The military and
government are famous for using - or overusing - abbreviations and acronyms for designating equipment, programs,
and agencies. These eight pages are chock full of nearly every commonly used abbreviations and acronyms used by
the U.S. military (at least up through around the year 2000).
Z: Zulu Time (Greenwich Mean Time) ZBB: Zero-Based Budget ZF: Zone of Fire ZG: Zero Gravity ZI:
Zone of the Interior ZICON: (1) Zone of the Interior Consumers’ Network; (2) Zone of Interior Communication
Network ZOS: Zone of Separation ZPU: Soviet (FSU) Antiaircraft Machinegun ZSU: Soviet (FSU)
Self-Propelled Antiaircraft Gun ZU: Soviet (FSU) Towed Antiaircraft Gun Zulu: Greenwich Mean Time |