Slang

This page covers some of the slang used in game in both text chat and voice comms. This list should help new players to understand what's going on when people talk about certain things within the game.

Slang

Slang Term	Game Term	Link/Description
AC	Armored Car	Armored Car
AT	Anti-Tank	Anti-Tank rifles, guns and mines are more effective against armored targets.
ATAC	Anti-Tank Armored Car	T5 "Percutio"
ATHT	Anti-Tank Half-track	Niska Mk. 2 Blinder
LTD	Light Tank Destroyer	H-10 "Pelekys"
ATR	Anti-Tank Rifle	Anti-Tank Rifle
BEL	-	Behind Enemy Lines
Binos/Binocs	Binoculars	Binoculars
Bmats	Basic Materials	Basic Materials
BoB/BB	Bunker Base	Bunker Base or Bunker Operation Base
Booze/Flask	Anti-Tank Grenade	BF5 White Ash Flask Grenade
BS/Bsups	Bunker Supplies	Bunker Supplies
BT	Battle Tank	Battle Tank
CG	Coastal Gun	Coastal Gun
Cooking	Manufacturing	Usually said when a player has already started producing something in a factory and is waiting for it to be finished.
Cmats	Concrete Materials	Concrete Materials
CLIT	Colonial Light Infantry Tank	Colonial Light Infantry Tank
CV	Construction Vehicle	Construction Vehicle
EAT	Emplaced Anti-Tank	68mm Anti-Tank Cannon
Emats	Explosive Materials	Explosive Materials
eta	Est. time of arrival	Generally used by logistic drivers who are giving an update on their drop offs
FA	Field Artillery	Field Artillery
Fac	Factory	Used to refer to multiple factories at once, or a shorten version of any building that produces items. e.g. "is shirt fac up?", "How many facs need building at (so and so)"
FAT	Field AT Gun	Field AT Gun
FMG	Field Machine Gun	Field Machine Gun
Flat / Flatbed	Flatbed Truck	The Driver of a Flatbed Truck. "Flat needed in deadlands"
FOB	Forward Operations Base	see also Outpost
Front	-	The "front" means the area(s) of the map where most of the hostilities are currently happening between the factions e.g. where the other faction is trying to gain territory from the other faction.
GB	Gunboat	Gunboat
Ghouse	Garrisoned house	Garrisoned house
GS/Gsups	Garrison Supplies	Garrison Supplies
HAC	Heavy Armored Car	O'Brien v.101 Freeman
HE	High Explosive	High Explosive rounds, shells and grenades are more effective against structures and vehicles.
Hemats/HMats	Heavy Explosive Materials	Heavy Explosive Materials
howi	Howitzer	Howitzer
HT	Half-Track	Half-Track
HTD	Destroyer Tank	A Heavy Tank Destroyer. Currently only Noble Widow MK. XIV
ISG	Infantry Support Gun	Infantry Support Gun
Logi	-	Logi can mean: (a) the role of a Logistics Officer i.e. any player(s) that are mostly concentrating their efforts on transporting items around the map for other players (b) the concentrated effort of all players doing the same (e.g. "where is logi, we need XXX here" - would not refer to any player per se, rather all the players doing deliveries)
LUV	Light Utility Vehicle	Light Utility Vehicle
MG	Machine Gun	Machine Gun
MHT / MTHT	Mortar Half-Track	HH-d "Peltast"
Mixer	Concrete Mixer	Concrete Mixer
MLT / MT	Light Tank	Mortar Light Tank Devitt-Caine MK-IV MMR
MPF	Mass Production Factory	Mass Production Factory
MPT	Mass Production Tank	Assault Tank 85K-b "Falchion"
nade	Grenade	Frag Grenade / High Explosive Grenade / Green Ash
Noot	-	Neutral player or clan. Ex. "Are you noot?"
Nuke / V2	Ballistic Rocket	Rockets that can be launched by players from the Rocket Launch Site.
OBS / Obs	Observation Tower	Observation Tower
omw	-	"on my way" Informs about traveling to certain location.
push / pushing	-	Push/Pushing means basically that either faction is concentrating forces and attacking the other faction in a relatively limited area of the map.
QM	Quarter Master	A player-generated "role" or concept within the game. The QM is responsible for centrally manufacturing items such as weapons and tools and organizing logistics (deliveries) of the items for his faction. The role is not defined within foxhole, it's rather META and generally used within clans or events. Most games will not have a QM but if one is present respect the role even if you do not work them.
QRF	-	The QRF or Quick Reaction Force is a highly mobile group of players patrolling logi routes and countering partisans.
RB	Relic Base	Relic Base
RDZ	Rapid Decay Zone	Decay within 150m from a border is not preventable and happens faster
Rmats	Refined Materials	Refined Materials
Satchel	Alligator Charge / Satchel Charge
SC	Storm Cannon	Storm Cannon
Scrapper	-	A player that is concentrating his efforts in producing raw materials e.g. mining Salvage or Components, either storing it locally in boxes near the source for other players to pick it up (usually) or also transporting it to the Refinery and refining it (rarely).
shirts / SS	Soldier Supplies	S. Supplies
SH	Safe house / Silverhand	Safe house / Warden Assault Tank Silverhand - Mk. IV
SR	Assault Rifle	Originated from game's only Assault Rifle, the Aalto Storm Rifle 24 , now used also for Booker Storm Rifle Model 838 and "Dusk" ce.III
Sticky	Sticky Bomb	Sticky Bomb
ST	Scout Tank	Scout Tank
SV / SVH	Silverhand	Warden Assault Tank Silverhand - Mk. IV
Tech	Iron or Aluminium	A resource used to advance the technology level of a faction through and Engineering Center
TH	Town Hall	Town Hall
VP	Victory Point	Capital of a region that counts towards War victory conditions.
WC	World Conquest	Not often talked about for playing purposes but commonly used when players are discussing the World Conquest map
WT	Watchtower	Watchtower

External Links

• Common Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Slang by Simplicity and samara