Abbreviations

[Mikul]

Hi chaps and chappesses,
Please can anyone out there provide a list of CM abbreviations?

I am relatively new to this game but am extremely keen to learn the numerous strategies and tactics so kindly provided by a multitude of gamers. Most of which I have managed to gain some grasp of with my little pea-brain!

However I do sometimes get flummoxed in mid stream when given an abbreviation for something and I dont know what the abbreviation stands for, so it kinda leaves me a bit confused.....(or maybe everyone else knows what they stand for and I am just being a bit thick!!)

eg: IIRC, MLR, AAR, HT, etc etc ad infinitum....

It would help sprogs like me to have a list of abbreviations.....Pretty please

Many thanks in anticipation

Mikul

ps: If this has already been done and I just havent spotted it.....apple ogies to all and sundry

[Xipe]

Most common (and not-so-common) internet acronyms can be found here (http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/).

[ January 19, 2003, 11:11 AM: Message edited by: Xipe ]

[Olle Petersson]

Originally posted by Mikul:
eg: IIRC, MLR, AAR, HT, etc ...These are a mix of common acronyms used on the net, military acronyms and CM-specific acronyms.

MLR = Main line of resistance
AAR = After action report
HT = Halftrack
ATG = Antitank gun
FT = Flamethrower
TRP = Target reference point
QB = Quickbattle

Any other?

Cheers
Olle

[flamingknives]

Also in use, mainly in the CM:BB forum.
MBT = Mutha Beautiful Thread; an alternative name for the Peng challenge thread. Steer clear.

MG = Master Goodale. See also and quotes/comments pertaining to molten TNT (Tri-Nitro-Toluene)

BFC = Battlefront.com

[Kingfish]

ROW = Rumblings of War
B & T = Boots and Tracks
DK = Der Kessel

[CombinedArms]

That KF, always pushin' the product.... :D

A few more:
IIRC=If I recall correctly
IMHO=In my humble opinion
AFAIK=As far as I know
AFV=armored fighting vehicle
KT=King Tiger
HMG=Heavy Machine gun
SMG=submachine gun
LMG=light machine gun
BAR=Browning Automatic Rifle (oops, wrong front!)
;)

[Mikul]

Thnx a lot Xipe, Olle, Flamingknives, Kingfish and Combined arms. you have all helped tremendously in making muddied waters a lot clearer. I hope it will help others out there too.
Mikul

[flamingknives]

CMMC = Combat Mission Meta Campaign
CMMC2 = Combat Mission Meta Campaign 2
Pz (as in PzIII, PzIV) = Panzer strictly PanzerKampfWagen (Armoured War Vehicle)

[Thin Red Line]

SD = The Scenario Depot website
MP = Multiplayer
SP* = Single (or Solo) player

*Also Stalingrad Pack (scenario package)

[Eden Smallwood]

NML • No Man's Land
VL • Victory Location
NME • Lazy Man's Enemy

Eden

[Thin Red Line]

SP Gun = self-propelled gun
AG = assault gun
AC = armored car
ATR = Anti-tank rifle

[ January 22, 2003, 07:57 AM: Message edited by: Thin Red Line ]

[redhead]

What's TOE? I think i've also seen it as ToE.

thanks

[Eden Smallwood]

Originally posted by redhead:
What's TOE? I think i've also seen it as ToE.And TO&E ; Table of Organization & Equipment

A list of all your stuff, like when buying men/armor in scenario editor, or like in the briefing in alot of scenarios, the author lists what you've got in men & equipment...

Eden

[manchildstein (ii)]

OoB: order of battle
FO: forward observer
LOS: line of sight
LOF: line of fire
FT: flamethrower
ASL: advanced squad leader ('80s board game)

[BigDork]

Hi all...

I'm new and was having some problems with some of the acronyms. I figured someone asked in the past so I figured I'd dig through, find it, and give it a bump so other newbies can see it.

Also if anyone can add anything CM related it'd be appreciated.

