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Offline Raven3

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Names/Acronyms
« on: June 23, 2014, 10:09:03 AM »
Is there a list anywhere? What is a "Warbbel?"
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Re: Names/Acronyms
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2014, 10:12:54 AM »
Is there a list anywhere? What is a "Warbbel?"
A list? Hardly any official one. Warbbel is probably a misspelled Wirbbel, the German Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind".
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Re: Names/Acronyms
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2014, 01:32:51 PM »
Best thing is let the community know which words or acronyms u need clarification for. The answers are out there.

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Re: Names/Acronyms
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2014, 07:12:04 PM »
Fh is fighter hanger
Bh is bomber hanger
Vh is vehicle hanger
Dora is 190 d
Ponie is p51b

There is more I can't think of them atm will look into it when I get off work.

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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2014, 08:29:06 PM »
Zeke = A6M
Niki or George = N1K2-J
Oscar = Ki-43
Tony = Ki-61
Frank = Ki-84
Betty = G4M
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2014, 08:55:33 PM »

Ponie is p51b

"Pony" pretty much applies to all the P-51 models, not just the B.

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Offline f35raptor

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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2014, 09:04:01 PM »
"Pony" pretty much applies to all the P-51 models, not just the B.

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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2014, 04:22:00 PM »
Deuce - Me262
Kafurt - 109K
Emil - 109E
Francis/France - 109F
Butcher Bird - 190A8
La-la/F$&@"!$-La-la - La7

Egg - bomb
Cookie - big bomb (4k)
Feet dry/wet - have transitioned from land/ocean to the other.
Kicking dirt - troops are entering the map room
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Offline Raven3

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Re: Names/Acronyms
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2014, 08:53:25 AM »
Thanks guys, all very helpful.
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Re: Names/Acronyms
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2014, 09:44:15 AM »
Goon - C47
Drunks - Troops
SB - Shore Battery
Balls to the wall -  Full Throttle
Taters -  Cannon shells
DILLIGAF - Do I look like I give a f£&^
NOE - nap of the earth (low level attack below radar)
Dar - radar
Dar ring - extent of radar coverage
DarBar- icon in corner of map grid showing relative strengths of enemy/friendly aircraft
PPPPPPP - Proper preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance
SSSSSM - Shape, shine, shadow, silhouette, spacing, movement
PRESAR - Preparation, Reaction to EEF, Enemy (locate), Suppressing the Enemy, Attack, Re-Org.

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