Glossary of Military Abbreviations - L

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  • LAAG – light anti-aircraft gun
  • LAAM – Light Anti-Aircraft Missile
  • LAAW – Light Anti-Tank Assault Weapon
  • LACA - Landing Craft Air Cushion
  • LAD – light aid detachment
  • LADS – light air defense system (US)
  • LAG – Light Artillery Gun
  • LALO – Low Altitude Low Opening
  • LAM – Laser Aiming Module
  • LAPES – Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System
  • LAR – Light Automatic Rifle
  • LASER – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
  • LASIP – Light Artillery System Improvement Plan
  • LATS – Light Armoured Turret System
  • LAU – Light Armoured Unit
  • LAV – Light Armored Vehicle (US)
  • LAV – Light Assault Vehicle (US)
  • LAV-AD – Light Armored Vehicle - Air Defense
  • LAW – light anti-tank weapon
  • LB – Long Barrel
  • LC – Laser Collimator
  • LCD – Liquid crystal display
  • LCS – Loader Control System
  • LCU – Landing Craft Utility
  • LCV – Light Contingency Vehicle (LCV) (US)
  • LD – Low drag, Line of Departure
  • LE – Law Enforcement
  • LED – light emitting diode
  • LEP – Life Extension Programme
  • LEU – Launcher Erector Unit
  • LF – ATGW Light Forces' Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
  • LF – Linked Feed
  • LFHG – Lightweight Fragmentation Hand Grenade
  • LFL – Light Fighter Lethality
  • LIA – Linear Induction Accelerator
  • LIMAWS – Lightweight Mobile Artillery Weapon System
  • LION – Lightweight Infra-red Observation Night sight
  • LIW – Lyttleton Engineering Works
  • LKP – Loader Keyboard Panel
  • LLAD – low-level air defence
  • LLLTV – low light level television
  • LLM – Launcher Loader Module
  • LMAW – Light Multi-purpose Assault Weapon
  • LMG – light machine gun
  • LNS – Land Navigation System
  • LNS – Laying and Navigation System
  • L/O – Liaison Officer
  • LOAL – Lock-On After Launch
  • LOBL – Lock-On Before Launch
  • LOC – Line Of Communication
  • LOS – Line Of Sight
  • LOSAT – Line Of Sight Anti-Tank
  • LP – Liquid Propellant
  • LP – Listening Post
  • LPC – Launch Pod Container
  • LPC – Launcher Pod Carrier
  • LPG – Liquid Propellant Gun
  • LPO – Leading Petty Officer
  • LPT – Low-Profile Turret
  • LPTS – Lightweight Protected Turret System
  • LR – Long Rifle
  • LR – Long-Range
  • LRAR – Long Range Artillery Rocket
  • LRASS – Long-Range Advanced Scout System
  • LRAT – long-range anti-tank
  • LRBB – long-range base bleed
  • LRD – Long Range Deflagrator
  • LRF – laser rangefinder
  • LRF – Low Recoil Force
  • LRHB – long-range hollow base
  • LRIP – Low-Rate Initial Production
  • LRM – Laser Rangefinder Module
  • LRN – Lead Round Nose
  • LRN – Low Recoil NORICUM
  • LRRP – Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
  • LRSA – Long Range Sniper Ammunition
  • LRSU – Long Range Surveillance Unit
  • LRU – Launcher Replenishment Unit
  • LRU – Line Replacement Unit
  • LRU – Line-Replaceable Unit
  • LSB – Landing Support Battalion
  • LSS – Lightweight Shotgun System
  • LSW – Light Support Weapon
  • LTA – Launch Tube Assembly
  • LTD – Laser Target Designator
  • LTFCS – Laser Tank Fire-Control System
  • LTP – Laser Target Pointer, Luminesant Training Projectile
  • LUTE – Lightweight Uncooled Thermal Imager Equipment
  • LVA – landing vehicle assault (US)
  • LVS – Lightweight Video Sight
  • LVT – Landing Vehicle Tracked (US)
  • LVTC – Landing Vehicle Tracked Command (US)
  • LVTE – Landing Vehicle Tracked Engineer (US)
  • LVTH – Landing Vehicle Tracked Howitzer (US)
  • LVTP – Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel (US)
  • LVTR – Landing Vehicle Tracked Recovery (US)
  • LWC – Lead Wad Cutter
  • LWIR – Long Wave Infrared
  • LWL – LightWeight Launcher
  • LWML – LightWeight Multiple Launcher
  • LWMS – LightWeight Modular Sight
  • LWS – laser warning system
  • LWT – light weapon turret
  • LZ – landing zone

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