![]() ![]() Military Lingo: The (Almost) Definitive Guide". Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2012. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Military Intelligence Service, War Department ().A soldier or marine would never call a Humvee a Hummer or vice versa. Hummer – A Hummer is a civilian vehicle not to be confused with the Humvee or HMMWV which stands for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.However, modern portable rocket launchers are not bazookas. Bazooka - A bazooka was a World War II shoulder-fired anti- tank rocket launcher that was used up to about the end of the Vietnam War.Historically, when a ship entered port it fired all its cannons (called guns in navy-speak) emptying them to show it was friendly. The movies and television are usually responsible for getting this wrong. Confusingly, in civilian terminology a rifle is a gun. ![]() A pistol is a gun and a machine gun is a gun. Gun – Most soldiers and marines carry rifles and in military terminology a rifle is not a gun.However, the highest ranking officer in each branch of the military is not a commander nor is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Commander – Is a rank of naval officer or the person in command of a military unit. ![]()
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