BigD

[gibsonm]

Don’t forget:

RTFM: Read The $%#^#$%^ Manual! (common response to Help Desk questions).

ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing

[markl]

I have a table of abbreviations I have been collecting off the forum since I have been reading it. It is in a MS Word 97 table. So far it has about 150 definitions. I have consolidated all the extras from this thread as well.

Does anyone know how to publish such a list and keep the formatting?

I have sent it to a few people who responded to this thread. If anyone one knows how to convert and publish the list on the forum so it is readable please let me know.

Cheers MarkL

[BigDork]

Sounds interesting can you send it to me. There's just a whole lot and some I can figure out and some are just way out there. I'm not totally unfamiliar with a lot of the abbreviations as I am in the military but some just seem to come from the game and those are the ones I am not figuring out.

It should help when my game finally arrives in the mail. Hopefully it can get to Germany in a hurry.

BigD

[markl]

I hope the formatting holds so this is readable. The abbreviation is above the definition. Once the sequence is found hopefully it will be of some use. I will not vouch for these but all are from this forum including this thread.

One on the list I have forgotten the definition for is MGMC's, I do not remember where I saw it.

If anyone spots a wrong definition please post it.
Hope this is not too long.


AA
Anti Air Craft Guns (Flak Gun)
(flak = Flugzeugabwehrkanone, Gun in German)
AAR
After Action Report (for this game)
AC
Armored Car
AFAIK
As Far As I Know
AFV
Armored Fighting Vehicle
AG
Assault Gun
Ammunition (Types)
CMBO
H= High Explosive A= Armor Piercing, C= hollow charge,
T= Tungsten, S= Smoke (page 66 + 67 in manual)
Ammunition (Types)
CMBB
HE= High Explosive, AP= Armor Piercing, HC= Hollow Charge (HEAT), T= Tungsten, C= Canister, S= Smoke, F= Flame (page 217 in manual)
Anti Tank Weapon names
Bazooka, Panzerschreck, PIAT, AT,
AO
Area of Operation
AP
Armor Piecing (shell round)
AP
Assult Position
APC
Armored Personal Carrier
AS
Assult Gun
ASL
Advanced Squad leader (1980’s board game)
AT
Anti Tank (gun)
ATG
Anti Tank Gun (Bazooka, Panzerschreck, PIAT, AT,)
ATR
Anti Tank Rifle
B&T
Boots & Tracks (web site)
BAR
Browning Automatic Rifle
Bat
Battery (or guns)
BFC
BattleFront.com (this game)
BNH
Brinell Hardness (of metal) determines Armor Quality
Brew Up
Refers to tanks catching fire after they have been destroyed.
Btl
Battalion
CAS
Close Air Support
CM
Combat Mission (this game)
CMMC
Combat Mission Meta Campain
CMMC2
Combat Mission Meta Campain 2
COA
Courses Of Action
DF
Direct Fire
DF HE
Direct Fire High Explosives
DK
Der Kessel, an old web site that to host Combat Mission scenarios.
***** Now closed *****
Enfilade
Where troops or works are subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of works, trenches etc, so they are taken in the flank
ETO
European Theater of Operations
FB
Fighter Bomber (see Jabo, for German)
FDI
Fire Discipline Intimidation,
