AP2C: A handheld chemical detector - "Appareil Portable pour le contrôle de la Contamination Chimique"
AP4C: A handheld chemical detector - "Appareil Portable pour le contrôle de la Contamination Chimique"
APFSDS: Armour Piercing, Fin Stabilised, Discarding Sabot
APMBC: Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
APM: Anti-Personnel Mine
ATO: Ammunition Technical Officer
AXO: Abandoned Explosive Ordnance
BAC: Battle Area Clearance
BLU: Bomb Live Unit
CBRNe: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
CBU: Cluster Bomb Unit
DM: Demining
DML: Demolition
DNT: Dinitrotolulene
EMOE: Explosive Method of Entry
EO: Explosive Ordnance
EOC: Explosive Ordnance Clearance
EOD: Explosive Ordnance Disposal
ERW: Explosive Remnants of War
HESH: High Explosive Squash Head
Hook and Line Kit: A kit of parts which is used to handle suspect objects from a safe distance.
IED: Improvised Explosive Device
IEDD: Improvised Explosive Device Disposal
IMAS: International Mine Action Standards
IMSMA: Information Management System for Mine Action
LIS: Landmine Impact Survey
MAC: Mine Action Centre
MACC: Mine Action Coordination Centre
MDD: Mine Detection Dog(s)
MoD: Ministry of Defence
MRE: Mine Risk Education
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NBC: Nuclear Biological Chemical
NSN: NATO Stock Number / National Stock Number
PPE: Personal Protective Equipment
RSP: Render Safe Procedure
SC: Shaped Charge
SHA: Suspected Hazardous Area
SOPs: Standard Operating Procedures
TIMS: Toxic Industrial Materials
UNMAS: United Nations Mine Action Service
US DOD: United States Department of Defence
UXO: Unexploded Ordnance
WP: White Phosphorous |
