Recon - Recooaissance
REDCON - Readiness Condition
RF - Regional Forces. Native military forces recruited and employed by province chief within a province. Along with PF, were popularly known as "RuffPuffs."
RPD - Soviet (North Vietnamese) caliber 7.62mm light machine gun.
RPG - Soviet rocket propelled grenade that fired an 82mm warhead. Basically an antitank weapon, the NVA also used it as an anti-personnel weapon.
RTO - Radio telephone operator
RVN - Republic of Vietnam
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
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