markl Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hi, A few years ago when I purchased CMBO I had trouble understanding the abreviated terms used on the forum and had to start making up a glossary for myself from the various people who argued out the finer points. Well it looks like modern warfare has me back to scratch again. I do not remember seeing "MOUNT" before the new series of CMX started to be discussed. Could some kind person "or Grog" (not that I think grogs are not kind) put together a short glossary and post it for people to add to some time in the future with modern warfare terms not covered by past CM discussions re WWII. If I remember correctly some of the topics that listed "terms" in the past genrerated some lively discussions as to what the terms meant. Cheers MarkL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 markl, If you meant to type "MOUT," it stands for Military Operations in Urban Terrain. An equivalent term is MOBA, Military Operations in Built-up Areas. Regards, John Kettler [ January 06, 2006, 04:14 PM: Message edited by: John Kettler ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 also see FIBUA Fighting in built up area's = urban combat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAI Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Good idea, while waiting for the game release, many would like to familiarize with the modern military lingo and abbreviations. At least the ones that will be very likely related to and used in CMSF. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Originally posted by aka_tom_w: also see FIBUA Fighting in built up area's = urban combat So that we collect the set, let's also mention OBUA (Operations in Built-Up Areas). MOBA and MOUT are American, FIBUA and OBUA are British, MOBA and FIBUA are old-fashioned, MOUT and OBUA are new. The abbreviation I prefer, though, is FISH (Fighting In Someone's House). All the best, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassh Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 DIBUA (defence in built-up areas) was an older acronym used when we were expecting the Soviet hoard and needed somewhere to hide from their tanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 NO!!!! NO!!!! no more acronyms PLEASE!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Quick someone throw him a lifebelt!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 From FM 3-06.1: AA assembly areas AAA antiaircraft artillery ABCCC airborne battlefield command and control center ACA airspace coordination area ACP air control point AFDC Air Force Doctrine Center AFDD Air Force Doctrine Document AFI Air Force Instruction AFTTP Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures AFTTP(I) Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (Interservice) AGL above ground level AGM air-to-surface guided missile AIE alternate insertion/extraction ALSA Air Land Sea Application ALLTV all light level television AP armor piercing APC armored personnel carrier API armor piercing incendiary APT armor piercing tracer ASE aircraft survivability equipment ATC air traffic control ATO air tasking order AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System And my two favorites: TLA three letter acronym ETLA extended three letter acronym 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Originally posted by John D Salt: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by aka_tom_w: also see FIBUA Fighting in built up area's = urban combat So that we collect the set, let's also mention OBUA (Operations in Built-Up Areas). MOBA and MOUT are American, FIBUA and OBUA are British, MOBA and FIBUA are old-fashioned, MOUT and OBUA are new. The abbreviation I prefer, though, is FISH (Fighting In Someone's House). All the best, John. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Originally posted by flamingknives: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by John D Salt: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by aka_tom_w: also see FIBUA Fighting in built up area's = urban combat So that we collect the set, let's also mention OBUA (Operations in Built-Up Areas). MOBA and MOUT are American, FIBUA and OBUA are British, MOBA and FIBUA are old-fashioned, MOUT and OBUA are new. The abbreviation I prefer, though, is FISH (Fighting In Someone's House). All the best, John. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Originally posted by Drusus: From FM 3-06.1: AA assembly areas AAA antiaircraft artillery ABCCC airborne battlefield command and control center ACA airspace coordination area ACP air control point AFDC Air Force Doctrine Center AFDD Air Force Doctrine Document AFI Air Force Instruction AFTTP Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures AFTTP(I) Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (Interservice) AGL above ground level AGM air-to-surface guided missile AIE alternate insertion/extraction ALSA Air Land Sea Application ALLTV all light level television AP armor piercing APC armored personnel carrier API armor piercing incendiary APT armor piercing tracer ASE aircraft survivability equipment ATC air traffic control ATO air tasking order AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System And my two favorites: TLA three letter acronym ETLA extended three letter acronym Where'd you pull this from? The BBOA (big book of acronyms)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Field Manual (FM) 3-06.1, by the looks of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 That is the field manual about air operations in urban areas. The manual is 125 pages long (including all the cover pages, index and so on) and there are 7 pages of acronyms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 LOL That is a TLA for Laughing Out Loud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markl Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 That link by flamknives will be a good start to check acronyms I do not know. As much as they are often hated, they are they to stay and it is better to learn at least the common ones used on the forums. Cheers MarkL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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