List of established military terms

This is a list of established military terms which have been in use for at least 50 years. Since technology has changed, not all of them are in current use, or they may have been superseded by more modern terms. However, they are still in current use in articles about previous military periods. Some of them like camouflet have been adapted to describe modern versions of old techniques.

No man's land was what the Allied Expeditionary Force under the command of General Pershing would refer to the land separating the fronts of the two opposing armies, as it was deadly to be there.

These terms are used for talking about how armed forces are used. Many of the terms below can be applied to combat in other environments although most often used in reference to land warfare.

These terms concern identification of means of combat to inflict damage on the opponent.

Weapons that inflict damage through cutting or stabbing.

Munitions are weapons and ordnance that inflict damage through impact.

Firearms

Crew-served, non-vehicle mounted weapons

Guns

Explosive ordnance causes damage through release of force.

Incendiary ordnance causes damage through release of heat.

These terms concern combat arms and supporting services of armed forces used in naval warfare.

These terms concern the type of use of naval armed forces.

These terms concern combat arms and supporting services of armed forces used in air warfare.

These terms concern the type of use of aviation armed forces.

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