Game Acronyms, Terms, Jargon etc

[major0noob]

for acronyms.

[Silky]

AAA - Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AB - Army Base

AFAB - Airfield Army Base

AHC - Allied High Command

AF - Airfield

AO - Attack Order

AQ - Air Quake, ie heavy enemy bombing

ArFr - Armee de France (French Army)

ATG - Anti-Tank Gun

ATR - Anti-Tank Rifle

BEF - British Expeditionary Force

CAP - Close Air Patrol, fighter patrol

BARCAP - Barrier CAP, ie fighter patrol creating a barrier eg ingress route from enemy AF

CAS - Close Air Support, Air to Ground bombing/strafing

CC - Copy Check, or "okay"

CP - Choke or Control Point, typically refers to the Capture Buildings

DD - Destroyer warship

DO - Defend Order

EA - Enemy Aircraft

EI - Enemy Infantry

FB - Forward/Fire Base, the tented camp that sits between towns comprising Inf tent (infantry camp), Veh tent (vehicle garage) and occasionally Others (crate tents)

FMB - Fairmile Gun Boat

FRU - Forward Resupply Unit, the crate spawn points

dFRU - Defensive FRU created from a defensive mission rather than offensive

eFRU - Enemy FRU

FUBAR - F***** Up Beyond All Recognition

FAF/AdA - French Air Force

GHC/OKW - German High Command

Heer - German Army

KM - Kriegsmarine, German Navy

LW - Luftwaffe, German Air Force

LMG - Light Machine Gunner

eLMG - enemy LMG

MarNat - Marine Nationale (French Navy)

MSP - Mobile Spawn Point, see FRU

OCS - Officer Candidate School, aka HC training program

OiC - Officer in Charge

Pz - Panzer, Axis tank

RAF - Royal Air Force

RDP - Research and Development Plants. May refer to Factory bombing or the way in which the equipment tiers progress (bombing used to slow the tier rate but does not currently)

RN - Royal Navy

RR - Railway Station

RTB - Return to Base

S!/!S - Salute

SMG - Sub-Machine Gun

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F***** Up

ToES - Tables of Equipment and Supply

ZoC - Zone of Control

Edited November 8, 2015 by Silky

[gvonpaul]

88 - German flak36 88mm AA / ATG gun

109 - Messerschmitt Bf 109 German fighter plane

111 - Heinkel He 111 German bomber

190 - Focke-Wulf Fw 190 German fighter plane

232 - SdKfz 232 German armored scout car

251 - SdKfz 251 German armored half-track

666 - Enemy on your tail, take evasive action.

A2A - Air to Air

A2G - Air to Ground

AA, AAA - Anti-Aircraft (Artillery)

AAR - After Action Report

AB - Army Base

ACM - Air Combat Maneuvers

AF - Air Field

AFAB - Air Field Army Base

AFK - Away From Keyboard

AGL - Above Ground Level

AHC - Allied High Command

AI - Artificial Intelligence

ALT - Altitude

ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

AO - Attack Order

AP - Armor Piercing

APHE - Armour Piercing Heavy Explosive

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

ATG - Anti-Tank Gun

ATK - Attack

ATM - At the Moment

ATR - Anti-Tank Rifle

ATTK - Attack

Ausf. - Ausführung, Model or Variant

AWS - Air Warning System

BAR - Browning Automatic Rifle

BARCAP - Barrier Combat Air Patrol

BEF - British Expeditionary Force

BK - Back

BLDG - Building

BNKR - Bunker

BOB - Battle of Britain

BRB - Be Right Back, Bathroom Break

BRDG - Bridge

BRG - Brigade, also; Bridge

BRIG - Brigade

CAB - Center Army Base

CAP - Capture, also; Combat Air Patrol

CAS - Close Air Support

CC - CLICK-CLICK, Radio shorthand for understood, roger, acknowledged, etc..

CH - Channel

CHG, CHRG - Charge, Sapper's Explosive Pack

CHK - Check

CinC -Commander in Chief

CLR - Clear

CMD - Command

CO - Commanding Officer

COM, COMMS - Communications

CON - Contact

CP - Officially it's Choke Point. All towns are a Choke Point. Unofficially, as used in game, it's Capture Point or the flag capture building.

CRS - Cornered Rat Software

CRU - Crusader series Medium British tank.

CSR - Combat Stats and Records

CTD - Crash to Desktop

CTF - Capture the Flag

CTHL - Connection to Host Lost

CVR - Cover

D1, D2 - Defensive Priority System to label importance of towns as determined by HC.

DAC - Daimler Armored Car, British scout

DBL - Double

DD - Naval Destroyer

DE - Deutsche, German, Kraut

DED - Dead

DEF - Defense

DFRU - Defensive Forward Resupply Unit

DMS - Defensive Mobile Spawn (replaced by FRU)

DO - Defense Order

DRK - Dark

DWN - Down

E - East

EA - Enemy Aircraft

EAB - East Army Base

EAF - Enemy Air Field

EATG - Enemy Anti-Tank Gun

ECP - East Capture Point

EDD - Enemy Naval Destroyer

EFMB - Enemy Fairmile Boat

EFRU - Enemy Forward Resupply Unit

EI - Enemy Infantry

EMS - Enemy Mobile Spawn (replaced by FRU)

ENG - Engine also; English

ET - Enemy Tank

ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival

ETT - Enemy Naval Transport

EWS - Early Warning System

FAF - French Air Force

FB - Forward Base

FJ - Fallschirmjäger, Paratrooper

Flak - Fliegerabwehrkanone, Anti-aircraft Gun

FMB - Fairmile Boat

FMJ - Full Metal Jacket

FPS - Frames per Second, also; First Person Shooter

FR - French, Frog

FRU - Forward Resupply Unit

FT - Feet

FWD - Forward

GB - Great Britain, British, Limey

GE - Gun Emplacement

GFJ - Good F-ing Job

GG, G2G - Got to Go, Good to Go

GHC - German High Command.

GJ - Good Job

GL - Good Luck

GM - Game Manager

GN - Good Night

GRD - Guard

HAAC - Hold at All Cost

HC - High Command

HDG - Heading

HE - High Explosive

HEAT - High Explosive Anti-Tank

HLP - Help

HQ - Headquarters

HT - Half-Track

HUD - Heads Up Display

HVAP - High-Velocity Armor Piercing

IAS - Indicated Air Speed

IB - Inbound

IFP - Infantry Fighting Position

INF - Infantry

JG - Jagdgeschwader, Fighter Wing

JS - Joystick

K - Kilometers

KB - Keyboard

KD - Kill Death (Ratio)

KG - Kampfgruppe, Battle Group, also; Kampfgeschwader, Battle Squadron, Bomber Squadron, also; Kilograms

KIA - Killed in Action

K, KK - OK

KM - Kriegsmarine German Naval Forces

KO, KO'd - Knocked Out

KwK - Kampfwaenkanone, Combat Vehicle Gun

LMG - Light Machine Gun

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

LOS - Line of Sight

LTAP - Less Than Ace Pilot

LVL - Level

LW - Luftwaffe, German Air Force

M - Meters

MAX - Maximum

MC - Multi-Crew

MG - Maschinengewehr, Machine Gun

MIA - Missing in Action

MIN - Minute also; minimum

MISS - Mission

ML - Mission Leader

MOIC - Map Officer in Charge

MS - Mobile Spawn (replaced by FRU)

MSP - Mobile Spawn Point (replaced by FRU)

N - North

NAB - North Army Base

NCP - North Capture Point

ND - Need

NE - North East

NEG - Negative

NP - No Problem

NW - North West

NXT - Next

OBJ - Objective

OCS - Officer Candidate School

OIC - Officer in Charge

OKA - Oberkommando der Achsemächte, High Command of the Axis Powers

OKW - Oberkommando der Wehrmacht or High Command of the Armed Forces. also; GHC

OMG - Oh My God

OMW - On My Way

OOTW - Officer of the Week

OP - Over Populated, also; Over Powered

OPS - Operations

OTW - On the Way

P1, P2 - Attack / Defensive priority system to label importance of towns as determined by HC.

Pak - Panzerabwehrkanone, Antitank gun

PAN - Panhard 178 French Armored Scout Car

PB - Player Base

PLZ - Please

PM - Personal Message, Private Message

POS - Position, also; Positive

POTW - Player of the Week

PPO - Player Placed Object

PZ, PZR, PZS - Panzer

PzKpfw - Panzerkampfwagen, Armored Combat Vehicle or Tank

Pz.Kw - Panzerkraftwagen, Armored car

RA - Rapid Assault

RAF - Royal Air Force

RD - Road

RDP - Research and Development Program, old term for old game mechanics, still used to describe enemy factory attacks.

RES - Rescued

REV - Reverse

RG - Rifle Grenade

RGR - Roger, OK, Affirmative, etc...

RN - Royal Navy

RND - Round

RNG - Range

RPM - Rotations Per Minute

RR - Rail Road

RTB - Return to Base

RVR - River

S - South

- Salute, Player greeting/ show of respect.

