AA : Anti-Aircraft
AP : Anti-Personnel
ARP : Air Raid Precautions
BAC : Battle Area Clearance
DA : Delayed Action Bomb
EOC : Explosive Ordanance Clearance
EOD : Explosive Ordnance Disposal
ERW : Explosive Remnants of War
FP : Fire Pot
GM : G Mine (Paracchute mine)
HAA : Heavy Anti-Aircraft
HE : High Explosive
IB : Incendary Bomb
IED : Improvised Explosive Device
IMAS : International Mine Action Services
JSEOD : Joint Services Explosive Ordnance Disposal
LAA : Light Anti-Aircraft
LCC : London County Council
LRR : Long Range Rocket (V-2)
LSA : Land Service Ammunition
NFF : National Filing Factory
NTSGs : National Techincal Standards and Guidelines
OB : Oil Bomb
PAC : Pilotless Aircraft
PB : Phospherous Bomb
PM : Parachute Mine
POW : Prisoner Of War
QMS : Quality Management System
RAF : Royal Air Force
RFC : Royal Flying Corps
RNAS : Royal Naval Air Service
ROF : Royal Ordanance Factory
SAA : Small Arms Ammunition
SD2 : Anti-Personnel “Butterfly Bomb”
SIP : Self-Igniting Phosphorous
SOPs : Standard Operating Procedures
UP : Unrotated Projectile
USAAF : United States Army Air Force
UX : Unexploded
UXAA : Unexploded Anti-Aircraft
UXB : Unexploded Bomb
UXO : Unexploded Ordanance
V-1 : Flying Bomb (Doodelbug)
V-2 : Long Range Rocket
WAAF : Women’s Auxillery Air Force
X : Exploded
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