The available data has been collected for more than 15 years by various people. Inevitably different methods to quote sources have been introduced, in many cases involving cryptic abbreviations. The following table will hopefully shed some light on this and help in further research:
- for daily papers: Abbreviation Day-Month-Year
- for weekly papers: Abbreviation Day-Month-Year (Page number) OR Abbreviation Journal Number / Year (Page number)
- for monthly publications: Issue Number / Year (page)
- for books & brochures: Author, Title, Year (Page)
- for yearbooks: Institution, Year (page)
- for internet-sites: Original internet address (Date of publishing / date of download)
Index of Abbreviations
ADJ | Asian Defence Journal |
ADN | Allgemeine Deutsche Nachrichtenagentur, |
AF / AFM | Air Force Monthly |
AFJI | Armed Forces Journal International |
AFP | Agence France Press |
AMR | Asian Military Review |
Armada | Armada |
AP | Associated Press |
ASMZ | Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift |
AWST | Aviation Weekly and Space Technology |
BA | Barett - Militärmagazin |
BerlZ | Berliner Zeitung |
Bild | Bild Zeitung |
BJ | Business Journal (Phoenix/US) |
BMF | Bundesministerium der Finanzen |
BMVg | Bundesministerium der Verteidigung |
BNO | Bratislava Narodna Obroda (Slowakei) |
BS / W&B | Behördenspiegel |
BTA | Sofia BTA |
BT-Drs. | Bundestagsdrucksache |
BuNe | Budapest Nepszava |
DAC | Defense-aerospace-com (internet) |
DAKS | DAKS-Newsletter |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Agency der USA |
DDC | Defence-Data.com (www-infoservice) |
DDI | Dhaka Dainik Inqilab (Bangladesch) |
DDP | Deutscher Depeschendiens |
DePA | Defense Procurement Analysis |
DN / DNW | Defense News Weekly |
dpa | Deutsche Presse Agentur |
DTI | Defense Technology International |
EADS | EADS Forum |
ES | Europäische Sicherheit |
EZei | Emdener Zeitung |
FAZ | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |
FCT | US Military Foreign Comparative Testing Programm Report |
FI | Flight International |
FlugR | Flug Revue |
FR | Frankfurter Rundschau |
FT / FTC | Financial Times |
FTD | Financial Times Deutschland |
GDR | Global Defence Review |
GPC | geopowers.com |
HB | Handelsblatt |
HH | Haushaltsausschuß des Deutschen Bundestages |
HHK / HK | Hardthöhenkurier |
HO | Hoovers Online |
HS | Helsinkgin Sanomat |
IA | Interavia |
JAA / JA&A | Jane’s Armour & Artillery |
JDW | Jane’s Defence Weekly |
JED | Journal of Electronic Defense |
JFR | Jane's Foreign Report |
JIDR | Jane’s International Defence Review |
JIW | Jane’s Infantry Weapons |
JMVL | Jane’s Military Vehicles |
JP | Jerusalem Post |
KT | Korean Times |
LL | Leinen Los! |
LTP | La Tribune (Paris) |
Merkur | Merkur Online |
MF | Marineforum |
MH | Miami Herald |
MoPo / Bmopo | Berliner Morgenpost |
MT | Military Technology |
NE | Newsedge |
NF | Naval Forces |
NN / NATO | Nato Nations |
NV | Newsletter Verteidigung |
NZZ | Neue Züricher Zeitung |
ÖMZ | Österreichische Militärzeitung |
PM ... | Pressemitteilung von .... |
Profil | Das Profil |
R&W | Rotor & Wing |
RDT | Rheinmetall Presse |
REU | Reuters |
Rotor | Eurocopter Magazin |
RUSI | Royal United Service Institute |
SAPA | Johannesburg SAPA Zeitung (ZA) |
SeaT | Seattle Times |
SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
SKBR | Sofia Khristo Botev Radion (Bulgarien) |
SO | Spiegel Online |
Spiegel | Spiegel Magazin |
STT | Finnish News Bureau |
ST | Sofia Trud (Bulgarien) |
Stern | Stern Magazin |
SuT | Soldat und Technik / Strategie und Technik |
SZ | Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Taz | Tageszeitung |
TSP | Tagesspiegel |
UNR | United Nations Register on Arms Transfers |
VA | Verteidigungsausschuß des Deutschen Bundestages |
VI | Visier International |
WamS | Welt am Sonntag |
WARE | Warsaw Report (PL) |
WARZ | Warsaw Rzeczpospolita (PL) |
WashT | Washington Times |
WD | Griephan Wehrdienst |
Welt | Die Welt |
WPO | Warsaw Polityka |
WPZ | Warsaw Polska Zbronja |
WT | Wehrtechnik |
WVN | Warsaw Voice News |
WW | Wehrwirtschaft |