The official documents often use tongue-breaking abbreviations. English and German. A lot of specific things. In an attempt to make this document as readable as possible both are not translated or spelled out in the text.

AA	Anti aircraft
AFV	Armored fighting vehicle
AG	Aktien Geselschaft	Coorporation with stocks on the exchange
AP	Armor Piercing
APC	Armored Personnel Carrier
Fhb	Feld Haubitze	Field howitzer
FlaK	Flugabwehr Kanone	Anti aircraft gun
FuG	Funk Geraet	Wireless
FuSpr	Funksprechgerat	Wireless
GI	American soldier
GmbH	Geselschaft mit beschrankter Haftung	Coorporation with limited responsibility
Gp M Tw	Gepanzerte Manschafts Transportwagen	armored personnel vehicle
Gr W	Granat Werfer	grenade thrower (mortar)
IG	InfanterieGeschütz	infantry gun(howitzer)
Kdo	Kommando	command
Kg	Kilogram
Khz	kilo Hertz
Kl	klein	small
Km	kilometer
KwK	Kampfwagen Kanone	armored vehicle gun
le	leichte(s)	light
m	mittlere(r)	medium
MG	Machinengewehr	machinegun
mm	Millimeter	millimeter
OKH	OberKommando des Heeres	supreme army command
PaK	PanzerAbwehr Kanone	anti armor gun
PjK	Panzerjager Kanone	armor hunter gun
Pz	Panzer	armor
PzB	Panzer Buchse	Bazooka-like gun
s	schwere(r)	heavy
Schütz Pz Wg	Schützenpanzerwagen	riflemen armored car
SdKfz	sonder Kraftfahrzeug	special(exceptional) motorized vehicle
SS	Schütz Staffel	"Protection group" Politically engaged army-units
WaF	WaffenAmbt	arms office

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