MARS: Military Affiliate Radio Station. Used by soldiers to call home via Signal Corps and ham radio equipment.
Marker round: First round fired by mortars or artillery, used for confirming a location on a map or an adjustment point when firing upon the enemy.
Mechanized platoon: A platoon operating with tanks and/or armored personnel carriers
Medevac: Medical evacuation from the field by helicopter
MIA: Missing in action
Minigun: Electronically controlled, extremely rapidly firing machine g*n. Most often mounted on aircraft to be used against targets on the ground – similar to a Gatling g*n.
Mortar: A muzzle-loading cannon with a short tube in relation to its caliber that throws projectiles with low muzzle velocity at high angles.
MOS: Military occupational specialty
MP: Military p
