| AA | Antiaircraft |
| AC | Air Corps |
| AT | Antitank |
| cm. | Centimeter |
| DD | Duplex drive |
| DDT | Dichloro-Dithenyl-Trichloroethane |
| Flak | Fliegerabwehrkanone (antiaircraft artillery gun) |
| JU. | Junkers (designation of airplane built by company of that name) |
| K. | Kanone (gun) |
| Kw. | Kraftwagen (motor vehicle) |
| Kw.K. | Kampfwagenkanone (tank gun) |
| LCI | Landing craft, infantry |
| LCI (L) | Landing craft, infantry (large) |
| LCM | Landing craft, mechanized |
| LCP | Landing craft, personnel |
| LCP (R) | Landing craft, personnel (ramp) |
| LCT | Landing craft, tank |
| LCV | Landing craft, vehicle |
| LCVP | Landing craft, vehicle-personnel |
| le.P.Kw.K.2s | Leichter Personen Kraftwagen, K.2, Schwimmend (light personnel vehicle, K.2, amphibian) |
| LST | Landing ship, tank |
| LVT | Landing vehicle, tracked |
| mm. | Millimeter |
| Pak. | Panzerabwehrkanone (antitank gun) |
| Pz. Kpfw. | Panzerkampfwagen (tank) |
| SCR | Signal Corps Radio |
| S.F.H. | Schwere Feld Haubitze (medium field howitzer) |
| Sig C | Signal Corps |
| SOC | Scout Observation Curtis |
| SP | Self-propelled |
| Stu. G. | Sturmgeschuetz (self-propelled assault gun) |
| Stu. H. | Sturmhaubitze (self-propelled assault howitzer) |
| Stu. K. | Sturmkanone (self-propelled assault gun) |
| TD | Tank destroyer |
| TNT | Trinitrotoluene; trinitrotoluol (high explosive) |
| WAC | Women’s Army Corps |
| USAFIME | U. S. Army Forces in the Middle East |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |