| M |
[USA] Code appliqué aux systèmes d'armes, utilisé par l'US Army. |
| M |
Mach |
| M |
Mach Number |
| M |
Magenta |
| M |
Maneuvering Speed (EFIS) |
| M |
Mode |
| Mag.M |
Magnetized Material |
| Mn |
Mach Number |
| MA |
Maintenance Annunciator |
| MA |
Milli-Ampere |
| MAA |
Maximum Authorized IFR Altitude |
| MAAG |
[USA] Military Advisory and Assistance Group |
| MAAP |
Members and Associated Partners |
| Mabel |
[USA] Nom de code du Mitsubishi B5M |
| MAC |
[USA] Military Airlift Command |
| MAC |
Mean Aerodynamic Chord |
| MAC |
Maintenance Action Classification |
| Mach |
Vitesse du Son, utilisée comme unité de vitesse. 340.5 m/sec, ou 1225.5 km/h au niveau de la mer en conditions classiques, ceci diminuant avec l'altitude. Au-dessus de la tropopause (environ 11000m) Mach 1 est à 295.5 m/sec ou 1063.2 km/h. |
| MACV |
[USA] Military Assistance Command in Vietnam |
| MAD |
Magnetic Anomaly Detector or Magnetic Airborne Detector. Detecte les sousmarins en mesurant les changements de champ magnétique de la terre. |
| MAD |
Mutual Assured Destruction |
| MADAR |
[USA] Malfunction Detection, Analysis and Recording. Installé dans les Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. |
| Madcap |
[NATO] Antonov An-74 AEW. |
| Madge |
[NATO] Beriev Be-6 de reco |
| Madge |
Microwave Aircraft Digital Guidance Equipment. Une aide à l'atterrissage. |
| Madrid |
[Germany] Système de guidage infrarouge pour les missiles (seconde guerre mondiale). |
| MAEE |
[UK] Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment. Pendant la seconde GM à Helensburg, Ecosse. Précedemment à Felixstowe. |
| Maestro |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-28 |
| MAFFS |
[USA] Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, installé dans les C-130 de l'ANG pour le "firefighting". |
| MAG |
[USA] Military Airlift Group |
| MAG |
[USA] Marine Air Group |
| MAG |
[Canada] Maritime Air Group |
| MAG |
Magazine |
| MAG |
Magnetic |
| MAG DEC |
Magnetic Declination |
| MAG VAR |
Magnetic Variation |
| MAGN |
Magnetron |
| Magnet |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-17 |
| Magnum |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-30 |
| MAGTF |
[USA] Marine Air-Ground Task Force |
| Maiden |
[NATO] Sukhoi Su-11 |
| MAIDS |
Multipurpose Automatic Inspection and Diagnostic System |
| Mail |
[NATO] Beriev Be-12 |
| MAIN MUX |
Main Multiplexer |
| Mainstay |
[NATO] Ilyushin Il-76 AEW |
| MAINT |
Maintenance |
| Mallard |
[Allied] Renforcement des unités de paras sur le front normand, par une seconde vague de lancements de paras. 6 Juin 1944. |
| Mallow |
[NATO] Beriev Be-10 |
| MALS |
Medium Intensity Approach Light System |
| MALSR |
Medium Intensity Approach Light System with Runway Align |
| MAN |
Manual |
| Mandrake |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-25 |
| Mandrel |
[UK] Monitoring And Neutralizing Defensive Radar Electronics, équipement de brouillage britannique de la seconde GM. |
| Mangrove |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-27 |
| MANPADS |
[USA] Man-Portable Air-Defense System. Devint le FIM-92 Stinger. |
| MANPRINT |
[USA] Manpower, Personnel, and training. |
| Mantis |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-32 |
| MAP |
[USA] Military Aid Program, or Military Assistand Program, or Mutual Assistance Program. |
| MAP |
[UK] Ministery of Aircraft Production |
| MAP |
Ground Mapping |
| MAP |
Master Annunciator Panel |
| MAP |
Missed Approach Segment |
| Maple Flag |
Exercice se déroulant au Canada. |
| MAPSP |
Master Attendant Passenger Service Panel |
| Marder |
[Germany] Plan pour une arrivée alliée près de Rome. Utilisé après le débarquement à Anzio-Nettuno, Janvier 1944. |
| Mare |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-14 |
| Marita |
[Germany] Intervention des armées allemandes dans les Balkans, 1941. |
| Mark |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-7U |
| Market |
[Allied] Composante para de "Market Garden" |
| Market Garden |
[Allied] Attaque combinée des forces aériennes et terrestres en septembre 1944 pour rompre les lignes allemandes, traverser le Rhin et envahir la Ruhr. |
| Market Time |
[USA] Patrouilles de P2V Neptune sur les côtes vietnamiennes et le Cambodge. |
| MARS |
Mid-Air Recovery / Retrieval System |
| MARV |
Manoeuvrable Re-entry Vehicle |
| MAS |
[USA] Mission Avionics System |
| MAS |
Milli-Ampere/Seconds |
| MAS |
Modification Approval Sheet |
| MASCDC |
[USA] Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center. Davis-Monthan, Arizona. |
| Mascot |
[UK] Frappe aérienne contre le "Tirpitz", Juillet 1944. |
| Mascot |
[NATO] Ilyushin Il-28 |
| MASI |
Mach Airspeed Indicator |
| MATS |
[USA] Mid-Atlantic Tracking System. Equipement emporté par les appareils d'essais, basé sur GPS. |
| MATS |
[USA] Military Air Transport Service. |
| Matterhorn |
[USA] Offensive de bombardements contre le Japon. Première mission le 15 Juin 1944. |
| MATV |
[USA] Multi-Axis Thrust Vectoring, un F-16 avec nacelles vectorielles. |
| MatWing |
[USA] Medium Attack Wing |
| MATZ |
Military Air Traffic Zone |
| MAU |
[USA] Marine Amphibious Unit |
| Mavis |
[USA] Nom de code du Kawanishi H6K |
| MAW |
[USA] Military Airlift Wing |
| MAW |
[USA] Marine Aircraft Wing |
| MAW |
[UK] Missile Approach Warning system. |
| MAW |
Mission Adaptive Wing. |
| MAWP |
Missed Approach Waypoint |
| MAWS |
[UK] Missile Approach Warning System |
| MAWS |
[USA] Missile Attack Warning System |
| Max |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-18 |
| MAX |
Maximum |
| MAX CLB |
Maximum Climb |
| MAX DES |
Maximum Descent |
| MAX END |
Maximum Endurance |
| May |
[NATO] Ilyushin Il-38 ASW |
| Maya |
[NATO] Aero L-29 Delfin |
| Mayday |
Appel de détresse, indiquant une situation d'urgence. |
| MB |
Millibars |
| MBR |
[USSR] Mezhkontenental'naya ballisticheskaya raketa - ICBM |
| MBRRGChIN |
[USSR] MBR s razdelyayuchimi golovnyym chastyami indiviual'nogo navedeniya - MIRV |
| MC |
Master Change |
| MC |
Material Cost |
| MCi |
Millicurie |
| MCA |
Minimum Crossing Altitude |
| MCAS |
Marine Corps Air Station |
| MCB |
[USA] Mobile Construction Battalion |
| MCBF |
Mean Cycles Between Failures |
| MCC |
Modification Customer Chart |
| MCDU |
Multipurpose Control and Display Unit |
| MCL |
Maximum Climb |
| MCLOS |
Manual Command Line-Of-Sight (Guidage de missile) |
| MCM |
[USA] USN: Mine Countermeasures Ship |
| MCR |
Manufacturer Change Request |
| MCR |
Maximum Cruise |
| MCT |
Maximum Continuous Thrust |
| MCU |
Modular Concept Unit |
| MCUR |
Mean Cycle Between Unscheduled Removals |
| MCVL |
Manual Configuration Variation List |
| MCW |
Modulated Continuous Wave |
| MDA |
Minimum Decision Altitude |
| MDA |
Minimum Descent Altitude |
| MDAP |
Mutual Defence Assistance Programme |
| MDAU |
Modular Data Acquisition Unit |
| MDC |
Miniature Detonating Cord, utilisé pour fragmenter la verrière avant l'éjection. |
| MDCC |
Main Deck Cargo Compartment |
| MDDU |
Multipurpose Disk Drive Unit |
| MDF |
Medium Frequency Direction Finding Station |
| MDI |
[Canada] Miss Distance Indicator |
| MEB |
[USA] Marine Expeditionary Brigade |
| MDL |
Module |
| MDU |
Multiplier Divider Unit |
| MEA |
Minimum En Route IFR Altitude |
| MEAS |
Measurement |
| MEASRG |
Measuring |
| MEC |
Main Engine Control |
| MECH |
Mechanical, Mechanism, Mechanic |
| MED |
Medium |
| MEDA |
Military Emergency Diversion Airfield |
| MEF |
[USA] Marine Expeditionary Force |
| MEISR |
[USA] Minimum Essential Improvement in System Reliability, une mise à jour des F-106 en 1967. |
| MEL |
Minimum Equipment List |
| MELIN |
[UK] Multi-Engine Lead-IN training |
| MEM |
Memory |
| MEP |
[USA] Mission Equipment Package |
| MER |
Multiple Ejection Rack |
| MERCAST |
Merchant Shop Broadcast System |
| MEREP |
Merchant Ship Report |
| Merkur |
[Germany] Mercury. Nom de code de la conquête de la Crète, le dernier et plus gros déploiement aéroporté d'unités paras. |
units. |
| Mermaid |
[NATO] Beriev Be-42 |
| MES |
Main Engine Start |
| MET |
Meteorological |
| METOC |
[USA] Meteorological and Oceanographic |
| Metox |
[Germany] RWR des U-boats. |
| Metro Tango |
[USA] Nom de code du TREDS |
| METS |
[UK] Multi-Engined Training Squadron |
| MEU |
[USA] Marine Expeditionary Unit |
| MEV |
Main Electro Valve |
| MEV |
Million Electron-Volts |
| MEW |
Manufacturer's Empty Weight |
| MEWSG |
Maritime Electronic Warfare Support Group |
| MEZ |
Maritime Exclusion Zone |
| MEZ |
Missile Engagement Zone |
| MF |
Medium Frequency |
| MF |
Multi-Function |
| MFA |
Memorized Fault Annunciator |
| MFC |
Missile Fire Control |
| MFCS |
[UK] Manual Fuel Control System |
| MFD |
Multi-Function Display |
| MFG |
Manufacturing |
| MFP |
Maintenance Facility Planning |
| MFP |
Mixed Fission Products |
| MFR |
Manufacturer |
| MFR IDENT |
Manufacturer Identification |
| MFS |
[USA] Manned Flight Simulator |
| MFTW |
Maximum Design Fuel Transfer Weight |
| MFW |
Maximum Design Flight Weight |
| MG |
[Germany] Maschinengewehr - Mitrailleuse |
| MGGB |
[USA] Modular Guided Glide Bomb |
| MGM |
[USA] Mobile, Guided ground-to-ground Missile. |
| MGR |
[USA] Mobile, Ground-targeted Rocket. |
| MGT |
Management |
| MGU |
Mid-Course Guidance Unit, pour les missiles. |
| MHC |
[USA] USN: Chasseur de Mînes côtier |
| MHSU |
Magnetic Heading Sensor Unit |
| MHZ |
Megahertz |
| MI |
Magnetic Indicator |
| MIA |
Missing In Action |
| MIC |
Microphone |
| MICBAC |
Micro-System Bus Access Channel |
| Michael |
[Germany] Plan pour l'offensive de printemps de 1918. |
| MICo |
[USA] Military Intelligence Company |
| MID |
Middle |
| Midas |
[NATO] Ilyushin Il-76 |
| Midget |
[NATO] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 |
| MIDU |
Multi-Input Interactive Display Unit |
| MIFASS |
[USA] Marine Integrated Fire and Air Support System |
| MiGCAP |
MiG Combat Air Patrol |
| Mighty Mouse |
FFAR utilisée par l'USAF dans les années 60. Accessoirement, PCG sur FRA. |
| Mike |
[USA] Nom de code du Messerschmitt Bf 109, supposé à tort être en service au Japon. |
| Millenium |
[UK] Attaque de 1000 avions contre Cologne, 30 Mai 1942. |
| Millie |
[USA] Nom de code des Vultee VG-11. |
| MILSTAR |
[USA] Military Strategic and Tactical Relay |
| MILSTRIP |
[USA] Military Standard Requisitioning and Issuing Procedures |
| MIM |
[USA] SAM mobile. |
| MIMIC |
MIcrowave / Millimetre wave Integrated Circuit. |
| MIN |
Minimum |
| MIN FUEL |
Minimum Fuel |
| MIN TIME |
Minimum Time |
| Mink |
[NATO] UT-2. |
| MIP |
Maintenance Information Printer |
| MIPO |
Manually Issued Purchase Order |
| MIPS |
Maintenance Information and Planning System |
| MirSIP |
[Belgium] Mirage Safety Improvement Programme. |
| MIRV |
Multiple Independly Targeted Reentry Vehicle |
| MIS |
[USA] Missile Squadron |
| MISC |
Miscellaneous |
| Mistel |
[Germany] Un "mistel" était créé en combinant un bombardier sans pilote bourré d'explosifs avec un chasseur sur le dessus. Le pilote du chasseur amenait l'ensemble sur la cible, armait la bombe et largait le bombardier. Le chasseur utilisait les réservoirs du bombardier pendant le trajet aller. Exemples : Ju 88A-4 et Bf 109F, ou Ju88G-1 avec Fw 190A-6 ou A-8. |
| Misty FAC |
[USA] Fast-jet FAC. Les F-100F furent utilisés. |
| MIW |
Mine Warfare |
| MK |
[Germany] Maschinenkanone |
| MKGS |
Markings |
| MKR |
Marker (radio) Beacon |
| ML |
[USA] USN: Minelayer (ship) |
| MLMS |
[USA] Multipurpose Lightweigth Missile System |
| MLA |
Maneuver Load Alleviation |
| MLD |
Molded |
| MLG |
Main Landing Gear |
| MLI |
Magnetic Level Indicator |
| MLIH |
Magnetic Level Indicator Housing |
| MLRS |
[UK] Multiple Launch Rocket System. |
| MLS |
Microwave Landing System |
| MLU |
Mid-Life Upgrade |
| MLW |
Maximum Landing Weight |
| MM |
Maintenance Manual |
| MM |
Middle Marker |
| MMC |
Maximum Material Condition |
| MMDB |
Mechanical Main Data Bank |
| MMEL |
Master Minimum Equipment List |
| MMH/FH |
Maintenance Man Hours per Flying Hour |
| MMI |
Manual Magnetic Indicator |
| Mmo |
Maximum operating Mach number |
| MMR |
Multi-Mode Receiver |
| MMS |
Mast-Mounted Sight (for helicopters) |
| MMSA |
[USA] Multi-Mission Surveillance Aircraft |
| MMWR |
Milimetre-Wave Radar |
| Mne |
Mach number Never to be Exceeded |
| MNFOLD |
Manifold |
| Mobile Zebra |
[USA] Deploiement d'un grand nombre d'avions aux Philippines en 1957. |
| MoA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| Moby Dick |
[USA] Programme qui utilisait des ballons sans pilotes avec des caméras et des équipements d'enregistrement pour survoler l'URSS à partir de 1952. Stoppé en 1956 après une plainte de l'URSS. |
| MOCA |
Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude |
| MOD |
Modification |
| MOD |
Modulator |
| MoD |
Ministry of Defence. |
| Mod |
model, ou modification. |
| MOD/V |
Modulating Valve |
| Mode |
[NATO] Beriev Be-8 |
| MODLTR |
Modulator |
| Moked |
[Israel] L'attaque du 5 Juin 1968, débutant la guerre des Six-Jours. |
| MOL |
[USA] Manned Orbiting Laboratory. |
| Mole |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-14 ou Beriev Be-8 |
| MOMP |
[Allied] Mid-Ocean Meeting Point, pour les convois et leurs escortes |
| MON |
Monitor, Monitoring, Monitored |
| MONG |
Monitoring |
| Mongol |
[NATO] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (version d'entraînement) |
| Moon Glow |
[USA] Alerte au Vietnam, 1961. |
| Moose |
[NATO] Yakovlev Yak-11 |
| MORA |
Minimum Off Route Altitude |
| Moritz |
[Germany] Système de guidage IR pour missiles pendant la seconde GM. |
| Morskaya Aviatsiya |
[USSR] Naval Air Force |
| MOS |
Metal Oxyde Semiconductor |
| MOS |
Military Occupational Skill |
| Moss |
[NATO] Tupolev Tu-126 AEW |
| MOT |
Motor, Motorized |
| Mote |
[NATO] Beriev Be-2 / MDR-2 |
| MOT&E |
[NATO] Multinational Operational Test & Evaluation |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| Moujik |
[NATO] Sukhoi Su-7 |
| MP |
Main Processor |
| MP |
Maintenance Practices |
| MP |
Modification Proposal |
| MPA |
Maximum Power Assurance |
| MPA |
Maritime Patrol Aircraft |
| MPA |
Man Powered Aircraft |
| MPB |
Micro Processor Bipolar |
| MPC |
Missile Practive Camp |
| MPD |
Multi-Purpose Display |
| MPD |
Maintenance Planning Document |
| MPDS |
Maintenance Planning Data Support |
| MPK |
[USSR] Maliy protivolodochniy korabl' (petit navire anti-sous-marins) |
| MPL |
Maximum Permitted Life |
| MPR |
Multipurpose Register |
| MPR |
Medium Power Radar |
| MPS |
Maximum Performance Specifications |
| MPS |
Multiplex Power Supply |
| MPU |
Magnetic Pickup |
| MPU |
Modem Processor Unit |
| MQPB |
Minimum Quantity Price Break |
| MR |
Maritime Reconaissance |
| MRA |
Minimum Reception Altitude |
| MRAAM |
Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
| MRASM |
[USA] Medium Range ASM, développement tactique conventionnel du missile de croisière AGM-109 Tomahawk : BGM-109. |
| MRB |
[USA] Multi-Role Bomber |
| MRB |
Maintenance Review Board |
| MRBD |
Maintenance Reviex Board Document |
| MRBF |
Mean Rounds Before Failure, indice de fiabilité d'une arme. |
| MRC |
[USA] Movement Report Center |
| MRCA |
Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, le Tornado. |
| MRF |
Multi-Role Fighter |
| MRF |
[UK] Meteorological Research Flight |
| MRIU |
Maintenance & Recording Interface Unit |
| MRK |
[USSR] Maliy raketniy korabl' (petit destroyer) |
| MRL |
Multiple Rocket Launcher |
| MRO |
[USA] Movement Report Office |
| MRS |
Malfunction Reporting Systems |
| MRU |
Military Radar Unit |
| MRW |
Maximum Ramp Weight |
| MS |
[USA] USN: Minesweeper |
| MS |
AI Maintenance Schedule |
| MS |
Military Standard |
| MSA |
Minimum Safe Altitude |
| MSAM |
[UK] Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile. |
| MSB |
Minesweeping Boat |
| MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
| MSC |
Maintenance Steering Committee |
| MSC |
[USA] Military Sealift Command |
| MSCN |
Manufacturer Specification Change Notice |
| MSG |
Maintenance Steering Group |
| MSG |
Message |
| MSH |
[USA] USN: Minesweeper, côtier |
| MSI |
Maintenance Significant Item |
| MSI |
Medium Scale Integrated |
| MSIP |
[NATO] Multinational Staged Improvement Programme |
| MSIP |
[USA] Multi-Stage Improvement Program. |
| MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
| MSL |
Maintenance Significant Item List |
| MSO |
[USA] USN: Minesweeper, pour l'océan |
| MSOW |
[USA] Modular Stand-Off Weapon. Annulé. |
| MSN |
Manufacturer Serial Number |
| MSP |
[USA] Mach Sweep Programmer, système de contrôle automatique de la géométrie variable du F-14 Tomcat. |
| MSTR |
Master |
| MSU |
Magnetic Sensor Unit |
| MSU |
Mode Selector Unit (IRS) |
| MSW |
Microswitch |
| MT |
Mount |
| MTA |
Military Training Area |
| MTACC |
[USA] Marine Tactical Command and Control System |
| MTAS |
Millimetric Target Acquisition System |
| MTAS |
Modular Target Acquisition System |
| MTAS |
Multi-Sensor Target Acquisition System |
| MTBD |
Mean Time Between Defects |
| MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
| MTBI |
Mean Time Between Inspection |
| MTBIFS |
Mean Time Between In Flight Shut-Down |
| MTBPR |
Mean Time Between Premature Removals |
| MTBR |
Mean Time Between Removals |
| MTBT |
Mean Time Between Trouble |
| MTBUR |
Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removals |
| MTD |
Moving Target Detection |
| MTE |
Manual Test Equipment |
| MTG |
Mounting |
| MTGC |
Mounting Center |
| MTI |
Multi Tank Indicator |
| MTI |
Moving Target Indicator |
| MTN |
Motion |
| MTO |
Maximum Take-Off |
| MTO |
Meteo |
| MTOGW |
Maximum Take-Off Gross Weight |
| MTOP |
Maintenance Task Operating Plan |
| MTOW |
Maximum Design Takeoff Weight |
| MTOW |
Maximum Take-Off Weight |
| MTP |
Maintenance and Test Panel (AFS) |
| MTR |
Meter |
| MTR |
Missile Tracking Radar |
| MTS |
Maintenance Training Simulator |
| MTT |
Multiple Target Tracking |
| MTTF |
Mean Time to Failure |
| MTTR |
Mean Time to Repair |
| MTTUR |
Mean Time to Unscheduled Removal |
| MTUR |
Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removal |
| MTW |
Maximum Design Taxi Weight |
| MTXW |
Maximum Taxi Weight |
| MU |
Management Unit |
| MU |
[UK] Maintenance Unit |
| Mug |
[NATO] Chetverikov Che-2 / MBR-2 |
| Mulberry |
[Allied] Port artificiel contruit dans la zone de débarquement en juin 44 en Normandie. Deux construits, un dans le secteur britannique et un dans le secteur américain. |
| Mule |
[NATO] Polikarpov Po-2 |
| Mule Train |
[USA] Deploiement du 346th TCS au Vietnam en 1961. |
| MUPSOW |
[South Africa] Modular Stand-Off Weapon développé par Kentron. |
| Musgrave |
[UK] Deploiement de bombardiers lourds en Malaisie en 1950, pendant l'opération Firedog. |
| MuSIC |
[USA] Multi-System Integrated Control, étude de la poussée vectorielle. |
| MUX |
Multiplex, Multiplexer |
| MV |
Multivibrator |
| MV |
[USA] USN: Merchant Vessel |
| MVT |
Movement |
| MW |
[USA] Missile Wing |
| MWARN |
Master Warning |
| MWC |
Master Warning Computer |
| MWG |
Maintenance Working Group |
| MWP |
Master Warning Panel |
| MWS |
Master Warning System |
| MX |
[USA] ICBM de nouvelle génération. |
| MXR |
Mixer |
| Myrt |
[USA] Nom de code du Nakajima C6N Saiun de reconnaissance. |
| Mystic |
[NATO] Myasischew M-17 / M-55 de reconnaissance |
| MZFCG |
Maximum Zero Fuel Center of Gravity |
| MZFW |
Maximum Zero Fuel Weight |