Is where you get the opposition to waste their ammo at long range etc, so in the end they have to stop firing to save ammo letting you advance with less fire against you.
FEBA
(forward edge battle area) (ML seen in AAR screen shots)
FFE
Fire For Effect
FG
Field Gun (or Feldgeschütz)
Fire Discipline
Stay hidden until they want to open fire on something worth dying for
FJ
Fallschirmjäger (parachute troops)
FLAK
Flieger Abwehr Kanone, (Anti aircraft Fire) (see AA (Gun))
Flank
The side of your forces / position etc
The side left / right. For a castle to fire along the outside of it’s parapet to defend another work of the castle.
FO
Forward Observer (spotter for artillery)
FP
Fire Power
FRAGO
Fragmentary Order (part of an order)
FT
Flame Thrower
FT
Flame Thrower
HD
Hull Down (refering to cover/hatch on tank)
HE
High Explosive (shell round)
HFG
Heavy Field Gun
HKL
Mauptkampflinie (Russian?) (MLR in German)
HMG
Heavy Machine Gun
HQ
Head Quarters
HT
Half Track
HVSS
(Horizontal volute spring suspension) reduces a tanks ground pressure rating = less bogging down
IAO
Immediate Action Drill (for emergencies)
IIRC
If I Recall Correctly
IIRC
If I Recall Correctly
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
IOW
In Other Words
IRL
In Real Life
Jabo
Jagdbomber (fighter bomber) (same as FB)
JgdPz
Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer) (TD)
JPz
Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer or JgdPz) (TD)
KG
Kampfgruppe (also, Karnevalsgesellschaft VF ) (victory flag)
KIA
Killed in action
KT
King Tiger
KwK
Kampfwagon Kanone (vehicle mounted gun)
LFG
Light Field Gun
LME
Lazy Mans Enemy (saw as NME on web)
LMG
Light Machine Gun
LMG
Light Machine Gun
LOF
Line Of Fire
LOS
Line Of Sight
Lowsky or Tophat
“Tank” Hunt up a slope, reverse back out of site, repeat preferably in slight zigzag
MBT
Mutha Beautiful Thread (an alterrnative name for the peng challenge thread)
MBT
Main Battle Tank
ME
Main Objective
MEHRttF
Map Edge Hugging Rush to the Flag
METL
Mission Essential Task List
METT-T
Mission Enemy Terrain Troops & Time
(consideration when planning)
MG
Machine Gun
MG*
Master Goodale. (???)
MGing
Machine Gunning
MGMC’s
?
MLR
Main Line of Resistance
MLR
Main Line of Resistance
Mot
motorised
MP
Multi Player (web or lan, 2 or more computers)
MPi
Machinenpistole (same as SMG)
MV
Muzzle Velocity (same as VO)
MWO
Mine Wire Obstacles
NLT
No Later Than
NME
Lazy Man's Enemy (Seems odd, but have seen it)
NML
No Mans Land
OCOKA
Observation & fires, Cover & concealment, Obstacles,
Key terrain and Avenues of approach (for terrain analysing)
OoB
Order of Battle
OOM
Order Of March
OP
Observation Post
OP Order
Operations Order (OPORDER)
OPFOR
Opposing Forces
ORP
Objective Rally Point
PAK
Panzer Abwehr Kanone (ATG in German)
PF
Panzerfaust (bazooka)
PG
Panzergrenadier (same as PzGren)
Pz
(as in PzIII, PzIV) = Panzer, Strictly PanzerKampfWagen
(Armoured War Vehicle)
PzGra(xx)
Panzergranate (date) German shell (XX = date)
PzGren
Panzergrenadier (Same as PG)
QB
Quick Battle
ROW
Rumblings Of War
SBF
Support By Fire
SC
Scout Car (recon vehicle)
Schreck
Short for Panzerschreck
Schwerpunkt
The Schwerpunkt, the concentration in one tiny spot, is the receiving end of you guns, not the guns themself.

