Arma: Dictionary

This article covers Arma series/military-related words as well as common lingo.

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See ArmA: Selection Translations for Arma-related internal Czech words.

Type	Name	Meaning	Description/Notes	Scope
Abbreviated	PID	Positive Identification	Certainly the target is a hostile/objective	IRL
Abbreviated	PAC	Package	military personnel	IRL
Abbreviated	BLUFOR	Blue Forces	friendlies, in Arma means Western forces (US, NATO)	IRL
Abbreviated	OPFOR	Opposing Forces	enemies, in Arma means Eastern forces (Soviet, CSAT)	IRL
Abbreviated	CIVPOP	Civilian Population		IRL
Abbreviated	CASEVAC	Casualty Evacuation		IRL
Abbreviated	MEDEVAC	Medical Evacuation		IRL
Abbreviated	MRAP	Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle	e.g Hunter, Ifrit in Arma 3	IRL
Abbreviated	HVT	High Value Target		IRL
Abbreviated	IED	Improvised Explosive Device	unconventional, usually hidden explosive charge	IRL
Abbreviated	SITREP	Situation Report		IRL
Abbreviated	BIS	Bohemia Interactive Studios	expired name - see BI	Company
Abbreviated	BI	Bohemia Interactive	(ex Bohemia Interactive Studios)	Company
Abbreviated	BISim	Bohemia Interactive Simulations	(ex Bohemia Interactive Australia)	Company
Abbreviated	RACS	Royal Army Corps of Sahrani	Arma INDFOR	Arma
Abbreviated	SLA	Sahrani Liberation Army	Arma OPFOR	Arma
Abbreviated	NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization	NATO	IRL
Abbreviated	CSAT	Canton Protocol Strategic Alliance Treaty	Arma 3 NATO counterpart mainly composed of Iran and China	Arma 3
Abbreviated	AAF	Altis Armed Forces	Altis military	Arma 3
Slang	Greenbacks	AAF soldiers	NATO soldiers' derogatory slang	Arma 3
Abbreviated	LZ	Landing Zone	An area where a helicopter or similar can land	IRL
Abbreviated	LDF	Livonian Defense Force	Livonia military	Arma 3
Abbreviated	CAS	Close Air Support	Air strike to support ground forces by fixed/rotory wings	IRL
Abbreviated	CAP	Combat Air Patrol	Sentry airspace by fighter jets to protect airspace	IRL
Military term	Fixed Wings	Planes		IRL
Military term	Rotary Wings	Helicopters		IRL
Abbreviated	HE	High Explosive	Type of shells; Explosive rounds	IRL
Abbreviated	AP / APERS	Anti Personnel		IRL
Abbreviated	AP	Armor-Piercing	Type of shells made to penetrate armored targets	IRL
Abbreviated	APDS	Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabot	Type of shells made to penetrate armor - "classical" Sabot ammunition	IRL
Abbreviated	APFSDS	Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot	Type of shells made to penetrate armor - thinner and longer than APDS Sabot, more "dart"-like	IRL
Abbreviated	ERA	Explosive Reactive Armor	Type of armor; protect vehicle by explode itself when got hit by a shell	IRL
Military term	Soft skin	Less-protected/armored vehicles		IRL
Military term	Fast mover	Fighter jets		IRL
Military term	Blue on Blue	Friendly fire		IRL
Abbreviated	FF	Friendly Fire		IRL
Abbreviated	IFF	Identification Friend or Foe		IRL
Abbreviated	FIA	Freedom and Independence Army		Template:armaSeries
Location	Altis	A fictional country in Arma 3	Republic of Altis and Stratis, located in Mediterranean Sea	Arma 3
Location	Horizon Islands	A fictional country in Arma 3	Tanoa is the part of this country, located in Southern Pacific	Arma 3
Location	Livonia	A fictional country in Arma 3	Located in Suwałki gap IRL, part of NATO	Arma 3
Location	Chernarus	A fictional country in Arma 2	Located in the coast of fictional sea Green Sea, former Russian Empire and a part of Soviet Union	Arma 2
Location	Takistan	A fictional country in Arma 2	Located in the coast of fictional sea Green Sea	Arma 2
Location	South Zagoria	A fictional region in Arma 2	AKA Chernarus (Terrain)	Arma 2
Abbreviated	UAV	Unmanned Air Vehicle	AKA Drone	IRL
Abbreviated	UCAV	Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle	AKA Combat Drone	IRL
Abbreviated	UGV	Unmanned Ground Vehicle	AKA Drone	IRL
Abbreviated	ATV	All Terrain Vehicle		IRL
Slang	Chedaki	ChDKZ		Arma 2
Abbreviated	ChDKZ	Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star	Черноруссии движения к красной звездой (Chernorussii Dvizheniya k Krasnoy Zvezdoy) in Russian	Arma 2
Military Term	Alpha Victor	Armored Vehicle	In phonetic code	Arma 3
Abbreviated	AA	Anti-Air		IRL
Abbreviated	AAA	Anti-Air Artillerly	AKA Triple-A	IRL
Military Term	Fox Two	Fired an Infra-red Air to Air missile		IRL
Military Term	Fox Three	Fired an Active radar-guided Air to Air missile		IRL
Abbreviated	SVBIED	Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device	AKA Suicide Car Bomb	IRL
