Overview
This page is devoted to terms used by the Swedish military. It includes abbreviations and translations of common and rarely used terms.
Terms
| Full | Short | English Equivalent | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | A | Attack | Ground attack aircraft |
| Akan | Automatic Gun | ||
| Bomb | B | Bomb | Bomber aircraft |
| Flygplan | Fpl | Airplane | |
| Glidflygplan | G | Glider aircraft | |
| Granat | gr | Grenade | Grenade (or charge) |
| Helikopter | Hkp | Helicopter | Helicopter |
| Jakt | J | Fighter aircraft | |
| Kanon | kan | Cannon | Cannon |
| Kulspruta | ksp | Machine gun | |
| Lastglidare | Lg | Transport glider | |
| m | Model | ||
| Övning | Ö | Advanced trainer aircraft | |
| Prov | P | Prototype aircraft | |
| pvkan | Tank Cannon | ||
| Robot | Rb | Drone, or missile | |
| Spaning | S | Reconnaissance aircraft | |
| Segelflygplan | Se | Sailplane | |
| sgr | HE | ||
| Skol | Sk | Trainer aircraft | |
| slpgr | APCBC | ||
| slpprj | APDS | ||
| slpsgr | HEATFS | ||
| slsgr | HE (?) | ||
| Stridsfordon | Strf | Infantry Fighting Vehicle | Battle Vehicle |
| Stridsvagn | Strv | Main Battle Tank | Battle Tank |
| Torped | T | Torpedo | Torpedo bomber aircraft |
| Transport | Tp | Transport | Transport aircraft |
| UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |