Glenn Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 Howdy Gang, I noted a post called "Abbreviations" on the CMBB forum and it was extremely helpful. It's got a little buried now, so could I please ask about one of them here? I've seen TRP mentioned numerous times. Could someone tell me what that stands for? Also, is there a location anywhere here on the website, or in the CMBB/CMBO manuals (I'm still waiting on mine because of the backorder) where there is a complete list of abbreviations? If so, I'll just wait and refer to that before taking up bandwidth with a repeat post. Thanks guys! Glenn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brightblade Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 I don´t know about a list of frequently used abbreviations in CM. Many of them are either used in real life too, mostly by the military, or in many other (strategy) games. TRP stands for Target Reference Point, a point on which all calculations for artillery fire has been done before and so it takes much less time to get fire there. There are also benefits for guns (towed as well as vehicle mounted) if they fire at a target near a TRP. I´m not sure which edition of CMBO you possess, European or US, I also don´t know if the US manual is the same as the European, but in the European manual there is an index included where TRP can be found and is explained. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schugger Posted February 6, 2003 Share Posted February 6, 2003 Hi Glenn, I don't know if there is a abbreviation glossary in the CMBB manual, but there isn't one in the CMBO manual. You will surely stumble over many acronyms used in this forum, so a short list here: AA - Anti Aircraft gun ATR - Anti Tank Rifle FT - Flame Thrower FLAK - Flieger Abwehr Kanone (see AA) MLR - Main Line of Resistance HKL - Mauptkampflinie (same as MLR but German) MBT - Main Battle Tank APC - Armored Personal Carrier AFV - Armored Fighting Vehicle ATG - Anti Tank Gun PAK - Panzer Abwehr Kanone (same as ATG) KwK - Kampfwagen Kanone (vehicle mounted Gun) PF - Panzerfaust MG - Machine Gun lMG - light MG hMG - heavy MG SMG - Sub Machine Gun MPi - Machinenpistole (same as SMG) FO - Forward Observer (artillery guy) FG - Field gun (or Feldgeschütz) lFG - light Field Gun hFG - heavy Field Gun HD - Hull Down (refering to the cover of a Tank) TRP - Target Reference Point SC - Scout Car (reccon vehicle) SdKFZ - Sonder Kraftfahrzeug (all types of german war vehicles) FJ - Fallschirmjäger (Parachute Troops) PG or PzGren - Panzergrenadier OPFOR - Opposing Forces KG - Kampfgruppe also: Karnevalsgesellschaft VF - Victory Flag MEHRttF - Map-Edge-Hugging-Rush-to-the-Flag AP - Armor Piercing (shell round) HE - High Explosive (shell round) PzGra(XX) - Panzergranate (date) german shell MV or V0 - Muzzle Velocity (of a shell) BNH - Brinell Hardness (determines armor quality) Schreck - short for Panzerschreck CAS - Close Air Support FB - Fighter Bomber Jabo - Jagdbomber (see FB) TC - Tank Commander HT - Halftrack mot - short for motorized TTV - Tarnen, Täuschen und Verpissen (avoiding trouble) SS - Schutz Staffel VG - Volks Grenadier XX KwK L YY - 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 time it's caliber (here 5250mm). Almost groggish ETO - European Theater of Operations TD - Tank Destroyer JPz or JgdPz - Jagdpanzer (see TD) Stug - Sturm Geschütz (Assault Gun) StuH - Sturm Haubitze (Assault Howitzer) Bat - Battery Btl - Battalion FFE - Fire For Effect Stuka - Sturz Kampf Bomber (Dive Bomber) by no means complete, but a a start at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted February 6, 2003 Author Share Posted February 6, 2003 Thank you VERY much for this, gentlemen! Very much appreciated . I've printed the answers and will file them in my binder for such things. All the best, Glenn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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