Imperial Guard Slang and Battle-Cant

Imperial Guard Slang

The vast variety of Regiments in the Prosperitas Crusade has given rise to individual formats of slang that are spoken within certain regiments and not used elsewhere in the Imperium. Some of the more interesting examples of slang words and phrases used by different Imperial Guard regiments of the Loyal One Hundred are listed beneath:

Universal

• Tread Frakker - a crude name for a series of small man-portable single-use missile tubes so named because they are designed primarily to cripple the primary motive drives of vehicles rather than have an impact on armour.

Imperial Guard Battle Cant

Battle Cant is the collective name for the series of abbreviated words and combinations of initials used fairly universally by the Imperial Guard in the field of battle, this is a near-universal sub-language spoken by the Guard that confounds most who are not accustomed to hearing it but cuts across the language barriers that occur when Guard regiments operate together who don't share the same low-gothic dialects.

Objects & Places

ALPHA – a location target of interest

AMMO – ammunition

AO – Area of Operations

ARMR – Armoured vehicles

ARTY – Artillery

Black forces – organised crime / rebels

Blue forces – friendly

BRAVO – a human or Xenos target of interest

CHARLIE – a vehicle or Voidship target of interest

COMD – command(er)

CSUP – Combat Supplies

DET – Detonator

EF – Enemy Forces

ELMS – Elements

EN – enemy

EQPT – Equipment

FF – Friendly Forces

FRAG – fragmentation grenade or ammunition

G1 – personnel and Commissariat

G2 – intelligence

G3 – operations

G4 – logistics & sustainment

G5 – plans

G6 – communications / vox

G7 – training

G8 – Munitorum requests, finance & procurement

G9 – doctrine & spiritual guidance

GD or GRD – Ground

Green forces – local/allied security forces (such as PDF or Arbites)

HE – High Explosive

HQ – Headquarters

HVT – High Value Target

IDF – Indirect Fire (mortars/rockets/artillery)

INS – Insurgent/Insurgency

INT – intelligence

IVO – in the vicinity of

K – over

KLE – key leader engagement

L – attached to a time, this means “local time”

LOC – lines of communication

LOGS – logistics

LZ – Landing zone

MSG – Message

O Gp – Orders Group, a meeting where a commander delivers their orders to subordinates

Pl – Platoon (usually between 15 and 40 Guard soldiers, depending on the Regiment)

PRI – Priority

Ptl – Patrol

QRF – Quick Reaction Force

RATS – rations

Red forces – enemy

RF – Red Forces or Rising Flame

SANGAR – a small fortified firing position

SECT – section, a squad of 4-10 soldiers

SLS – Shuttle landing site

SMK – smoke

SML – small

SQEP – Suitably Qualified & Equipped Personnel

TAC – tactical headquarters

TPT – transport

TRN – terrain

VEH – vehicle

WF – White Forces

White forces – local civilians

WTR – water

ZERO – the head / commander of a vox net

Medicae Cant

CAS – casualty

CASREP – Casualty Report

CAT1 – a seriously wounded casualty requiring immediate medicae treatment

CAT2 – a non-walking casualty

CAT3 – walking wounded

CAT4 – unsalvageable casualty requiring the Emperor’s Peace

EMBUREP – Emergency Burial Report

FA – First Aid

NKA – No Known Allergies

NOCHEM – No standard Medicae chemicals

NOPEN – No Standard Antibiotics

NOSYN – No Synthskin

NOTICAS – notification of casualty’s relatives/loved ones

SUS – Sustainment or Life Support

Vox Commands/Phrases

+ – out

ACK – acknowledge

ACK/AUTH – I have understood your request and approve it; proceed

ASS’D – Assessed

AUTH – authenticate, or approve

COMPLETE – all troops/equipment in one location

DE – This Is

DET – detail (“Grd in Det” = Ground in Detail)

H – Hello

I READBACK – I am reading back your last message to verify

LOCSTAT – location

MEANS – method of communication (“These Means” = this vox channel)

PIR – Priority Intelligence Requirement

RADIO CHECK – are you hearing this message?

REPLENDEM – Replenishment demand

RGR – roger

RIP – Relief-in-place

Rpt – Report

RTB – Return(ed) To Base

SITREP – Situation Report

RFI – Request for Information

SYM – Send Your Message

VERIFY – read back the contents of the message I have just sent

VOX CHECK – as RADIO CHECK

W – wait

WNGO / WGO – warning order

Additional Words and Phrases

CAP – capability

COG – centre of gravity

COIN – Counter-Insurgency

CQA – close quarter attack / assassination

LOE – Limit of Exploitation

RECCE – reconnaissance

SA – Situational Awareness

STR – Strength

STRAT – strategic

TTPs – Tactics, Techniques & Procedures

Vis – Visibility

VULN – vulnerable / vulnerability