| Abbreviation |
Meaning in English |
Meaning in Spanish |
| Bandera |
Battalion (in the Legion)
| —
|
| CASE |
Auxiliary Corps of Technicians
| Cuerpo Auxiliar de Subalternos del Ejército
|
| Cazadores de África |
African Light Infantry (Spanish colonists)
| —
|
| GFRI |
Volunteer infantry troops of the Spanish Army, largely recruited in Ceuta and Melilla
| Grupo de Fuerzas Regulares Indígenas (aka Regulares)
|
| Mehal'la |
Military force under the Jalifa (Sultan of Morocco, the supreme moorish authority) of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
| Fuerzas Jalifianas
|
| JEMA |
Chief-of-Staff of the Navy
| jefe del Estado Mayor de la Armada
|
| … LCC |
Light Tank …
| ... Ligero de Carros de Combat
|
| NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer (Sergeant)
| —
|
| OR |
Other Ranks (includes soldiers and corporals; plus NCO, unless specified separately.)
| —
|
| Tabor |
Battalion (in the GFRI or Mehal'la)
| —
|
| TTEEGG |
Spanish Guinea
| Territorios Españoles del Golfo de Guinea
|
| TSH |
Radio (lit. telegraph without wires)
| Telegrafía Sin Hilos
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