Glossary of Military Abbreviations - B

B

  • BAe – British Aerospace
  • BAR – M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
  • BARV – Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle
  • BASE – British Aerospace Systems and Equipment
  • BATES – Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System
  • BAT – Biometrics Automated Toolset
  • BB – Base bleed
  • BBSP – Blowback shifted pulse
  • BC – Battery commander
  • BCC – battery control centre
  • BCP – Battery command post
  • BCT – Brigade combat team (US)
  • BCT – Basic combat training
  • BCV – Battle command vehicle
  • BD – base detonating
  • BDA – Browning double action or bomb damage assessment
  • BDM – Bunker demolition munition
  • BDU – Battle dress uniform
  • BE – Base ejection
  • BFA – Blank-firing adaptor or blank-firing attachment
  • BFV – Bradley Fighting Vehicle
  • BGT – Brigade combat team
  • bhp – Brake horsepower
  • BIFF – Battlefield identification friend or foe
  • BILL – Bofors, infantry, light and lethal
  • BITE – Built-in test equipment
  • BL – Blank
  • BL-T – Black tracer
  • BLITS – Beta lighted infantry telescope system
  • BLT – Battalion landing team
  • BLR – Blindado Ligero de Ruedas
  • BMF – Belgian Mechanical Fabrication
  • BMNT – Begin morning nautical twilight
  • BMP – Pronounced "bimp". A Former Warsaw Pact IFV
  • BMR – Blindado Medio de Ruedas
  • BMS – Battalion mortar system
  • BMS – Battlefield management system
  • BNCC (USAF) – Base network control center
  • BNS – Bill night sight
  • BOCV – Battery operations centre vehicle
  • BOG-Dwell – Boots on the ground – dwell (down time)
  • BOL – Bearing-only launch
  • BOLTS – Bolt-on loading tray system
  • BOSS – Ballistic optimizing shooting system
  • BPS – Battery power source
  • BSP – Bright source protection
  • BSSG – Brigade service support group
  • BST – Basic skills trainer
  • BT – Boat tail
  • BT – Bullet trap
  • BTA – Best technical approach
  • BTU – Bullet trap universal
  • BUA – BILL under armour or built-up area
  • BW – Bacteriological warfare
  • BX – Bionix AFV

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