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Terms for subject Military (71893 entries)

Main Battle Ship	MBS
MBTTF	main battle tank task force
main body	The principal part of a tactical command or formation. It does not include detached elements of the command, such as advance guards, flank guards, and covering forces. 2. In a motor column, all vehicles exclusive of the column head, trail, and control vehicles, which consist primarily of the vehicles carrying the bulk of the cargo or troops within the column.
MB	main body
MC	main channel
MCH	main chute
MCO	main civilian occupation
MCC	main combustion chamber
main command post	The role of the MAIN CP, where the Force's commander normally stands, is to plan the manoeuvre at its level, and to conduct it in its area of responsibility. At the same tactical level, should several CPs be armed, only one of them assumes the function of MAIN CP. The transfer of operational direction from one to the other is called "release".
MCO	main communication office
MCC	main communications center
MCC	main control center
MCP	main control panel
MDL	main defense line
MDC	main display console
MDS	main dressing station
main effort	A concentration of forces or means, in a particular area and time, where a commander seeks to bring about a decision.
main effort	Ideal line alongside which the commander intends to conduct his/her action to reach an objective. The successive main efforts of a unit must contribute to maintain this unit on its direction.
main effort objective area	Area or point where the enemy is particularly vulnerable to the weapon systems effects and to the maneuver at a given time gap. It may also be areas or terrain points that compel the enemy either to change its course of action or to get additional external assets to intervene to keep on conducting his action. A target area of interest includes one or several main effort objective areas.
main electric motor	Engine that drives the propeller, the turbo-alternator supplies it with electricity