First and foremost: Thanks to the hivemind for helping with this! And Thanks to @Linnet for first compiling the list and creating the post!
"Remember the first time someone screamed "BRDM! It's a BRDM!", at you and you had no damn clue how you were supposed to react to this? Or what to look for? The list of abbreviations is damn long (and this one by no means complete! If you see something missing, suggest it in the comments please! Missing an abbreviation but you're not sure what it means? Add it, too! Chances are somebody will fill it in) and I'm 100% convinced that nobody knows every single one of them. This list - click here for the entire one in alphabetical order - may prove itself helpful for some of the FNGs in the future. Running away tactically retreating from something makes more sense when you know what the hell you're running from."
This list will be separated into 3 subsections, namely: Weapons, Vehicles and General Terminology.
NOTE: This part only focuses on general terminology. You can find Weapons here and Vehicles here
A:
AAF - Altis Armed Forces (Base Game Faction)
AbF - Assault by Fire, used in conjunction with a SbF to create a assaulting/clearing and a supporting element
ACE - Used in conjunction with a request for an ACE-Report -> Ammo, Casualties, Equipment
AO – Area of Operations
AOA - Axis of Advance - what bearing you are moving
ASR - Auxilliary/Alternate Supply Route (In FK refers to smaller roads commonly linked with a name and a map marker; See MSR)
Asset - a piece of military equipment or personnel, commonly applied to tanks, planes, vehicles in general, sniper teams, mortar teams, etc.
B:
BP - Battlepoint; Usually used in conjuction with Attack Helicopters to indicate a position
BDA - Bomb Damage Assesment (provided to i.e. air assets or artillery after a strike to tell them if they hit and what effect they had)
BFT - Blufor Tracking (GPS tracking on the map/magic map markers)
BLUFOR - Blue Forces (Typically NATO countries) (Side denomination)
BoF - Base of Fire; a supporting force that provides overwatch and covering fire to other advancing units
C;
CAS – Close Air Support
CASEVAC – Casualty Evacuation
Casualty - Wounded, killed or otherwise combat ineffective personnel
CCP - Casualty Collection Point
Civ/Civi - a civilian
Click - Kilometer (1 click = 1km = 1000m)
COIN - Counter Insurgency
Combat effective/ineffective - Whether or not you/your squad/your vehicle is able to fight with the condition or the position you are in. Usually used when that is not the case.
CQB - Close Quarters Battle
CQC - Close Quarters Combat
CSAR - Combat Search And Rescue
CSAT - Canton Protocol Strategic Alliance Treaty; Refers to the imaginary Base Game Faction
CSTO - Collective Security Treaty Organization (Russian NATO), formerly Warsaw Pact.
CTRG - Combat Technology Research Group (Faction from Apex DLC)
D;
DOPE - Data on previous engagements
DZ – Drop zone
E:
EOD - Explosive Ordnance Removal
ERA - Explosive Reactive Armour (mounted on tanks to improve defense against AT-munitions)
ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
Exfil – Extraction/Exfiltration
F:
FAC – Forward Air Controller (The guy who communicates with the air assets)
FF - Friendly Fire (also called Blue on Blue)
FIA - Freedom and Independence Army (Base Game Faction)
FNG – Fucking New Guy
FOB – Forward Operating Base
FO - Forward Observer (Somebody who watches a Artillery or Air Strike hit to provide BDA and adjusts the fire)
FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Reason/Recognition/Repair
FUP - Form Up Point
H:
HP - Holdpoint, a location to stop and hold at
HVT - High-Value-Target
I:
IED – Improvised Explosive Device
INDFOR - Indepent Forces (Side denomination)
INFIL - Infiltration, the act of getting to the AO (IRL it means to get past without being seen/spotted)
INTREP - Intelligence Report (also refers to our lovely newsletter by @Rhea)
IR - InfraRed
K:
KIA – Killed in Action
L:
LR – Long Range
LZ – Landing Zone
M:
MANPADS - Man Portable Air Defence System
MEDEVAC - Medical Evacuation/need medical attention from outside medic
MIA – Missing in Action
Mic/Mike - Minute
MSR - Main Supply Route (In FK refers to bigger roads commonly linked with a name and a map marker; See ASR)
N:
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NVG – Night Vision Goggles
NODs - Night Optical Devices
O:
OBJ - Objective
Oscar Mike - "On the Move"; Usually a radio call to announce that your element is moving
OPFOR - Opposing Forces
OW - Overwatch, usually a marker on the map to indicate a position from which an element can have good sightlines within engagement range (shoulod be focused on seeing things)
P:
PAK - Personal Aid Kit (The object medics use to heal people up completely E.g broken legs)
Platoon - Usually refers to the player force (also refers to a certain element size similar to Squads or Companies)
Platoonleader - Usually highest leadership in our missions
PL - Phase Line; marks "milestones" or temporary boundaries of the operation.
PLTN - Platoon
PoW – Prisoner of War
R:
RCO – Rifle Combat Optics
REDFOR - Red Forces ([Ex-]Warsaw Pact countries) (Side denomination)
ROE - Rules of Engagement
RTB - Return to Base
RTO - Radio Telegraph Operator (The guy who communicates with the ground assets)
RRR - "Triple R" -> Rearm, Refuel, Repair
RV/RV-Point - Rendezvous (Point); Location to Regroup at or meet another element at
S:
SbF - Support by Fire, used in conjunction with a SbF to create a assaulting/clearing and a supporting element
2iC – Second in Command
SITREP – Situation Report
SL – Squad Leader
SR/SW - Short Range/Short Wave
STANAG – Standardisation Agreement usually used as “stanag rounds, stanag mags” as in everyone runs with the same gear, usually 5.56 caliber ammunition and compatible nato weaponry
T:
TL - Teamleader
TOT - Time On Target. It’s an Artillery term, used for calculating when the round fired will hit the ground. As an FGO or FOO it’s super helpful as you can then see whether you’re on target or not
TTT - Time To Target very rarely used, air assets might use
U:
UN - United Nations
Uni - Uniform
UXO - Unexploded Ordnance
V:
VBIED - Vehicle borne improvised explosive device
VIP - Very-Important-Person
W:
Wait one - “Give me a minute", generally used on the radio to indicate that you will respond or continue shortly
WARPACT - Warsaw Pact forces
WIA/WIC - Wounded In Action/Combat
WilCo - "Will Comply"; Said on the radio in response to an order
WP - Waypoint
updated last on June 7th 2021 by @Silberjojo(send any feedback to him)
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