This is a list of commonly used acronyms and initialisms both in-universe and out-of-universe.
See also: Dictionary and Naval prefixes
A
- AB
- Artillery Battalion.[1][2]
- ABY
- Artillery Battery.[1][2]
- AG
- Artillery Group or Armored Grenadiers.[1][2]
- AC
- Autocannon or Armored Cavalry Regiment.[1][2]
- ACR
- Armored Cavalry Regiment.[1][2]
- ADF
- Andurien Defense Force.
- AFFC
- Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth.
- AFFS
- Armed Forces of the Federated Suns.
- AGM
- Alliance Global Militia.
- AI
- Armored Infantry.[1][2]
- AMC
- Alliance Military Corps or Allied Mercenary Command.
- AMS
- Anti-missile system.
- AP
- Anti-Personnel[3] or Armor-Piercing[4]
- APC
- Armored Personnel Carrier.
- APM
- Alarion Province Militia.
- AR
- Armor Regiment.[1][2]
- ARR
- Armored Regiment.[1][2]
- ARTM
- Arc-Royal Theater Militia.
- ASF
- Aerospace fighter.
- ATM
- Advanced Tactical Missile.
- ATR
- Artillery Regiment.[1][2]
B
- BAB
- Battle-Armor Battalion.[1][2]
- BAP
- Beagle Active Probe.
- BPM
- Bolan Province Militia.
- BuPM
- Alarion Province Militia.[5]
- BUU
- Bannson Universal Unlimited.
C
- C3
- A communications network linking multiple units, it stands for "Command/Control/Communications".[6]
- CA
- Combat Auxiliary.[1][2]
- CAG
- Collective Armed Guards.
- CAAN
- Cavalry, Armored, Aerospace and Naval.
- CASE
- Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment.
- CCAF
- Capellan Confederation Armed Forces.
- CDF
- Convoy Defense Force.
- CGL
- Catalyst Game Labs.
- CPM
- Coventry Province Militia or Calderon Protectorate Military.
- CMM
- Capellan March Militia.
- CMR
- Commando Regiment.[1][2]
- CR
- Cavalry Regiment.[1][2]
- CrMM
- Crucis March Militia.
- CTM
- Cavanaugh Theater Militia.
D
- DCA
- Draconis Combine Admiralty.
- DCMS
- Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery.
- DHS
- Double Heat Sink.
- DMI
- Department of Military Intelligence.
- DMM
- Draconis March Militia.
- DPM
- Donegal Province Militia.
- DQ
- Department of the Quartermaster
E
- ECCM
- Electronic counter-countermeasures.
- ECN
- Electronic countermeasures.
- EI
- Enhanced Imaging.
- Elh
- Eridani Light Horse.
- ER
- Extended range.
- EW
- Electronic Warfare.
F
- FASA
- Freedonia Air and Space Administration.
- FASCAM
- Field Artillery Scatterable Mines[7] or Field Artillery Scatterable Munitions.[8]
- FC
- Federated Commonwealth.
- FC
- FedCom Civil War.
- FCIS
- Federated Commonwealth Intelligence Secretariat.
- FCS
- Fire-Control System[9] or Federated Commonwealth Ship.[10]
- FF
- Ferro-fibrous armor.
- FFF
- Federated Fast Food Restaurants (pronounced "Triple-F").
- FM
- Field Manual.
- FPF
- Federated Peacekeeping Forces.
- FR
- Force Recon.[1][2]
- FRR
- Free Rasalhague Republic.
- FWLM
- Free Worlds League Military.
G
- GDL
- Gray Death Legion.
H
- HA
- Heavy Armor.[1][2]
- HAF
- Hegemony Armed Forces.
- HAG
- Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle.
- HAR
- Heavy Armor Regiment or Heavy Artillery.[1][2]
- HBS
- Harebrained Schemes.
- HDF
- Hanseatic Defense Force.
- HE
- High Explosive.
- HI
- Heavy Infantry.[1][2]
- HIR
- Heavy Infantry Regiment.[1][2]
- HPG
- Hyperpulse Generator.
- HSF
- Hanseatic Defense Force.
I
- IATM
- Improved Advanced Tactical Missile.
- ICE
- Internal combustion engine.
- IE
- Interstellar Expeditions.
- IFV
- Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
- IIC
- "Two-C", an Inner Sphere designation[11] for items of superior Clan technology that have evolved out of certain classic designs or items from which they derive their names.
- INN
- Interstellar News Network.
- IR
- Infantry Regiment.[1][2]
- ISF
- Internal Security Force.
J
- JAG
- Judge Advocate General.
- JI
- Jump Infantry.[1][2]
- JIR
- Jump Infantry Regiment.[1][2]
- JJ
- Jump Jet.
K
- K-F
- Kearny-Fuchida, usually referring to the Kearny-Fuchida Drive.
L
- LA
- Light Armor.[1][2]
- LAAF
- Lyran Alliance Armed Forces.
- LAM
- Land-Air BattleMech.
- LAMS
- Laser Anti-Missile System.
- LAR
- Light Armor Regiment.[1][2]
- LB-X AC
- LB-X Autocannon.
