In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean:
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- V & O
- Visitors and Observers Section
- V(S)TOL
- Vertical (short) take off and landing
- V/Aust Corps HTM Bty
- V/Australian Corps Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
- V/S
- Visual signaling (by Aldis lamp in the case of aircraft)
- V/T
- Visual Telegraphy
- V1
- German flying bomb
- V1A HTM Bty
- V1A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
- V2
- German stratospheric rocket bomb
- V2A HTM Bty
- V2A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
- V4A HTM Bty
- V4A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
- V5A HTM Bty
- V5A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
- VA
- Vice Admiral
- VAAF
- Fifth Army Air Force (United States)
- VAD
- Voluntary Aid Detachment (First World War)
- VADM
- Vice Admiral
- VALAPA
- Vietnam Laboratory Assistance Programme Army
- VAOC
- Voluntary Air Observation Corps (RAAF)
- VAOP
- Voluntary Air Observation Post
- VAOP CP
- Voluntary Air Observers Corps Control Post
- VC
- Victoria Cross
- VC
- Veterinary Corps (USA)
- VC
- Viet Cong, a derogatory term for Vietnamese Communist. VC were irregular troops/guerillas mostly based in South Vietnam who opposed and fought the Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN).
- VCANIZER
- Vulcanizer
- VCAS
- Vice Chief of the Air Staff
- VCC
- Vehicle collecting centre
- VCDF
- Vice Chief of the defence Force
- VCI
- Viet Cong Infrastructure
- VCIGS
- Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- VCO
- Viceroy's Commissioned Officer (India)
- VD
- Venereal Disease
- VD
- Volunteer Officers' Decoration or Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
- VDC
- Volunteer Defence Corps
- VDC PTD
- Volunteer Defence Corps, Part time duty
- VDH
- Valvular disease of the heart (First World War)
- VE Day
- Victory in Europe Day, 8 June 1945
- veh
- Vehicle
- VERTREP
- Vertical replenishment at sea (helicopter)
- VES
- Veterinary Evacuating Station
- Vet
- Veterinary
- Vet Sect
- Veterinary Section
- VETO
- Veterinary Officer
- VF
- Fighters (aircraft)
- VHF
- Very high frequency radio
- VI
- Vertical Interval
- Vic
- Victoria
- VIP
- Very important person(s)
- VIS
- Vietnamese Information Service, VIS was the agency responsible for interpretation and dissemination of Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN) programs and information
- VJ
- Victory Over Japan
- VLA
- Very low altitude
- VLR
- Vehicle landing ramp
- VLR
- Very long range
- VLS
- Vertical launch system(s)
- VLSM
- Vietnam Logistics Support Medal
- VMF
- Victorian Military Forces
- VNAF
- Vietnamese Air Force
- VNMC
- Vietnamese Marine Corps
- VNN
- Vietnamese Navy
- VNQDD
- Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang. Nationalist Party formed in 1927 along lines of Chinese Kuomintang.
- VO
- Verbal Order (USA)
- VO
- Veterinary Officer
- VO
- Voyage Only
- VOC
- Volunteer Officer Candidate (USA)
- VOCG
- Verbal Order Commanding General (USA)
- VOCO
- Verbal Order Commanding Officer (USA)
- VOL
- Vehicle Outfit List
- VP
- Vulnerable Point
- VR
- Volunteer Reserve
- VRC
- Volunteer Rifle Corps
- VRD
- Vehicle Reserve Depot
- VRD
- Volunteer Reserve Officers' Decoration
- VS
- Veterinary Service
- VSC
- Variable speed gear
- VT
- Torpedo bombers
- VTAU
- Vung Tau (Vietnam War)
- VTC
- Volunteer Training Corps
- VTSZ
- Vung Tau Special Zone
