Specifics of motivation of terminological items of military sublanguage formed in semantic way is covered. The material is the English articles devoted to the military topic. In the analyzed sublanguage there is high frequency of cases of semantic motivation. arising from a metaphorical transfer of the meaning of words of common language. https://www.roneverhart.com/Western-Digital-Ultrastar-DC-HC550-WUH721816ALE6L0-0F38460-16TB-7-2K-RPM-SATA-6Gb-s-512e-ISE-3-5in-Hard-Drive/