PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

General discussion of the Project Reality: BF2 modification.
Web_cole
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PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by Web_cole »

So this a bit of a cleanup of Metal_militia_103's thread. Just like to stress that this was not my idea, I have merely compiled everything in that thread into a (hopefully) easier to access format. Any corrections/additions post away, and if any admins think this is worth stickying, that would be groovy :)

PR = Project Reality (Oh dear)

Contact, 150, 200M = Bad guys, at the compass bearing of 150, roughly 200 Meters from your position. Landmarks can also be used 'By the red car!' for instance. Don't just yell 'Contact!' that helps nobody.

E5 = The vertical column E, where it intersects the horizontal column 5, is the grid of E5

Keypad 3/K3 = The Keypad within the Grid, 1-9. See your Numpad :p Its also worth noting that the Keypad grid can once again be broken down into a Subgrid, although this is not facilitated by the in game map.

E5Kp3/E5K3/E5.3/E53 = See above



RTFM = Read The F**king Manual!

FUBAR = F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair

CQC/CQB = Close Quarters Combat/Battle. As in "Shotguns own in CQB"

SitRep = Situation Report

Standing Order = Order to be obeyed by the squad at all times, they are usually pretty basic, e.g. "Do not fire without first giving a contact report".

RTB = Return to Base

House of Pain = The infamous building with side entrance stairs, a one room first floor, and stairs leading to a rooftop with almost no cover. Can be found on most maps.

Leap Frog/Bounding Overwatch = Fireteam 1 covers, Fireteam 2 moves up. Fireteam 2 stops, and covers while Fireteam 1 moves up. Repeat.

'Need shovels' = Start building assets.

CP = Control Point/Capture Point

NME = Enemy

Oscar Mike = On the Move

RP = Rally Point

RV = Rendezvous

Thermite/Phosphorus/Incendiary = All refer to your Red Incendiary Grenade used to destroy deployable assets.

Patch = Field Dressing/Medical Patch

Bag/Drugs/Lovin' = Used to refer to the Medic Bag itself, or to request Medical attention.

Pens = Epipens

Wounded/Down (sometimes confusingly, also 'dead') = In a revivable state

Dead dead = Not revivable




Big red = The red bomb truck

Gary = The 'garbage' or 'rubbish' truck, bomb truck

IED = Improvised Explosive Device

Technical/Techy/Tech = Pickup truck, usually with mounted HMG.

Civi/Civilian = A Collaborator or an unarmed Insurgent

Ins = Insurgent

Inf = Infantry




CO = Commanding Officer or just the Commander

SQ = Squad

SL = Squad Leader

7SL/SL7 = Squad 7s Squad Leader

SM = Squad Member

AR = Automatic Rifleman/Auto Rifle

SAW = Squad/Section Automatic Weapon

DM = Designated Marksman

Grapple/Rope/Hook = The Rifleman Specialist kit has a Grapple Hook, used to climb to otherwise unaccessible areas. Can be used to refer to the Rifleman Specialist kit itself. As in, "Cole, when you die spawn with a rope."

FoB/FB = Forward Operating Base/Firebase (often used interchangeably)

DAT = Deployable Anti-Tank

SoP = Standard/Standing Operating Procedure

Blufor = Blue Forces

Opfor = Opposing Forces




GL = Grenade Launcher/Good Luck

GLTD = Ground Laser Target Designator, used to mark targets for air strikes or arty.

JDAM = Joint Direct Attack Munition

AT = Anti-Tank

HAT = Heavy Anti-Tank

LAT = Light Anti-Tank

RPG = Rocket Propelled Grenade or Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot :p

AA = Anti-Aircraft

MANPADS - Man Portable Air Defence Systems, i.e. Stinger/SA-7

HMG = Heavy Machine Gun

LMG = Light Machine Gun

SMG = Submachine Gun

Dushka = DShK Russian .50 cal

PPSH = Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagina, the sub-machine gun used by the militia Scout class.

SKS = Samozaryadniy Karabin sistemi Simonova, Soviet semi-automatic carbine

Shotty = Shotgun



JTAC/FAC = Joint Terminal Attack Controller/Forward Air Controller or Spotter/Laze

CAS = Close Air Support

NTS = Need Tank Support

NAS = Need Armour Support

HMMWV = High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle or Humvee

HMMWV .50 cal/ Humvee .50 cal/.50 cal/.50 = As in, "Get that .50 over here" or even "Man that .50!" to mean manning the weapon itself.

APC = Armoured Personnel Carrier

IFV = Infantry Fighting Vehicle

BTR - BroneTRansopter, generally Opfor APC

LAV = Light Assault Vehicle

MBT = Main Battle Tank

AAV = Amphibious Assault Vehicle/Anti Air Vehicle

SPAAG = Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun

LB = Littlebird

Zippo = The IDF APC, the M113. Because it goes up in flames so fast :p



ATGM = Anti-Tank Guided Missile

TOW = Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire data link, guided missile (says wiki) You will know it as the deployable anti-tank weapon around FoBs, and certain Tanks, APCs and Humvee's also have TOW

HEAT = High Explosive Anti-Tank

HEI-T = High Explosive Incendiary - Tracer

AP = Anti-Personnel/Armour Piercing

APDSFS = Armor Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot

HSLG = High Speed, Low Drag




BFG = Big F**king Gun

RGR = Roger

GTG = Good To Go

AFK = Away From Keyboard

BRB = Be Right Back

GG = Good Game

GTFO = Get the F*ck Out

IIRC= If I Recall Correctly

AFAIK = As Far As I Know
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goguapsy
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by goguapsy »

Big and impressive!

At the same time!

Good job organizing all of this. Specially with the explanation.
Some are a little too techincal that I haven't seen in-game, but that doesn't mean it isn't used, such as SPAAG and APDSFS...

Perhaps this should be stickified.
Guys, when a new player comes, just answer his question and go on your merry way, instead of going berserk! It's THAT simple! :D

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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by boilerrat »

"The fifty"

As in GET ON THE .50!!!!

Add that.

And "NME" = enemy.

Shotty = shotgun

bag = medic bag

patch = medic patch

civi = civlian

collab = civi / collaborator

bradley = bradley IFV
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Metal_militia_103
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by Metal_militia_103 »

awesome cole, thanks for getting this organized for us. +1 for sticky.

It was a bit confusing at first with all the PR phrases. I remember trying to figure out wtf a HAT was during my first few matches!
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by Jigsaw »

goguapsy wrote:Big and impressive!
Thats what she said ;)







Someone had to... :D

Nice little list that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CKjNcSUNt8
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by arjan »

Web_cole wrote: GL = Grenade Launcher/Good Luck
Hehe, theirs something ironic in there (ironic, is that the right word?)
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by Gosu-Rizzle »

arjan wrote:Hehe, theirs something ironic in there (ironic, is that the right word?)
Yes, and yes it is :smile:
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by Adriaan »

Nice compilation here Web, very useful :)
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by boilerrat »

You need to simplify or even remove some of these, most of these I have never seen used.

like:

SoP = Standard/Standing Operating Procedure
HEI-T = High Explosive Incendiary - Tracer
APDSFS = Armor Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot
JTAC/FAC = Joint Terminal Attack Controller/Forward Air Controller or Spotter/Laze (Change to just "Spotter")
SPAAG = Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
HEI-T = High Explosive Incendiary - Tracer (Thats just the coax on a MBT)
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

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boilerrat wrote:You need to simplify or even remove some of these, most of these I have never seen used.

like:

SoP = Standard/Standing Operating Procedure
HEI-T = High Explosive Incendiary - Tracer
APDSFS = Armor Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot
JTAC/FAC = Joint Terminal Attack Controller/Forward Air Controller or Spotter/Laze (Change to just "Spotter")
SPAAG = Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
HEI-T = High Explosive Incendiary - Tracer (Thats just the coax on a MBT)
Well, yeah, I've never seen some of those used either, but like I say, this is just a list compiled from what a load of people suggested. And just because one person has never seen it, doesn't mean it don't happen. I've seen SoP used in the Tournament for instance.

In short, I'm trying to do as little editorializing as possible, and just put up what people suggest (unless it's VERY silly or pointless).
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tb=teabag :P
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'mordred[BG wrote:;1303963']tb=teabag :P
tb = ban in some servers... "Unrealistic gameplay". I wonder who are their fake military advisors...
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by speedhound1-WYD- »

APFSDS (kindly corrected by Burton from my original post) is the default round (slot 1) you will find in tanks and some APC's, weapon slot 2 is HEAT rounds etc.

its displayed usually in the bottom right hand corner of your gunners screen.
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

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We usually just say 'SABOT' in place of APFDPwhatever.

Does anyone really type it out?
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by PLODDITHANLEY »

The most important for new guys: RTFM
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by Web_cole »

dtacs wrote:We usually just say 'SABOT' in place of APFDPwhatever.

Does anyone really type it out?
Who knows, but if anyone wonders what it means, now they can find out! :)
PLODDITHANLEY wrote:The most important for new guys: RTFM
Haha, I'll put that one in Ploddit :p
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by PatrickLA_CA »

Can you put that in the manual, it is very useful
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

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Web_cole wrote: TOW = Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire data link, guided missile (says wiki) You will know it as the deployable anti-tank weapon around FoBs, and certain Tanks, APCs and Humvee's also have TOW
fixed...
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by CanuckCommander »

dtacs wrote:We usually just say 'SABOT' in place of APFDPwhatever.

Does anyone really type it out?
Actually, most people just say AP or Heat. lol Simple as that.
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Re: PR Jargon and Acronym's Revised

Post by bloodthirsty_viking »

i have often heard drugs for medic bag- that mihgt be helpfiull- though usually its through squad VOIP-
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