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This is a list of commonly used in-universe acronyms, that you will see on in the BattleTech universe and on BattleTechWiki. Acronyms are types of abbreviations (for which we have separated into this other page). Specifically:

“ An acronym is a word formed by abbreviating a phrase by combining certain letters of words in the phrase (often the first initial of each) into a single term.

Common examples of acronyms include NASA (an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and FOMO (a slang acronym for fear of missing out). The word scuba comes from an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Although acronym is sometimes used generally to refer to any term formed from this kind of abbreviation, it typically refers to ones that can be pronounced as a word. This is sometimes contrasted with an initialism.

What’s the difference between an acronym and an initialism?

Initialism is sometimes used as a synonym for acronym, but most technically it refers to an abbreviation in which each initial is pronounced separately (instead of pronouncing them together as a single word, as in scuba or NASA). For example, FBI is an initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation; TMI is an initialism of too much information.

Acronyms are often associated with their use in certain fields that use a lot of technical terms, like science, tech, and the military. But they’re popular in all kinds of contexts since they’re an easy way to make long phrases much shorter.

Example: STEM is an acronym that stands for “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.”[1]

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A[edit]

AB
Artillery Battalion.[2][3]
ABY
Artillery Battery.[2][3]
AG
Artillery Group or Armored Grenadiers.[2][3]
AC
Autocannon or Armored Cavalry Regiment.[2][3]
ACR
Armored Cavalry Regiment.[2][3]
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.[2][3]
AIV
Arrow IV.
AMC
Alliance Military Corps or Allied Mercenary Command.
AMS
Anti-missile system.
AP
Anti-Personnel[4] or Armor-Piercing[5]
APC
Armored Personnel Carrier.
APM
Alarion Province Militia.
AR
Armor Regiment.[2][3]
ARR
Armored Regiment.[2][3]
ARTM
Arc-Royal Theater Militia.
ASF
Aerospace fighter.
ATM
Advanced Tactical Missile.
ATR
Artillery Regiment.[2][3]

B[edit]

BAB
Battle-Armor Battalion.[2][3]
BAP
Beagle Active Probe.
BDA
Battle Damage Assessment computer.
BPM
Bolan Province Militia.
BuPM
Alarion Province Militia.[6]
BUU
Bannson Universal Unlimited.

C[edit]

C3
A communications network linking multiple units, it stands for "Command/Control/Communications".[7]
CA
Combat Auxiliary.[2][3]
CAG
Collective Armed Guards.
CAAN
Cavalry, Armored, Aerospace and Naval.
CASE
Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment.
CCAF
Capellan Confederation Armed Forces.
CDF
Convoy Defense Force.
CPM
Coventry Province Militia or Calderon Protectorate Military.
CMM
Capellan March Militia.
CMR
Commando Regiment.[2][3]
CR
Cavalry Regiment.[2][3]
CrMM
Crucis March Militia.
CTM
Cavanaugh Theater Militia.

D[edit]

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[edit]

ECCM
Electronic counter-countermeasures.
ECM
Electronic countermeasures.
EI
Enhanced Imaging.
ELH
Eridani Light Horse.
ER
Extended range.
EW
Electronic Warfare.

F[edit]

FASCAM
Field Artillery Scatterable Mines[8] or Field Artillery Scatterable Munitions.[9]
FC
Federated Commonwealth.
FCCW
FedCom Civil War.
FCIS
Federated Commonwealth Intelligence Secretariat.
FCS
Fire-Control System[10] or Federated Commonwealth Ship.[11]
FF
Ferro-fibrous armor.
FFF
Federated Fast Food Restaurants (pronounced "Triple-F").
FM
Field Manual.
FPF
Federated Peacekeeping Forces.
FR
Force Recon.[2][3]
FRR
Free Rasalhague Republic.
FWLM
Free Worlds League Military.

G[edit]

GDL
Gray Death Legion.
GM
General Motors.

H[edit]

HA
Heavy Armor.[2][3]
HAF
Hegemony Armed Forces.
HAG
Hyper-Assault Gauss Rifle.
HAR
Heavy Armor Regiment or Heavy Artillery.[2][3]
HBS
Harebrained Schemes.
HDF
Hanseatic Defense Force.
HE
High Explosive.
HI
Heavy Infantry.[2][3]
HIR
Heavy Infantry Regiment.[2][3]
HPG
Hyperpulse Generator.
HSF
Hanseatic Defense Force.

I[edit]

IATM
Improved Advanced Tactical Missile.
ICE
Internal combustion engine.
IE
Interstellar Expeditions.
IFV
Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
IIC
"Two-C", an Inner Sphere designation[12] 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.[2][3]
ISF
Internal Security Force.

J[edit]

JAG
Judge Advocate General.
JI
Jump Infantry.[2][3]
JIR
Jump Infantry Regiment.[2][3]
JJ
Jump Jet.

K[edit]

K-F
Kearny-Fuchida, usually referring to the Kearny-Fuchida Drive.

