Military terms according to Ukrainian Ministry of Defence

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company - рота
battalion - батальон
regiment - полк
brigade - бригада
corp - корпус

Airborne brigade - повітряно-десантна бригада
Airmobile brigade - аеромобільна бригада
Armour brigade - танкова бригада
Artillery brigade - артилерійська бригада
Mechanized brigade - механізована бригада
Rocket brigade - ракетна бригада
anti-aircraft artillery battalion - зенітно-ракетний дивізіон
radar units - радіотехнічні підрозділи
Bomber and Reconnaissance Brigade - бомбардувально-розвідувальна бригада
Rocket artillery - Реактивная артиллерия

ARMY CORPS - армійський корпус
mechanized brigade - окрема механізована бригада
armour brigade - окрема танкова бригада
airmobile brigade - окрема аеромобільна бригада
artillery brigade - окрема артилерійська бригада
army aviation regiment - окремий полк армійської авіації
air defence regiment - зенітно-ракетний полк
combat support units - частини та підрозділи бойового забезпечення
combat service support units - частини та підрозділи тилового забезпечення
maintenance units - частини та підрозділи технічного забезпечення


private - солдат
sergeant - сержант
master sergeant - старшина

Russian military abbreviations

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Source: Kommersant-Vlast, 14 March 2002

