Acronyms and abbreviations…

[bilbosmeggins]

Hi all.  
 

Okay, cards on the table time….  Although I’ve been in and out of DCS for some years, I’ve only ever been bothered about the actual flying, and haven’t really been at all invested in the war and weapons side of things. Well, that’s changing, and I’m now becoming a lot more interested. Thing is, whenever I try to read anything, or watch a YouTube tutorial I’m instantly met with a huge wall of military acronyms and abbreviations, most of which mean nothing to me. Can anybody point me to a fairly comprehensive list of them?  I do try and work out what some of them mean, but it quickly becomes exhausting when there is just one after another, after another, especially for someone who isn’t particularly war-minded. 
 

TIA

[LucShep]

So many good people doing tutorials, don't know where to point you to! 

I guess GS ones will be very popular, and a good start: 
https://www.youtube.com/@GrowlingSidewinder/search?query=explain

These two BFM (Basic Fighter Maneuvers) tutorials from Echo Victor are also good and worth a look: 
https://www.youtube.com/@echovictordcsworld/search?query=BFM
 

Edited Thursday at 08:38 AM by LucShep

[bilbosmeggins]

Hi @LucShep

 

Thanks for the tutorial suggestions, but I think you’ve misinterpreted my request. There are many YouTube creators I follow already. What I need is a fairly comprehensive list of terms; BVR, IFF, CASE (l,ll,lll). Fox 1, A-A, A-G, AGM etc. Okay, so I know those few, and a few more. But there are hundreds that I don’t know, and a list would be very handy indeed

[LucShep]

You mean, like this?  https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/Brevity_List

 

Edited Thursday at 11:07 AM by LucShep

[bilbosmeggins]

Along those lines yes, but much more comprehensive. There are no IFF, BVR,AGM or anything remotely like it on there. It appears to be more of a slang and colloquial list of terms. But thank you anyway

[LucShep]

13 minutes ago, bilbosmeggins said:

Along those lines yes, but much more comprehensive. There are no IFF, BVR,AGM or anything remotely like it on there. It appears to be more of a slang and colloquial list of terms. But thank you anyway

Yes there is.

Look into "Miscelaneous Codewords and Abbreviations" (Meaning / Expand) in that page.

I don't think you can get a list more comprehensive and extended than that one.

[bilbosmeggins]

Oh, I missed that bit. I’ll check again

[bilbosmeggins]

Apologies. That’s perfect. Pretty much all I need I think