Product Description

English & German Visual Military Dictionary

The English & German Visual Military Dictionary is designed to fill a niche within international military operations. It is one in a series of bilingual and trilingual Visual Dictionaries. They are designed for Special Operations Forces (SOF), Military Training Teams (MTT), (Long Range) Combat Patrols, UN missions, and Joint Operations where a multitude of militaries form a wide range of national and cultural backgrounds have to operate under one unified command.

Many times these various units have neither trained together nor do they have a common doctrine let alone a common vocabulary. Most of the time only a small fraction of the Soldiers in any unit speak a foreign language. Our dictionaries are based on NATO doctrine and verbiage and can aid the user(s) to learn each other’s jargon and military terminologies.

There are other dictionaries available, with a quite larger amount of vocabulary; however, they contain too much information, more than what is necessary to complete the mission. Most of the other dictionaries are too large to carry around and it takes too long to find the right words. Unlike some electronic translation aids, our dictionaries do not break easily and need no batteries.

Under combat conditions time is of the essence and if the words don’t come to mind, a picture is worth a thousand words. Our dictionaries are small enough to fit into any uniform pocket which is a tremendous benefit to the Soldier who has to carry enough equipment as it is.

These dictionaries give the user the most commonly used words, phrases, and diagrams; just enough to plan and execute a mission. The most common uses for our dictionaries are:

• Identification of tactical symbols and maneuver control graphics

• Identification of commonly used weapons, equipment and their major parts

• Use as a “pointie talkie”