Post by 2nd Bat on Apr 9, 2014 14:47:37 GMT -5
The military has always loved Acronyms (letters from a phrase that form a word and shorten the sentence while conveying the idea). For each of the following WW2 acronyms say what the acronym stands for:
A.W.O.L.*. Volks got it. ( Absent Without Leave)
S.O.P. Kilroysbro got it. (Standard Operating Procedure)
C.Q. Volks! Charge of Quarters
E.P.W. Volks again! ENEMY Prisoner of War. (So as not to be confused with a POW)
S.N.A.F.U. Shifty got it. (Situation Normal, all Fouled Up). Or something like that!
F.E.B.A. Volks! Forward Edge of the Battle Area. Noted on a map overlay with a line and a circle w/ an "X" in the center at both ends
M.L.R. volks is the man! (Main Line of Resistance)
E.T.O. *brownien ( European Theater of Operations). The PTO was the Pacific, the MTO was the Mediteranean
E.T.A. * Brownian. ( Estimate Time of Departure)
R.O.T.C. Actually Reserve Officer Training CORP
S.H.A.E.F. * Brownien. ( Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). headquarters for all of Europe
O.C.S * Brownien. (Officers Candidate School)
CnC
GHQ. Bloodnguts got it (General Headquarters)
P.O.L. Volks got it. (Petrol, Oil, and Lubricants). Usually used to describe a depot
F.O. Volks! (Forward Observer). I thought this one would be grabbed right away. The Forward Observer was typically an artillery Lt attached to a front line Infantry, Armor or Scout/ Cav unit with a direct comms to a dedicated artillery element. WW2 was also the first use of "FACs ". ("Forward Air Controllers) who guided fighter bombers and were typically fighter pilots themselves. Their presence on the ground greatly improved their ability to support ground troops when they went back into their planes.
M.I.A. shifty got it (Missing in Action)
H.O.R. Volks, You da man! (Home of record, where a person came from)
N.M.I. also Volks. ( No middle intitial). When a soldier had none the space that would include the middle name instead had "NMI" This phrase was sometimes included as a roster was called out.
LST. Kilroysbro ( Landing Ship Tank). Also as Volks pointed out jokingly nicknamed a "Long, Slow Target"
LCVP. kilroysbro. ( Landing craft, vehicles and personnel)
T.R.P. Volks again! Target Reference Point. these would be pre established and greatly facilitated speed when calling in artillery while maintaining security.
G.M.C. (Gun motor carriage,). thanks Volks!
L.O.D. volks got it (Line of Departure). This is an especially helpful phrase for our hobby as when setting up a mission phase you can establish an LOD as part of your brief where everything is full on tactical beyond that point. It maybe a treeline, trail, ridge, creek bed etc.
O.R.P. objective Rally Point. Place to gather both just before and immediately after mission execution for a patrol. Allowed for last minute tweaks to the plan and a place to do a final count and decemination of intel before moving back to the LOD. (always return from the ORP via a different route)
O.I.C. Kilroysbro (Officer in Charge)
N.C.O.I.C. Kilroysbro. (Non Commission Officer in Charge)
J.A.G. Volks (Judge Advocate Generals Corp). The legal branch of the Army.
B.O.Q. hint: It was for un married officers. Volks ( Bachelor Officers Quarters)
C.O. * Brownen. (Commanding Officer)
X.O. Actually short for EXECUTIVE OFFICER
P.X. *Volk. (Post Exchange)
M.A.S.H. * Volks was best known from Korea but was a term used in WW2 as well. (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital). A MASH unit was set up at Anzio Beach where a number of nurses received valor metals and purple hearts)
O.P. / L.P. * Volks. (Observation Post/ Listening Post). hairy duty given usually on a rotational basis, typically two men with a field phone.
D.Z. * Brownien ( Drop Zone for paratroopers
M.P. * Brownien ( Military Police). The navys version was SP ( Shore Patrol)
T.O.C. Hint: Its pronounced the "Talk"
F.O.B. * Brownie. (Forward Operating Base). A term very common now in Afghanistan but was used in WW2 usually with regard to logistical bases or airfeld.
HVAP. Volks ( High Velocity Armored Piercing). It was rare that US tanks engaged enemy tanks but when they did they dramatically increased their capacity to destroy enemy tanks by firing HVAP rounds. The rounds had considerably greater capacity to penetrate enemy armor which was often too dense and thick to allow US tanks to effect them at all but extremely short ranges and typically even with HVAP rounds the Allied tanks had to aim at the sides or rear of German tanks to succeed. There were a few "Silver Bullet" rounds called HVAPDS rounds which were High Velocity Armored Piercing Discharging Sabot which had an outer shroud that surrounded an extremly dense "dart" that generated even greater inertia and penetrating power. seldom however were these rounds available to alled tankers as they were typically reserved for the Tank Destroyers
HE. Volks (High Explosive). The vast vast majority of tank, main gun rounds fired were High Explosive rounds fired from tanks at Infantry targets. A huge argument against the 76mm tank gun made available to our Shermans in 1944 and significantly more effective against German armor was that the 76mm HE round was no where near as effective as the 75mm HE round. So much so that Patton refused to accept any of the improved 76mm tanks until he got to the continent and discovered that the 75mm tank round was almost competely impotent against the Panther and Tigers they had to face. The belief within the Army was that the Panther was a heavy tank that like the TIGER would be rarely encountered. They also wrongly believed the HVAP round from the 75mm could penetrate the frontal armor of Panthers at typical combat ranges.
