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- AmericaÆs Army Glossary:
-
- This section will cover the common abbreviations and terms
- used by the US Army. This will also cover abbreviations
- and terms commonly used in the game forums, in-game chat,
- and in the IRC chat rooms.
-
-
- AA:O - AmericaÆs Army: Operations
-
- AFK - Away From Keyboard
-
- AK - ôAvtomat Kalashnikovaö, a Soviet-designed
- assault rifle. (AK47, AKS74U)
-
- AK47 - The original "AK" or "Kalashnikov" has been the
- OPFOR's weapon of choice dating back to 1947.
- What it lacks in muzzle velocity and accuracy,
- it gains in high volumes of fire
-
- AKSU74 - The AKS-74U is similar to the Ak-74, but with
- a shorter barrel and folding stock
-
- AR - Automatic Rifleman or Rifle (M249)
-
- ASE - All-Seeing Eye (server browser)
-
- Bandwith - The maximum amount of electronic throughput
- on a connect at the slowest point (usually
- expressed in Kbps or Mbps - higher is better
- and 1 Mbps = 1000Kbps
-
- bbl - Be back later
-
- bpc - Bottom PC on Insurgent Camp
-
- brb - Be right back
-
- Bunny Hopping - Tactic of jumping while moving to avoid
- getting hit
-
- Camper - A player who sits in one location for a period of
- time. Generally, defensive camping is considered
- good form, while camping while on assault is
- considered bad form.
-
- CO - Commander
-
- Cook - The burn time from a grenade fuse before throwing.
-
- cp - Central Peak on Mountain Pass, and Radio Tower
- Also the Main Control Panel on Pipeline.
-
- cqc or cqb - Close Quarters Combat or Close Quarters
- Battle
-
- DoD - Department of Defense
-
- Dragunov SVD - The OPFOR counterpart to the M82A1, a
- Russian made advanced marksman rifle
-
- EPW - Enemy Prisoner of War
-
- FAQ - Frequenty Asked Questions
-
- FARP - Fueling and Rearming Point
-
- ff - Friendly fire
-
- Flank - Left, right or the rear of a position
-
- FLS - Field Landing Strip
-
- FM - Field Manual
-
- FOV - Field Of View
-
- fps - Frames Per Second
-
- Frag - Fragmentation Grenade
-
- FTL - Fire Team Leader
-
- FTX - Field Training Exercise
-
- g1 - Good One
-
- g2g - Got to Go
-
- gg - Good Game
-
- gj - Good Job
-
- GP30 - The OPFOR equivalent to the M203, the GP-30 is a
- muzzle-loaded, single-shot grenade launcher that
- can be mounted underneath any AK-series assault
- rifle
-
- gt - Good Try
-
- HE - High Explosive
-
- HONOR - Total experience points the player has earned
-
- Hooah - US Army slang term used by soldiers that
- generally means something ôgoodö. Often used
- in a celebratory manner to show excitement
-
- HQ - Headquarters
-
- HUD - Heads-Up Display
-
- IF - Indigenous Forces who assist US Special Forces units
-
- IP - Internet Protocol; generally refers to the servers
- address
-
- IRC - Internet Chat Relay (a chat room interface)
-
- ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network, a type
- of internet connection.
-
- Jumper - A player who has fallen and dies by
- 'leaving a crater'
-
- lpc - Lower PC on Insurgent Camp
-
- LAN - Local Area Network
-
- LOF - Line of Fire
-
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud
-
- LOS - Line of Sight
-
- M16/M16A2 - The M16A2 is the standard issue rifle for the
- United States Army
-
- M4A1 - The M4A1 is a shortened variant of the M16A2 rifle,
- yet it packs the same firepower
-
- M4 - The Rangers use this modified version of the M4A1.
- Special Forces also used a modifiable version of
- this weapon (see SOPMOD)
-
- M203 - Mounted under the M16A2 or M4A1, the single-shot
- M203 fires 40mm grenades with a devastating
- blast radius
-
- M249 - The M249 squad automatic weapon is a support
- weapon (see SAW or AR)
-
- M24 - The M24 is the standard issue advanced marksman
- rifle for the U.S. Army
-
- M82 - The Barrett M82A1 is a magazine-fed, semiautomatic
- advanced marksman rifle
-
- M9 - The M9 Pistol is the handgun carried by advanced
- marksman as a 'last-resort' close quarters combat
- weapon
-
- Main - Main valve on Pipeline
-
- METTT - Essential planning factors: Mission, Enemy
- Terrain, Troops and Time
-
- mg - Machine Gun
-
- MILES - Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System -
- a system of lasers used to simulate combat.
-
- MOS - Military Occupational Specialty
-
- Mosin Nagant - The OPFOR bolt-action advanced marksman
- rifle is reliable and comparable to
- the M24 SWS
-
- Nade - Grenade
-
- NCO - Noncommissioned Officer (Corporal, Sergeant,
- Staff Sergeant, etc)
-
- Newbie - Generally this is a new player
-
- nj - Nice Job
-
- n00b - Derogatory slang for a player who does something
- stupid, often repeatedly, and who may be a
- new player
-
- np - No Problem
-
- ns - Nice Shot
-
- nt - Nice Try
-
- NVG - Night Vision Goggles
-
- OPFOR - Opposing Forces, ie: the enemy
-
- Ping - The time it takes for data from your computer
- to go to and from a server in milliseconds.
- (lower is better)
-
- PLF - Parachute Landing Fall
-
- PLT - Platoon
-
- Pri/Prime - Primary valve on Pipeline
-
- Rambo - Person who runs by himself to attack the OPFOR,
- often derogatory, also known as ôlone wolfö
-
- RL - Real Life
-
- ROE - Rules of Engagement, also slang for the negative
- points accrued for friendly fire
-
- RPK - A variant of the AKM assault rifle, the APK light
- machine is comaparable to the M249 SAWm the RPK
- has a smaller magazine, shorter effective range,
- and less recoil
-
- RPG - Rocket Propelled Grenade
-
- SAW - Squad Automatic Weapon (M249)
-
- Sec - Secondary valve on Pipeline
-
- SF - US Special Forces
-
- SITREP - Situation Report
-
- Smoke - Smoke Grenade
-
- SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
-
- Sound Off - Say something so other teammates know you
- are alive.
-
- SOPMOD - Special Operations Peculiar Modification. The
- M4A1 Carbine used by all Special Forces units.
-
- SPR - Special Forces advanced marksman rifle
-
- SQD - Squad (8-12 soldiers)
-
- sry - Sorry
-
- SSG - Staff Sergeant
-
- SVD - "Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunov"; Russian-
- made advanced marksman rifle.
-
- tpc or upc - Top computer or Upper Computer respectively on
- Insurgent Camp
-
- thx - Thanks
-
- TK or TKer - Team Killer, a person who kills their teammates
-
- TM - Technical Manual
-
- ty - Thank You
-
- Vintorez - OPFOR Elite Troops advanced marksman rifle
-