cargo 200 (, "gruz dvésti") is a military code word used in the soviet union and the post-soviet states referring to the transportation of casualties. officially, the term "cargo 200" is military jargon to refer specifically to the corpses of soldiers contained in zinc-lined coffins for air transportation. unofficially, "cargo 200" is used to refer to all bodies of the dead being transported away from the battlefield, and has also become a euphemism for irreversible losses of manpower in a conflict.