L

L

latitude, law, left, length, line, liter, lumen

L

Lewisite

L.

lake, lambert, large, latin, pound, lira, lire

La

(Chem.) Lanthanum

La.

Louisiana

L. A.

Los Angeles

LAA

Light anti-aircraft

LAAAS

low-altitude airfield attack system

LAADS

low-altitude air defense system

LAAG

Light anti-aircraft gun

LAB

Light assault bridge

LABS

Low-altitude bombing system

LACH

Lightweight amphibious container handler

LACV

Light Armored Combat Vehicle

LAD

launch assist device

LAES

Latin American Economic System

LAF

Light assault ferry

LAIA

Latin American Integration Association

lam.

laminated, laminations

LAMPS

Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System

LAMS

local area missile system

LAN

local area network

LANDSAT

Land Satellite, NASA/NOAA Satellite Program

lang.

language(s)

LANL

Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANTCOM

Atlantic Command

LANTIRN

Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared System for Night

LAPADS

lightweight acoustic processing and display system

LAPES

Low altitude parachute extraction system

LAR

Light artillery rocket

LARC

Lighter amphibious resupply cargo

LARS

light artillery rocket system

LAS

League of Arab States

LASH

cargo ship barge (in Military Balance)

LASS

Low-Altitude Surveillance System

lat.

latitude

Lat.

Latin

LATEX

laser system in experimental turret

LAV

Light Armored Vehicle

lav.

lavatory

LAW

Light Anti-armor Weapon

LAW

light anti-tank weapon

Law of the Sea

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS)

LB

Local Battery

lb.

 pound, pounds.

lbs.

pounds

lc.

lowercase

LCA

landing craft, assault

LCAC

landing craft, air cushion

LCC

Amphibious Command Ship

LCC

Land Component Commander

LCCV

Light cross-country vehicle

L. C.

letter of credit, library of congress

LCD

liquid crystal display

LCH/M/T/U/VP

landing craft, heavy/ mechanized/tank/utility/ vehicles and personnel

L. C. M.

least common multiple

LCN

Load classification number

LCP

launch control post

LCWDS

low-cost weapon delivery system

ld.

load, lord

LDC

less developed country

ldg.

landing, loading

LDGP

Low Drag General Purpose bomb

ldr.

leader

LDS

laser dazzle sight

LDS

Lightweight Decontamination System, M 17

lea.

Leather

LEAP

lightweight exoatmospheric advanced projectile

lect.

lecture, lecturer

LED

light emitting diode

leg.

legal, legate, legato, legislative, legislature

LENSCE

Limited Enemy Situation/Correlation Equipment

LEO

low Earth orbit

Lev.

Leviticus

L. F.

Low frequency

LF

low frequency (30-300 kHz)

lf.

Lightface

LFICS

landing force integrated communications system

LFV

Light forces vehicle

LG

Logistics

lg.

large

LGAIR

Logistics Airlift

LGB

Laser Guided Bomb

LGM

silo-launched surface attack guided missile designator (USA)

LGP

laser-guided bomb

LGr.

Late Greek

LHA

landing ship, assault (in Military Balance)

L. H. D.

 Doctor of Humanities

LHD

Left-hand drive

li.

link(s)

Li.

(Chem.) lithium

li.

lines

LIATE

LANTIRIN Intermediate Automatic Test Equipment

lib.

 liberal., librarian, library

LIDAR

laser (light) detection and ranging

lieut.

lieutenant

LIMAS

Lightweight marking system

LIME

Light In-stride Mine Extractor

lin.

lineal, linear

Lincs.

Lincolnshire

ling.

linguistics

liq.

liquid, liquor

lit.

liter, literal, literally, literary, literature

Lit. B.

 Bachelor of Literature, Bachelor of Letters

Lit.D.

Doctor of Letters, Doctor of literature

liter

SI unit of volume (0.264177 US gallon 0.219975 Imp gallon).

Lith.

lithuanian

lith. or litho or lithog.

lithograph, lithography

Litt. B.

Bachelor of Letters, Bachelor of Literature

Litt. D.

Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Literature

LKA

assault cargo ship (in Military Balance)

LL.

Late Latin

LL.B.

 Bachelor of Laws

LL.D.

Doctor of Laws

LL.M.

 Master of Laws

LLAD

low-level air defense

LLADS

low level air defense system

LLDC

least developed country

LLL

low-light level (television)

LLLGB

low-level laser-guided bomb

LLTV

low light television

LMD

Light mobile digger

L M E.

Late Middle English

LMG

Light Machine Gun

LMMSA

Lightweight modular multipurpose spanning assembly

LMTR

laser marker and target ranger

LMTV

Light medium tactical vehicle

LMTVT

Light medium tactical vehicle trailer

LNA

Low Noise Amplifier

LO

local oscillator

LOAD

Low-Altitude Defense

LOB

Line Of Bearing

LOC

Lines of Communication

LOC

Local Operations Console

Loc. cit

 in the place, or passage, already mentioned

LOFAR

low frequency analysis

log

logistic

log.

logarithm

LOH

Light observation helicopter.

loiter

Fly for maximum endurance, such as supersonic fighter on patrol.

Lond.

London

long.

longitude

LORCS

League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

LORO

lobe on receive only

LOROP

Long-range oblique photography.

LOS

Law Of the Sea

LOS

Line Of Sight

LOTS

Logistics over the shore

lox

Liquid oxygen.

L. P.

low pressure

LP

low power

LPA

Linear Power Amplifier

LPAR

large phased-array radar

LPC

Launch pod container

LPD

Landing Ship Dock

LPD/H

landing platform, dock/ helicopter

LPI

low probability of interception

LPM

Lines Per Minute

L. R.

living room

LR

Long Rifle a particular type of 0.22 caliber cartridge

LRA

CIS long-range aviation

LRAAS

long-range airborne ASW system

LRC

Logistics Readiness Center

LRCSOW

long range conventional stand-off weapon

LRF

laser rangefinder

LRI

Long Range International

LRI, LRU

line-replaceable item/unit

LRINF

longer range intermediate-range nuclear forces

LRIP

Low-rate initial production

LRMP

Long-range maritime patrol

LRMTS

Laser ranger and marked-target seeker.

LRSOM

long-range standoff missile

LRTNF

long-range theatre nuclear forces

LRU

Line-replaceable unit

LSA

Logistic Support Analysis

LSB

lower sideband

LSD

landing ship, dock

LSD/H/M/T

landing ship, dock / heavy / medium / tank

LSI

large scale integration

L. S. S.

life saving service, life saving station

LSV

Logistic supply vehicle Logistic support vehicle

LSVW

Light support vehicle wheeled

L. T.

local time, long ton, low tension.

lt.

lieutant, light

Lt. col.

lieutant colonel

lt. comdr.

lieutant commander

lt. gen.

lieutant general

lt. gov.

lieutant governor

LTBT

Limited Test Ban Treaty

LTC

long-term costing

LTD

laser target designator

Ltd. Or Ltd.

limited

LTDP

long-term defense program

LTDS

laser target designator system

ltr.

letter, lighter

LTRS

Light tactical recovery system

Lu,

(Chem.) lutetium

LUA

launch under attack

lub.

lubricant, lubricating

Lux.

Luxembourg

lv.

leave

LVA

large vertical aperture (radar)

LVS

Logistics Vehicle System

LVT

Landing vehicle tracked

LWB

Long wheelbase

LWCSS

Lightweight camouflage screen system

LWIR

long wavelength infra-red

LWR

laser warning receiver

LWT

light-weight torpedo

L. Z.

landing zone