DP. Displaced Person. My father spoke often about the tragically pathetic "DPs" that were everywhere throughout Europe.
some are much harder then others but all were (and many still are) used. Hint: many of them were said by simply saying the letters themselves while other combined the letters and were said as a word. Still some were referred to both ways. (AWALL or A-W-O-L) ( "Rotsee" or R-O-T-C)
A.W.O.L.*. Volks got it. ( Absent Without Leave)
S.O.P. Kilroysbro got it. (Standard Operating Procedure)
C.Q. Volks! Charge of Quarters
E.P.W. Volks again! ENEMY Prisoner of War. (So as not to be confused with a POW)
S.N.A.F.U. Shifty got it. (Situation Normal, all Fouled Up). Or something like that!
F.E.B.A. Volks! Forward Edge of the Battle Area. Noted on a map overlay with a line and a circle w/ an "X" in the center at both ends
M.L.R. volks is the man! (Main Line of Resistance)
E.T.O. *brownien ( European Theater of Operations). The PTO was the Pacific, the MTO was the Mediteranean
E.T.A. * Brownian. ( Estimate Time of Departure)
R.O.T.C. Actually Reserve Officer Training CORP
S.H.A.E.F. * Brownien. ( Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force). headquarters for all of Europe
O.C.S * Brownien. (Officers Candidate School)
CnC
GHQ. Bloodnguts got it (General Headquarters)
P.O.L. Volks got it. (Petrol, Oil, and Lubricants). Usually used to describe a depot
F.O. Volks! (Forward Observer). I thought this one would be grabbed right away. The Forward Observer was typically an artillery Lt attached to a front line Infantry, Armor or Scout/ Cav unit with a direct comms to a dedicated artillery element. WW2 was also the first use of "FACs ". ("Forward Air Controllers) who guided fighter bombers and were typically fighter pilots themselves. Their presence on the ground greatly improved their ability to support ground troops when they went back into their planes.
M.I.A. shifty got it (Missing in Action)
H.O.R. Volks, You da man! (Home of record, where a person came from)
N.M.I. also Volks. ( No middle intitial). When a soldier had none the space that would include the middle name instead had "NMI" This phrase was sometimes included as a roster was called out.
LST. Kilroysbro ( Landing Ship Tank). Also as Volks pointed out jokingly nicknamed a "Long, Slow Target"
LCVP. kilroysbro. ( Landing craft, vehicles and personnel)
T.R.P. Volks again! Target Reference Point. these would be pre established and greatly facilitated speed when calling in artillery while maintaining security.
G.M.C. (Gun motor carriage,). thanks Volks!
L.O.D. volks got it (Line of Departure). This is an especially helpful phrase for our hobby as when setting up a mission phase you can establish an LOD as part of your brief where everything is full on tactical beyond that point. It maybe a treeline, trail, ridge, creek bed etc.
O.R.P. objective Rally Point. Place to gather both just before and immediately after mission execution for a patrol. Allowed for last minute tweaks to the plan and a place to do a final count and decemination of intel before moving back to the LOD. (always return from the ORP via a different route)
O.I.C. Kilroysbro (Officer in Charge)
N.C.O.I.C. Kilroysbro. (Non Commission Officer in Charge)
J.A.G. Volks (Judge Advocate Generals Corp). The legal branch of the Army.
B.O.Q. hint: It was for un married officers. Volks ( Bachelor Officers Quarters)
C.O. * Brownen. (Commanding Officer)
X.O. Actually short for EXECUTIVE OFFICER
P.X. *Volk. (Post Exchange)
M.A.S.H. * Volks was best known from Korea but was a term used in WW2 as well. (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital). A MASH unit was set up at Anzio Beach where a number of nurses received valor metals and purple hearts)
O.P. / L.P. * Volks. (Observation Post/ Listening Post). hairy duty given usually on a rotational basis, typically two men with a field phone.
D.Z. * Brownien ( Drop Zone for paratroopers
M.P. * Brownien ( Military Police). The navys version was SP ( Shore Patrol)
T.O.C. Hint: Its pronounced the "Talk"
F.O.B. * Brownie. (Forward Operating Base). A term very common now in Afghanistan but was used in WW2 usually with regard to logistical bases or airfeld.
HVAP. Volks ( High Velocity Armored Piercing). It was rare that US tanks engaged enemy tanks but when they did they dramatically increased their capacity to destroy enemy tanks by firing HVAP rounds. The rounds had considerably greater capacity to penetrate enemy armor which was often too dense and thick to allow US tanks to effect them at all but extremely short ranges and typically even with HVAP rounds the Allied tanks had to aim at the sides or rear of German tanks to succeed. There were a few "Silver Bullet" rounds called HVAPDS rounds which were High Velocity Armored Piercing Discharging Sabot which had an outer shroud that surrounded an extremly dense "dart" that generated even greater inertia and penetrating power. seldom however were these rounds available to alled tankers as they were typically reserved for the Tank Destroyers
HE. Volks (High Explosive). The vast vast majority of tank, main gun rounds fired were High Explosive rounds fired from tanks at Infantry targets. A huge argument against the 76mm tank gun made available to our Shermans in 1944 and significantly more effective against German armor was that the 76mm HE round was no where near as effective as the 75mm HE round. So much so that Patton refused to accept any of the improved 76mm tanks until he got to the continent and discovered that the 75mm tank round was almost competely impotent against the Panther and Tigers they had to face. The belief within the Army was that the Panther was a heavy tank that like the TIGER would be rarely encountered. They also wrongly believed the HVAP round from the 75mm could penetrate the frontal armor of Panthers at typical combat ranges.
DP. Displaced Person. My father spoke often about the tragically pathetic "DPs" that were everywhere throughout Europe.
some are much harder then others but all were (and many still are) used. Hint: many of them were said by simply saying the letters themselves while other combined the letters and were said as a word. Still some were referred to both ways. (AWALL or A-W-O-L) ( "Rotsee" or R-O-T-C)