ejector Rack

ter.

terrace, territory

TERCOM

Terrain Contour Matching

TEREC

Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance

term.

terminal, termination

TERPROM

Terrain Profile Matching

terr.

territory

TES

Transportable Earth Station

TESS

Threat Emitter Simulator System

TET

Turbine entry temperature

TEU

Technical Escort Unit

TEVI

Turbine Engine Vibration Indicator

TEWS

Tactical Electronic Warfare System

Tex.

Texas

TEXS

Tactical explosive system

TF/TA{2}

Terrain Following, Terrain Avoidance, Threat Avoidance

TFA

Toxic-Free Area

TFEL

Thin Film Electro Luminescent

TFPRT

Thin Film Platinum Resistant Thermometer

TFR

Terrain-Following Radar

tfr.

transfer

TFS

Tactical Fighter Squadron

TFT

Thin Film Transistor

TFTS

Terrestrial Flight Telecommunication System

TFW

Tactical Fighter Wing

TGSM

Terminally Guided Submunitions

tgt.

target

Th.

(Chem.) thorium

Th.

Thursday

Th.D.

 Doctor of Theology

THAAD

theatre high altitude area defense

theat.

theater, theatrical

theol.

theologian, theological, theology

theor.

theorem

theoret.

theoretical, theoretically

therap.

therapeutics

therm.

thermometer

thou.

thousand

thp.

(Eng.) thrust horsepower

Thurs. or Thu.

Thursday

Ti

(Chem.) titanium

TIALD

Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator

TIALD

Thermal Imaging and Laser Designating

TIARA

Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities

TIBS

Tactical Information Broadcast Service

TIBS

Tactical Information Broadcast System

TICM

Thermal imaging common modules

TID.

 three times a day

TIFS

Total In-Flight Simulator

TILOS

Tangram Integrated Logistic System

TILS

Tactical Instrument Landing System

tinct

tincture

TINS

Thermal Imaging Navigation Set

TIP

Technical Improvement Program

TIR

Terminal Imaging Radar or Tracking and Illuminating Radar

TIROS

Television and Infrared Observation Satellites

TIRRS

Tornado Infra-Red Reconnaissance System

TIS

Tactical Intelligence Squadron

TIS

Thermal Imaging System

TISEO

Target Identification System Electro-Optical

tit.

title

TIU

Time Insertion Unit

TJS

Tactical Jamming System

tk

tank

tk.,

tank, truck

tkr

tanker

tkt.

ticket

Tl

(Chem.) thallium

TL

total loss, truckload

TLAM

Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile

TLAM-C

Tomahawk land attack missile conventional

TLAM-D

Tomahawk land attack missile submunitions warhead

TLAM-N

Tomahawk land attack missile nuclear

TLB

Trailer-launched bridge

TLC

through-life costs, the same as life-cycle costs (LCC)

TLE

treaty-limited equipment

TLR

Target Locating Radar

TM

Transverse Magnetic

Tm

(Chem.) thulium

TM

trademark

TMA

target motion analysis

TMD

Tactical Ballistic Missile Defense

TMD

theater missile defense

TMO

telegraph money order

tn.

ton, town, train

TNF

theater nuclear forces or tactical nuclear forces

TNFS{3}

theater nuclear forces, survivability, security and safety

tng.

training

TNR

Tornado Nose Radar

TNT

Tri-Nitro-Toluene. High explosive used as a filling for various munitions.

TNT

Trinitrotoluene

TNW

tactical nuclear warfare

TO

Technical Order

TO

telegraph office, turn over

T-O

Take-off

TO&E

Table of Organization and Equipment

TOA

time of arrival

TOAF

Tactical Operations Area Forecast

TOC

tactical operations center

TOD

Take-off distance.

TODS

Tactical Optical Disk System

TOF

Trigger-On-Failure

TOGW

Take-off gross weight (not necessarily MTOGW)

TOM

target object map

tonn.

tonnage

Tonnes

One ton equals 1.016 tones

TOP

Total Obscuring Power. A measure of the effectiveness of a smoke screen

TOPMS

Take Off Performance Monitoring System

topog. or topo.

topography

torp

torpedo

TOS

Tactical Operations System

TOT

Time Over Target

tot.

total

TOW

Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided. US anti-tank missile system.

TP

training practice

tp

troop

tp.

title page, township

TPFDD

Time-phased Force Deployment Data

TPFDL

Time-Phased Force Deployment List

TPI.

(Eng.) teeth per inch, threads per inch

tps.

township

TPT

Tactical Petroleum Terminal

tpt

transport

TP-T

training practice-tracer

TPU

Transmitter Processing Unit

TQG

Tactical quiet generator

TQM

total quality management

TR

Theater Reserves

tr

trillion

Tr

(Chem.) terbium

tr.

transitive, translated, translation, translator, transpose, troop, trustel

TRAAMS

Time Reference Angle of Arrival Measurement System

TRAC-A

Total Radiation Aperture Control - Antenna

TRADOC

Training and Doctrine Command

trag.

tragedy, tragic

Trajectory

The flight path of a projectile from gun to target

TRAM

Target Recognition and Acquisition Multisensor

TRAM

Target Recognition Attack Multisensor

trans.

transactions, transferred, translation, translator, transportation, transverse

transceiver

Radio transmitter/receiver.

TRANSCOM

U.S. Transportation Command

transf.

transferred

transl.

translated, translation

transp.

transportation

TRAP

Tanks, Racks, Adapters, and Pylons

trav.

travels

treas.

treasurer, treasury

treasr.

treasurer

TREE

transient radiation effect on electronics

TRF

Tuned Radio Frequency

TRF

(Radio) tuned radio frequency

TRG

Tactical Reconnaissance Group

trg

training

trib.

tributary

Triffid

Transportable UHF radio relay equipment (UK)

trig.

trigonometric, trigonometry

TRI-TAC

Tri-Service Tactical Communications program (USA)

TRIXS

Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence Exchange Service

TRN

Terrain Reference Navigation

trop.

tropic, tropical

Tropical Timber 83

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983

Tropical Timber 94

International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994

TROSS

Technical and rear operations support system

TRSB

Time Reference Scanning Beam

TRTG

Tactical radar threat generator

TRU

Transmitter/Receiver Unit

Ts., T.S.

(Phys.) tensile strength, (Chem.) test solution

TSD

Tactical Situation Display

TSFC

Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption

TSO

Technical Service Order

tsp.

teaspoon, teaspoonful

TSPJ

Tornado Self-Protection Jammer

TSSAM

Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile

TT

Torpedo Tube

TTBT

Threshold Test Ban Treaty

TTC

Tape Transport Cartridge

TTF

Tanker Task Force

TTL

Transistor/Transistor Logic

TTM

Tactical Target Material

TTP

Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

TTS

Time To Station

TTTS

Tanker Transport Training System

TTU

Triplex Transducer Unit

TTY

Teletypewriter

TU

Towed unit

Tu

(Chem.) thulium

TU

trade union

Tu.

Tuesday

Tues. or Tue.

Tuesday

TUH

Truck, Utility, Heavy

TUL

Truck, Utility, Light

TUM

Truck, Utility, Medium

Turk.

Turkey, Turkish

TV

television

TV

television., terminal velocity

TVC

thrust vector control

TVI

television interference

TVM

track-via-missile

TWDS

Tactical water distribution system

TWMP

Track width mine plough

TWMS

Tactical Weapons Management System

twp.

township

TWS

track-while-scan

TWT

travelling-wave tube

TWVMP

Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Modernization Plan

TX

Transmit

typo. or typ.

typographical

typog.

typographer, typography