| Abbreviation |
Meaning in English |
Meaning in Portuguese |
| AG |
Adjutant General |
— |
| Admin |
Administration |
— |
| Ammo |
Ammunition |
— |
| ATG |
Antitank Gun |
— |
| ATRL |
Antitank Rocket Launcher |
— |
| BAR |
Browning Automatic Rifle (cal .30) |
— |
| BG |
Border Guard |
— |
| C&R |
Command and Reconnaissance |
— |
| Caçadores |
Light Infantry (similiar to Jäger, Chasseurs, etc). |
— |
| CAM |
Military Air Mail |
Correio Aéreo Militar |
| CAN |
Navy Air Mail |
Correio Aéreo Naval |
| (cmd) |
Command |
— |
| COS |
Chief-of-Staff |
— |
| CPOR |
Reserve Officers Preparation Center |
Centro de Preparação de Oficiais da Reserva |
| DEI |
Expeditionary Infantry Division |
Divisão de Infantaria Expedicionária |
| ECEME |
Army Command and General Staff School |
Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército |
| EM |
Enlisted Man / Enlisted Men.
(Privates and Corporals.
Sergeants normally indicated separately.) |
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| EME |
Army General Staff |
Estado-Maior do Exército |
| ELO |
Liaison and Observation Squadron |
Esquadrilha de Ligação e Observação |
| FEB |
Brazilian Expeditionary Force
(abbreviated BEF in some foreign sources) |
Força Expedicionária Brasileira |
| EsTE |
Army Technical School |
Escola Técnica do Exército |
| GMAC |
Mobile Coast Artillery Battalion |
Grupo Móvel de Artilharia de Costa |
| HMG |
Heavy Machine Gun |
— |
| JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
— |
| MG |
Machine Gun |
— |
| MMG |
Medium Machine Gun |
— |
| NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer (Sergeant) |
— |
| QM |
Quartermaster |
— |
| RVP |
Radio, Visual, and Panel |
— |
| SWB |
Short Wheel Base |
— |
| SGHE |
Army Geographical and Historical Service |
Serviço Geográfico e Histórico do Exército |
| (wpns) |
Weapons |
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