SD
The Scenario Depot (Web Site)
SdKFZ
Sonder Kraftfahrzeug (all types of German war vehicles)
SE
Second Objective (secondary objectives ?)
Shoot & Scoot
“Tank” Fire whenstationary then get out of there & try again somewhere else
SMG
Sub Machine Gun
SOP
Standard Operating Procedures. Ie reconnoiter, clear, guard, breach
SP
Single Player (against the computer AI, single computer)
SP Gun
Self Propelled Gun
SRE
Security Recon Element
SS
Schutz Staffel
StuG
(German) Sturm Geschütz (Sturmgeschütz or assault Gun)
mainly infantry support vehicle
StuH
Sturmhaubitzen (assault howitzer)
mainly infantry support vehicle
Stuka
Dive Bomber, Sturz Kampf Bomber
Tank Name notes
A “+” in the name means more armor than standard,
A “W” in the name = “wet stowage” ie ammo racks in sherman protected by glycerine to reduce “brew up” (burn) when hit.
Tankodesantniki
Are infantry that ride on the tanks? I believe it literally means "tank-divers" (desantniki = divers).
TC
Tank Commander
TD
Tank Destroyer (same as JPz, Jagdpanzer) (German ones often have “Jäger” or “Jagd” meaning to hunt
TLP
Troop Leading Procedure
TNT
Tri-Nitro-Toluene (explosive)
TO&E
Table of Organisation & Equipment (also TOE & ToE)
Tophat or Lowsky
“Tank” Hunt up a slope, reverse back out of site, repeat preferably in slight zigzag
TRF
Target Reference Point
TRP
Target Reference Point
TRP
Target Reference Point
TTP
Tactics Techniques & Procedures
TTV
Tarnen, Täuschen und Verpissen (avoiding trouble)
VF
Victory Flag
VG
Volks Grenadier
VL
Victory Locations (points)
VO
Muzzle Velocity (same as MV)
VP
Victory Point (locations)
VT or VTF
Variable Time (fuses in HE shells for timed explosions)(to burst / explode before impact)
WRT
With Regard To
XX KwK L YY
Describes Cannon Size
XX is the gun caliber, YY is the multiplier number to get the barrel length. So 75 Kwk L 70 (the Panther cannon) means the gun has a caliber of 75mm and the barrel has a length of 70 times it’s caliber (here 5250mm) almost groggish (75 X 70)
Zug
Platoon

I hope this is of use to some.
Cheers MarkL

[BigDork]

Yeah, that was of some use. Appreciate it. smile.gif

BigD

[v42below]

NB: Tankodesantniki, literally means tank mobiletroops. Desant, in Russian, refers to any troops that are dropped off by quick mobile transport. The original desantniki were marines - dropped off by ships. Vozdushnodesnatniki means paratroopers (literally air troops)

[markl]

To v42below
Thanks for the correction, I think there must be quiet a few more.
I noticed in one of the duplicates I inserted by mistake is one for tank destroyer, does any one know which one I botched there?
JgdPz
Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer) (TD)
or
JPz
Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer or JgdPz) (TD)

Cheers

[flamingknives]

MGMC = Machine Gun Motor Carrige (e.g. the M17, mounting quad .50 cal MGs)
HMC = Howitzer Motor Carrige

Also shell types (real world, also seen in CM data screens)
AP = Armour Piercing
APC = Armour Piercing, Capped
APBC = Armour Piercing, Ballistic Capped
APCBC = Armour Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped
APDS = Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot

Post WWII
APFSDS = Armour Piercing, Fin Stabilised, Discarding Sabot
HESH = High Explosive, Squash Head

Adding letters to end of above types, usually by hyphen;
I = Incendiary
T = Tracer

[John D Salt]

Originally posted by flamingknives:
MGMC = Machine Gun Motor Carrige (e.g. the M17, mounting quad .50 cal MGs)
[Snips]Hunnicutt gives it as "Multiple Gun Motor Carriage" in his "Half-Track" (2001, Presidio, Novato CA).

I can see no discernible pattern to the assignment of the designations "Multiple GMC" (M13, M14, M15, M16, M16A1, M17), "Combination GMC" (M15A1) and "Twin GMC" (T10E1).

All the best,

John.

[Michael Dorosh]

Originally posted by John D Salt:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by flamingknives:
MGMC = Machine Gun Motor Carrige (e.g. the M17, mounting quad .50 cal MGs)
[Snips]Hunnicutt gives it as "Multiple Gun Motor Carriage" in his "Half-Track" (2001, Presidio, Novato CA).

I can see no discernible pattern to the assignment of the designations "Multiple GMC" (M13, M14, M15, M16, M16A1, M17), "Combination GMC" (M15A1) and "Twin GMC" (T10E1).

All the best,

John. </font>[/QUOTE]Why not? The M15A1 had a cannon in the same mount with machineguns ("combination") while the T10E1 had twin guns.

What part didn't you get?