Abbreviated	FAK	First Aid Kit		IRL
Location	Nadbór	A fictional region in Arma 3	AKA Livonia (Terrain)	Arma 3
Abbreviated	QRF	Quick Reaction Force		IRL
Abbreviated	CDLC	Creator DLC	AKA Third-Party DLC	Arma 3
Abbreviated	GM	Global Mobilization	Arma 3 Creator DLC: Global Mobilization - Cold War Germany	Arma 3
Abbreviated	RV	Rendezvous (point)		IRL
Abbreviated	RV	Real Virtuality	Game engine for Arma series, the latest version (v4) being used in Arma 3	BI
Abbreviated	OFP:CWC	Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis	Or simply OFP, AKA OPF. Former name for Arma: Cold War Assault and trademarked by Codemasters	Operation Flashpoint
Abbreviated	Arma: CWA A:CWA	Arma: Cold War Assault	New name for OFP: CWC since 2011, renamed after copyright issue	Operation Flashpoint
Abbreviated	OFP:R	Operation Flashpoint: Resistance		Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Abbreviated	OFP:RH	Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer	Codemasters-made Soviet perspective campaign. Not included in Arma: CWA nowadays	Operation Flashpoint
Alias	Arma	Arma - means War, or Weapon in latin. Game series name. See The Name Tale blogpost	Not to be confused with ArmA, which designates the first title of the series	Template:armaSeries
Abbreviated	ArmA	Armed Assault	Not to be confused with Arma, which designates the game series and/or newer games	Arma
Abbreviated	A1	Arma 1 (Armed Assault, see ArmA)		Arma
Abbreviated	ArmA:QG	ArmA: Queen's Gambit		Arma
Abbreviated	A2	Arma 2		Arma 2
Abbreviated	A2OA	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	Or simply OA	Arma 2
Abbreviated	Arma 2 OA	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	Or simply OA	Arma 2
Abbreviated	A3	Arma 3		Arma 3
Alias	3DEN	Eden Editor	New editor introduced with the Eden Update	Arma 3
Military Term	AAR	After Action Review	Reviewing past actions to understand potential mistakes and ways of improvement	IRL
Abbreviated	ASAP	As Soon As Possible	Quickly, in emergency	IRL
Military Term	Click	Kilometre	e.g “enemy, one click, North”, “half a click East”	IRL
Abbreviated	AR	Automatic Rifleman		IRL
Abbreviated	AT	Anti Tank		IRL
Abbreviated	IR	Infra-Red		IRL
Abbreviated	UXO	Un Exploded Ordnance	Bombs/shells that didn't explode properly and still have a risk of detonation. Call an expert when you find one. In Arma 3, UXOs are seen often in the Ground Zero of a Cluster bomb	IRL
Abbreviated	UXB	Un Exploded Bomb	See UXO	IRL
Abbreviated	IHL	International Humanitarian Law	Rules that needed to respect even in a war, AKA Jus in bello	IRL
Abbreviated	ICRC	International Committee of the Red Cross	AKA Red Cross, Red Crystal or Red Cresent	IRL
Abbreviated	IDAP	International Development & Aid Project	Fictional NGO, ICRC counterpart for Arma 3	Arma 3
Abbreviated	LoW	Laws of War	Arma 3 Laws of War DLC	Arma 3
Abbreviated	GBU	Guided Bomb Unit		IRL
Abbreviated	LGB	Laser Guided Bomb		IRL
Abbreviated	JTAC	Joint Terminal Attack Controller	Forward operator who guides an CAS and other fighter/attacker jets operation	IRL
Military Term	Strafing	Attacking ground enemies by aircraft-mounted guns		IRL
Foreign Word	Gendarmerie	French MP	Also designates Horizon Islands' MP in Arma 3	IRL
Abbreviated	MP	Military Police		IRL
Abbreviated	IRL	In Real Life		IRL
Abbreviated	SP	Single Player		IRL
Abbreviated	MP	MultiPlayer		IRL
Foreign Word	Bundeswehr	German Army		IRL
Foreign Word	Luftwaffe	German Airforce		IRL
Abbreviated	HALO	High Altitude Low Opening	AKA HALO jump, stealthy paradrop insertion used by special operators	IRL
Military Term	Paradrop	Parachute drop		IRL
Abbreviated	SpecOp	Special Operators Special Operations		IRL
Abbreviated	COIN	Counter Insurgency		IRL
Abbreviated	EW	Electronic Warfare		IRL
Abbreviated	EMP	ElectronicMagnetic Pulse	A pulse that disables most of the electric devices in an area	IRL
Military Term	Callsign	Anonymized name to be used in radio calls		IRL
Unique Term	Armaverse	The Universe of the Template:armaSeries		Template:armaSeries
Abbreviated	PMC	Private Military Company Private Military Contractors		IRL
Unique Term	ION, Inc,	A fictional PMC in Armaverse		Template:armaSeries
Abbreviated	FOB	Forward Operation Base		IRL
Abbreviated	CIWS	Close In Weapon System	Weapon system to destroy enemy aircraft/missiles to defend ally fleets	IRL
Abbreviated	VLS	Vertical Launch System	Weapon system to launch missiles vertically from fleets	IRL
Abbreviated	CBRN	Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear		IRL