SA - Situational Awareness

SAB - South Army Base

SCP - South Capture Point

SD - Spawn Delay

SE - South East

SEC - Seconds

SIM - Simulation

SMG - Sub-Machine Gun

SMK - Smoke

STO - Server Tracked Object

STU - Stuart, French light lend-lease American tank

StuG - Sturmgeschutz, Assault Gun

SUB - Submarine, also; Subscription, Subscribe

SUP - Supply, also: (What)s up, a greeting

SW - South West

TAS - True Air Speed

TGT - Target

THX - Thanks

TOE - Table of Organization and Equipment

TOM - Time on Mission

TS - Team Speak

TS2 - Team Speak 2

TS3 - Team Speak 3

TT - Naval Transport

TWN - Town

TY - Thank You

TYVM - Thank You Very Much

TZ - Time Zone

UK - United Kingdom

UMS - Unmanned Mobile Spawn (replaced by FRU)

UP - Under Populated

US - United States

VEH - Vehicle

VIS - Visual

VS - Versus

VSI - Vertical Speed Indicator

W - West

WAB - West Army Base

WCP - West Capture Point

WP - Way point

WTF - What the F---

WTG - Way to Go

WTH - What the Hell

XRD - Cross Road

Zerg - Uncoordinated rush, usually of tanks

ZOC - Zone of Control

 

 

 

I know there's some duplication, but here is a more exhaustive list.

[JAMES10]

Hello All.

You will find most if not all, Common abbreviations and game terms at:

https://wiki.wwiionline.com/view/Glossary

This page has recently been updated and expanded.

 

Cheers

James10

 

[gvonpaul]

Thank you @james10

[torVald]

Where is chickenpit I don't see it?

[vasduten1]

JWBS: Jesus Warping Brigade Supply

[odonovan1]

The glossary has brigade wrong.  Brigade has always been abbreviated "BDE."  "Brig" is shorthand for a Brigadier General.

 

 

 

-Irish

 

 

[MikeAZ]

On ‎4‎/‎26‎/‎2014 at 0:23 AM, Silky said:

AAA - Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AB - Army Base

AFAB - Airfield Army Base

AHC - Allied High Command

AF - Airfield

AO - Attack Order

AQ - Air Quake, ie heavy enemy bombing

ArFr - Armee de France (French Army)

ATG - Anti-Tank Gun

ATR - Anti-Tank Rifle

BEF - British Expeditionary Force

CAP - Close Air Patrol, fighter patrol

BARCAP - Barrier CAP, ie fighter patrol creating a barrier eg ingress route from enemy AF

CAS - Close Air Support, Air to Ground bombing/strafing

CC - Copy Check, or "okay"

CP - Choke or Control Point, typically refers to the Capture Buildings

DD - Destroyer warship

DO - Defend Order

EA - Enemy Aircraft

EI - Enemy Infantry

FB - Forward/Fire Base, the tented camp that sits between towns comprising Inf tent (infantry camp), Veh tent (vehicle garage) and occasionally Others (crate tents)

FMB - Fairmile Gun Boat

FRU - Forward Resupply Unit, the crate spawn points

dFRU - Defensive FRU created from a defensive mission rather than offensive

eFRU - Enemy FRU

FUBAR - F***** Up Beyond All Recognition

FAF/AdA - French Air Force

GHC/OKW - German High Command

Heer - German Army

KM - Kriegsmarine, German Navy

LW - Luftwaffe, German Air Force

LMG - Light Machine Gunner

eLMG - enemy LMG

MarNat - Marine Nationale (French Navy)

MSP - Mobile Spawn Point, see FRU

OCS - Officer Candidate School, aka HC training program

OiC - Officer in Charge

Pz - Panzer, Axis tank

RAF - Royal Air Force

RDP - Research and Development Plants. May refer to Factory bombing or the way in which the equipment tiers progress (bombing used to slow the tier rate but does not currently)

RN - Royal Navy

RR - Railway Station

RTB - Return to Base

S!/!S - Salute

SMG - Sub-Machine Gun

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F***** Up

ToES - Tables of Equipment and Supply

ZoC - Zone of Control

hunky studmuffin- mikeaz

[GrAnit]

WTFIJGKBCRSNMSIAGTRQ = What the frack?, I just got killed by something because CRS nerfed my side. I am going to rage quit!

[Merlin51]

On 4/26/2014 at 3:23 AM, Silky said:

CP - Choke or Control Point, typically refers to the Capture Buildings

CP = Choke Point = Town
Capture buildings are components of a CP
Depot, Dock, City Office, AB/AF bunker, Factory Office.

Dont make us go all DOC on you

[Silky]

3 hours ago, merlin51 said:

CP = Choke Point = Town
Capture buildings are components of a CP
Depot, Dock, City Office, AB/AF bunker, Factory Office.

Dont make us go all DOC on you

That’s what the the wiki says but the reality is that every player refers to a capture building as a CP

[fidd]

SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fouled Up - EG. "this attack is snafu'd."

FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Repair EG. V1.26 "Vietnam" patch has FUBAR'd the armour game."