L[edit]

LA
Light Armor.[2][3]
LAAF
Lyran Alliance Armed Forces.
LAM
Land-Air BattleMech.
LAMS
Laser Anti-Missile System.
LAR
Light Armor Regiment.[2][3]
LAW
Luthien Armor Works.
LB-X AC
LB-X Autocannon.
LCAF
Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces.
LCCC
League Central Coordination and Command.
LCT
Light Combat Team.
LI
Light Infantry.[2][3]
LIC
Lyran Intelligence Corps.
LIR
Light Infantry Regiment.[2][3]
LRM
Long Range Missile.
LRT
Long Range Torpedo.
LT
Light Tank.[2][3]

M[edit]

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.[2][3]
MHAF
Marian Hegemony Armed Forces.
MI
Mechanized Infantry.[2][3]
MIIO
Ministry of Information, Intelligence, and Operations.
MIR
Mechanized Infantry Regiment.[2][3]
MG
Machine Gun or Mounted Grenadiers.[2][3]
MGA
Machine Gun Array.
MIM
Magistracy Intelligence Ministry.
MML
Multi-Missile Launcher.
MMRP
Military Materiel Redemption Program.
MPR
Military Police Regiment.[2][3]
MR
Mechanized Rifles.[2][3]
MRB
Mercenary Review Board.
MRBC
Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission.
MRM
Medium Range Missile.
MRT
Mechanized Regiment.[2][3]
MTM
Melissia Theater Militia.
MTR
Motorized Regiment.[2][3]

N[edit]

NAC
Naval Autocannon.
NAIS
New Avalon Institute of Science.
NAC
Naval Laser.
NPPC
Naval Particle Projector Cannon.

O[edit]

O5P
Order of Five Pillars.
OAI
Outworlds Alliance Intelligence.

P[edit]

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.
PIK
Personal Identification Key.[13]
PMM
Periphery March Militia.
PPC
Particle Projector Cannon.
PR
Panzer Regiment.[2][3]

R[edit]

RAC
Rotary Autocannon.
RAF
Republic Armed Forces.
RAG
Rocket-Assisted Grenade.[14]
RAT
Random Assignment Table.
RCT
Regimental Combat Team.
RDF
Regional Defense Force.
RG(s)
Recognition Guide(s).
RISC
Republic Institute of Strategic Combat.
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.[2][3]
RWA
Rim Worlds Army.
RWR
Rim Worlds Republic.

S[edit]

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."[15]
SDS
Space Defense System.
SHDL
Solaris Home Defense League.
SIMC
St. Ives Military Command.
SLDF
Star League Defense Force.
SR
Scout Regiment.[2][3]
SRM
Short Range Missile.
SRT
Short Range Torpedo.

T[edit]

T&T
Targeting-tracking system.
TA
Terran Alliance.
TDF
Taurian Defense Force.
TDS
Transit Disorientation Syndrome.
TH
Terran Hegemony.
TIC
Target Interlock Circuit.
TMI
Taurian Ministry of Intelligence.
TO&E
Table of Organization and Equipment.
TOR
Tactical Operations Room.
TR
Tank Regiment.[2][3]
TRO(s)
Technical Readout(s).
TSEMP
Tight-Stream Electro-Magnetic Pulse.
TSM
Triple Strength Myomer.
TST
Terran Standard Time or Terran Synchronized Time.
TTM
Timbuktu Theater Militia.

U[edit]

UAC
Ultra Autocannon.
UHC
United Hindu Collective.

V[edit]

VEST
Vining Engineering and Salvage Team.
VSP
Variable Speed Pulse Laser.
VTOL
Vertical TakeOff and Landing.

W[edit]

WiGE
Wing in Ground Effect.
WMD(s)
Weapon(s) of Mass Destruction.
WOB
Word of Blake.

X[edit]

XL
Extra-Light.[16]
XXL
Extra-Extra-Light.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "What is an acronym?". dictionary.com. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  2. ↑ 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: Federated Suns, p. 44: "Standard AFFC Nomenclature"
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance p. 43: "Standard LAAF Nomenclature"
  4. ↑ TechManual, p. 218: "Gauss Rifle - Anti-Personnel Gauss Rifle"
  5. ↑ TechManual, p. 208: "Autocannon Munitions - Armor-Piercing Ammunition"
  6. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 105: "Regional Militias"
  7. ↑ TechManual, p. 209: "Improved C3 Computer"
  8. ↑ LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide, p. 36.
  9. ↑ TechManual, p. 231: Thunder LRMs.
  10. ↑ TechManual, p. 207: Artemis IV Fire-Control System.
  11. ↑ Field Manual: Federated Suns, p. 25: "AFFC WarShip Fleet"
  12. ↑ Technical Readout: 3055, p. 92: "Clan BattleMechs"
  13. ↑ Flashpoint, ch. 11
  14. ↑ Combat Equipment, p. 13: "Rocket-Assisted Grenade"
  15. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 121: "SAFE: NIA and the Star League"
  16. ↑ TechManual, p. 36: "Engine - Shielding and Fusion Engine Types".

Bibliography[edit]

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