  • аб – авиабаза – Aviation Base
  • абб – артиллерийская база боеприпасов - artillery base for munitions
  • абв – артиллерийская база вооружения - artillery base for ordnance
  • АВВСПВО – армиа ВВС и ПВО – Army of Air Forces and Air Defence Forces
  • автбз – автобаза – motor base
  • автбр – auto-transport brigade
  • аг – авиагруппа – aviation group
  • ад – артиллерийская дивиэия – artillery division
  • адон – artillery division of special purpose (very heavy guns on rail mounts)
  • адон - авиадивизия особого назначения - aviation division of special purpose
  • АК – армейский корпус - Army Corps
  • ак – commandant’s point/post
  • ап – artillery regiment
  • арз – aviation repair plant/factory (завод)
  • арсВМФ – arsenal of the VMF, Military-Naval Fleet
  • арсГРФУ – arsenal of Main Missile Artillery Administration
  • арсРВСН – arsenal of RSVN, Strategic Rocket Forces
  • арсХО – arsenal of chemical weapons
  • AртИ – artillery institute
  • AртИИ – artillery engineering institute
  • ас – artillery store/depot (склад)
  • атб – aviation technical base
  • бап – bomber aviation regiment
  • бв – military base
  • БВМИ – Baltic Naval Institute (‘Military-Naval Institute’)
  • брат – base of reserve aviation ~technical equipment
  • брдк – naval amphibious ship brigade (‘desant’)
  • брквп – brigade of air-cushioned ships
  • брковр – naval region security brigade
  • брнк – surface ship brigade
  • брПВО – PVO brigade
  • брпл – submarine brigade
  • брплк – anti-submarine ship brigade
  • брремк – repair ship brigade
  • бррэк – intelligence ship brigade
  • брсо – support ship brigade
  • бррка – small rocket ship brigade
  • брсремк – brigade for building and repairing ships
  • брсремлк – brigade for building and repairing submarines
  • брсс – brigade of (rescue?) ships
  • бртщ – brigade of minesweepers
  • бруремк – brigade of training ships
  • баз – Base for Storage of Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG) Aircraft
  • ВА – Air Army
  • ВАИИ – Military Aviation Engineering Institute
  • ВАТТ – Military Academy of Rear Services (тыла) and Transport
  • ВГК – Chief of General Staff
  • ВДВ – Airborne Forces
  • Вдд – Airborne Division
  • ВДУ – Military [music] Conductors’ University
  • ВИ – Military Institute
  • ВИИРЭ – Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics
  • ВИКУ – Military Engineering Space University
  • ВИРВ – Military Institute of the Rocket Force
  • BИРХБЗ – Military Institute of Chemical Defense?
  • ВИРЭ – Military Institute of Radio-electronics
  • ВИС – Military Communications (связи) Institute
  • ВИТУ – Military Engineer-Technical University?
  • ВИУ – Military Engineer University
  • ВИФK – Military Physical [sport] Institute
  • ВМА – Naval Academy (‘Military-Naval Academy’)
  • ВМБ – Naval Base (‘Military-Naval Base’)
  • Вмг – Naval Hospital
  • ВМИ – Военно-медицинский Institute
  • ВМИИ – Naval Engineering Institute
  • ВМИРЭ – Naval Radio-electronic Institute
  • вмкг – Naval Clinical Hospital
  • ВМФ – Military-Naval Fleet (Navy)
  • всок – Higher Officers’ Courses (middle-ranking)
  • BCCB – North Eastern Troops & Forces
  • втад – Military Transport Aviation Division
  • втап – Military Transport Aviation Regiment
  • ВУ – Military University
  • ВУВПВО
  • ВУПВО
  • ВУРХБЗ
  • ВУС – Military Communications (связи)University
  • ВФЭУ – Military Finance- -- University
  • вцок – Higher Central xx xx
  • гв – Guards
  • гвкг - ? Military Clinical Hospital
  • ГИК – State Trial Kosmodrome (test/trial/flight-test)
  • ГК – Main Command (‘Headquarters’)
  • ГосНИИ – State Scientific Research Institute
  • ГЛИЦ – State Flight Testing Centre
  • ГРАУ – Main Missile Artillery Administration
  • ДальВО – Far Eastern Military District
  • дмп – Naval Infantry Division
  • днк – Division of Surface Ships
  • днквп – Division of Air-Cushioned Ships
  • днковр – Division of Naval Region Security
  • днрка – Division of Small Rocket Ships
  • днтщ - Division of Minesweepers
  • дПВО – Division of PVO, Air Defense Forces
  • экп – эапасной командный пункт – reserve command post
  • эрав - Base for Repair of Rocket-Artillery Equipment
  • ЗРВ – High-Altitude Rocket Forces
  • ис – инженерный склад - engineer store/depot
  • КПВО – PVO Corps, Corps of Air Defense Forces
  • КФ – Caspian Flotilla
  • ЛенВО – Leningrad Military District
  • мсд – Motor Rifle Division
  • мсп – Motor Rifle Regiment
  • мруцврхбз – Joint Regional Training Center for Forces of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense
  • мруцвс -
  • муцвс – Joint Regional Training Centre for Forces of Communications
  • муцив – Joint Service Training Centre for Engineer Forces
  • НИИ - Scientific Research Institute
  • обвп – Independent Combat Helicopter Regiment
  • обмп – Independent Battalion of Naval Infantry
  • обоо – Independent Procurement & Maintenance Battalion
  • обрдн – Independent Coastal Rocket Battery (дивизион)
  • обрмп – Independent Naval Infantry Brigade
  • обрп – Independent Coastal Rocket Regiment
  • обррхьз – Independent Brigade of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence
  • обрс – Independent Communications Brigade
  • отдельный батальон связи - Independent Communications (or Signal) Battalion
  • ОВА – Combined Arms Academy (former Frunze Academy)
  • овкг – District Military Clinical Hospital
  • овп – Independent Helicopter Regiment
  • овпбу – Independent Helicopter Regiment of Military Management
  • овтаз –
  • овз –
  • овзрзб – Ind. Helicopter Squadron for Radio-electronic fight (борьбы) ‘Ind EW HS’
  • оисб - Independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion
  • опмп – Independent Naval Infantry Regiment
  • опрзб – Independent Regiment of Radio-electronic fight ‘Ind EW Regt’
  • опс – Independent communications regiment
  • омиб - Separate Naval Engineer Battalion (minelaying(?))
  • орлр – Independent radio-location company
  • ортбрОсНаз – Independent Radio-technical Brigade of Special ~Purpose
  • осап – Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment
  • осаэ – Independent Mixed Aviation Squadron
  • отб – Independent Tank Battalion
  • ооб ПДСС - отдельный отряд борьбы с подводными диверсионными силами и средствами - Separate anti-underwater diversionary forces detachment
  • ртбр – radio-technical brigade
  • помбр – Pontoon Bridge Brigade
  • помп – Pontoon Bridge Regiment
  • РВ – Rocket Forces
  • РА — ракетная армия - Rocket Army
  • РД — ракетная дивизия - Rocket Division
  • СВ – Ground Forces
  • СибВО – Siberian Military District
  • СКВО – North Caucasus Military District
  • СФ – Northern Fleet
  • ТИ – Tank Institute
  • ТИИ – Tank Engineering Institute
  • тф – Technical Faculty
  • умсп – Training Motor Rifle Regiment
  • уопп – Training Detachment for Submarine Officers
  • ус – узел свяэи – communications center (?)
  • уцбпбпр - Training Centre of Military Preparation and Military Adoption
  • уцбпр – Training Center of Military Adoptation
  • цбпасв – Military Center for Relearning Flying of Ground Forces
  • цбпплс – Military Center for Relearning of Flying Pilots
  • цбрт – Central Base for Reserve Tanks
  • цбти – Central Base for Technical Storage (?)
  • цвг – Central Military Hospital
  • цвкг – Central Military Clinical Hospital
  • цвктубг – Central Military Clinical Tuberculosis (туберкулезнзй) Hospital
  • цвмкг – Central Military-Naval Clinical Hospital (?)
  • цвниаг -
  • ЦНИИ – Central Scientific Research Institute
  • ЦНИИИ – Central Scientific Research & Testing Institute
  • ЦНИИИ ИВ - Central Scientific Research & Testing Institute of Engineer Forces
  • ЦНИИИС - Central Scientific Research & Testing Institute of Communications
  • цлмки – Central Laboratory for Medical-Criminal Expertise
  • црбрлв – Central Repair Base for Radio-location equipment
  • цус - Central Communications Center
  • ЧФТИ -
  • ЧФ -
  • шад – Shturmovaya Aviation Division (‘Assault’ Aviation Division, Su-25)
  • шап – Shturmovaya Aviation Regiment

Russian aviation abbreviations

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