- LCAF
- Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces.
- LCCC
- League Central Coordination and Command.
- LCT
- Light Combat Team.
- LI
- Light Infantry.[1][2]
- LIR
- Light Infantry Regiment.[1][2]
- LRM
- Long Range Missile.
- LRT
- Long Range Torpedo.
- LT
- Light Tank.[1][2]
M
- MAC
- McCarron's Armored Cavalry.
- MAF
- Magistracy Armed Forces.
- MASC
- Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry.
- MASH
- Mobile Auxiliary Surgical Hospital. Alternatively, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
- MDR
- Mounted Rifles.[1][2]
- MHAF
- Marian Hegemony Armed Forces.
- MI
- Mechanized Infantry.[1][2]
- MIIO
- Ministry of Information, Intelligence, and Operations.
- MIR
- Mechanized Infantry Regiment.[1][2]
- MG
- Machine Gun or Mounted Grenadiers.[1][2]
- MGA
- Machine Gun Array.
- MIM
- Magistracy Intelligence Ministry
- MML
- Multi-Missile Launcher.
- MPR
- Military Police Regiment.[1][2]
- MR
- Mechanized Rifles.[1][2]
- MRB
- Mercenary Review Board.
- MRBC
- Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission.
- MRM
- Medium Range Missile.
- MRT
- Mechanized Regiment.[1][2]
- MTM
- Melissia Theater Militia.
- MTR
- Motorized Regiment.[1][2]
- MW:DA or MWDA
- MechWarrior: Dark Age.
N
- NAC
- Naval Autocannon.
- NAIS
- New Avalon Institute of Science.
- NAC
- Naval Laser.
- NPPC
- Naval Particle Projector Cannon.
O
- O5P
- Order of Five Pillars.
P
- PBI
- A MechWarrior's acronym for "Poor Bloody Infantry", those forced to fight without a 'Mech or other vehicle. Often crushed underfoot, toasted with Flamers, or riddled with Machine Gun bullets by amused pilots; PBIs fight back with shoulder-launched SRMs, Inferno missiles, hand Flamers, and satchel charges.
- PDZ
- Polymorphous Defense Zone.
- PGC
- Provisional Garrison Cluster.
- PGI
- Piranha Games Inc..
- PMM
- Periphery March Militia.
- PPC
- Particle Projector Cannon.
- PR
- Panzer Regiment.[1][2]
R
- RAC
- Rotary Autocannon.
- RAF
- Republic Armed Forces.
- RAT
- Random Assignment Table.
- RCT
- Inner Sphere military structure#Regimental Combat Team.
- RDF
- Regional Defense Force.
- RG(s)
- Recognition Guide(s).
- RL
- Rocket Launcher.
- ROM
- ComStar's internal and external security force. The meaning of the acronym "ROM" has been lost to time.
- RotS
- Republic of the Sphere.
- RR
- Recon Regiment.[1][2]
- RWA
- Rim Worlds Army.
- RWR
- Rim Worlds Republic.
S
- S7
- Solaris VII.
- SAFE
- The intelligence agency of the Free Worlds League. The meaning of the acronym "SAFE" had been described as "an obscure phrase in a forgotten language, the meaning of which has been lost."[12]
- SDS
- Space Defense System.
- SIMC
- St. Ives Military Command.
- SLDF
- Star League Defense Force.
- SR
- Scout Regiment.[1][2]
- SRM
- Short Range Missile.
- SRT
- Short Range Torpedo.
T
- T&T
- Targeting-tracking system.
- TA
- Terran Alliance.
- TDF
- Taurian Defense Force.
- TH
- Terran Hegemony.
- TO&E
- Table of Organization and Equipment.
- TR
- Tank Regiment.[1][2]
- TRO(s)
- Technical Readout(s).
- TSM
- Triple Strength Myomer.
- TST
- Terran Standard Time or Terran Synchronized Time.
- TTM
- Timbuktu Theater Militia.
- TtS
- Touring the Stars.
U
- UAC
- Ultra Autocannon.
- UHC
- United Hindu Collective.
V
- VSP
- Variable Speed Pulse Laser.
- VTOL
- Vertical TakeOff and Landing.
W
- WMD(s)
- Weapon(s) of Mass Destruction.
- WOB
- Word of Blake.
- WWE
- Worldwide Events, event scenarios run by the Catalyst Demo Team.
X
- XL
- Extra-Light.[13]
- XL
- Extra-Extra-Light.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 44: "Standard AFFC Nomenclature"
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance p. 43: "Standard LAAF Nomenclature"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 218: "Gauss Rifle - Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifle"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 208: "Autocannon Munitions - Armor-Piercing Ammunition"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 105: "Regional Militias"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 209: "Improved C3 Computer"
- ↑ LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide, p. 36.
- ↑ TechManual, p. 231: Thunder LRMs.
- ↑ TechManual, p. 207: Artemis IV Fire-Control System.
- ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 25: "AFFC WarShip Fleet"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3055, p. 92: "Clan BattleMechs"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 121: "SAFE: NIA and the Star League"
- ↑ TechManual, p. 36: "Engine - Shielding and Fusion Engine Types".