Lance Jackass Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Righty ho then. Im hoping that this will solve the problem of geardoes speaking in seemingly another language to other airsofters. Basically ive tried my best to cover every abreviation or tradenames in common gear usage, no definitions yet. Please help me add to the list. ALICE Blackhawk BUIS CBA EBS Eotech Liberators MAS MOLLE NVG PLCE Peltor RAS RAV RIS SAAV Weesatch And as you can see theres jack all there... So help me out guys. Chip in please. Cheers LJ Link to post Share on other sites
HaVoC Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Blackhawk - Blackhawk Industries, and over-rated gear manufacturer BUIS - Back-Up Iron Sight CBA - <something> Body Armour EBS - Emergency Back-up Sight (I think) Eotech - Sexy red-dot 'holographic' sight Liberators - Noise-cancelling ear defenders with radio mic, made by TCI MOLLE - US-standard attachment system, not sure what it stands for though NVG - Night Vision Goggles PLCE - British-standard pouch attachment system, again I don't know what it stands for Peltor - Makers or the 'Commtac' and other electronic ear defenders RAS - Rail Attachment System RAV - Releasable Assault Vest, usually made by Paraclete but used as a general term as well RIS - Rail Integrated System (I think...) SAAV - South African Assault Vest - a popular assualt vest design now ripped off by cheap manufacturers Weesatch - Modular vest/plate carrier system made by High Speed Gear Industries Link to post Share on other sites
tom1989 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 webtex-british made company supplying regulars, ta and cadets Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Jackass Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Apart from i didnt write those definitions..... Seriously im looking at trying to get a propper list together now as the last one failed. Maybe something stickyabble. Link to post Share on other sites
PariahWolf Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 PLCE-Personal Load carrying Equipment Cheers Pariah :sheep: Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Jackass Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 BCB- suppliers of british style equipment Blackhawk - Blackhawk Industries, an over-rated gear manufacturer BUIS - Back-Up Iron Sight CBA - Combat Body Armour EBS - Emergency Battle sight Eotech - THE red-dot 'holographic' sight Highlander- suppliers of british style equipment Liberators - Noise-cancelling ear defenders with radio mic, made by TCI MOLLE - US-standard attachment system, not sure what it stands for though NVG - Night Vision Goggles PLCE - British-standard pouch attachment system, Personal Load Carrying Equipment Peltor - Makers or the 'Commtac' and other electronic ear defenders RAS - Rail Attachment System RAV - Releasable Assault Vest, usually made by Paraclete but used as a general term as well RIS - Rail Integrated System (I think...) SAAV - South African Assault Vest - a popular assualt vest design now ripped off by cheap manufacturers SUSAT- Sight unit, small arms, tritium SUIT- Sight unit, infantry, tritium? Webtex- suppliers of bad quality british style equipment, mainly aimed at cadets Wyvern- suppliers of british army style assault vest Weesatch - Modular vest/plate carrier system made by High Speed Gear Industries Im trying not to go into weapons abbreviations but i guess sight units are okay. Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 - BALCS = body armor/ load carriage system - CIRAS = Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System - FFD = first field dressing - IBA = Interceptor body armor - MBSS = Maritime Ballistic Survival System - MLCS = ? - SAPI = Small Arms Protection Inserts - TAG = Tactical Assault Gear - UMP (not the gun) = universal mag pouch - CB = coyote brown - OD = olive drab - Tan = tan colour - 6004 = holster series made by safariland *EDIT* explained abbreviations Link to post Share on other sites
tom fahey Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 CIRAS - eagles version of the RAV 6004 - pistol holster Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Jackass Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 FFD- first field dressing? TACBE- Tactical beacon Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 - BALCS - the SPEAR armour carrier - CIRAS - FFD - IBA - MBSS - MLCS - the eagle MOLLE gear - SAPI - TAG - tactical assault gear, manufacturer - UMP (not the gun) - CB - coyote brown - OD - olive drab - Tan - how does this belong here? O_o - 6004 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to post Share on other sites
JCYC5 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 BCB- suppliers of british style equipment Blackhawk - Blackhawk Industries, an over-rated gear manufacturer BUIS - Back-Up Iron Sight CBA - Combat Body Armour EBS - Emergency Battle sight Eotech - THE red-dot 'holographic' sight Highlander- suppliers of british style equipment Liberators - Noise-cancelling ear defenders with radio mic, made by TCI MOLLE - US-standard attachment system, not sure what it stands for though NVG - Night Vision Goggles PLCE - British-standard pouch attachment system, Personal Load Carrying Equipment Peltor - Makers or the 'Commtac' and other electronic ear defenders RAS - Rail Attachment System RAV - Releasable Assault Vest, usually made by Paraclete but used as a general term as well RBA - Ranger Body Armor - Armor system used by the US Rangers. Currently Ranger SPEAR BALCS RIS - Rail Interface System SAAV - South African Assault Vest - a popular assualt vest design now ripped off by cheap manufacturers SUSAT- Sight unit, small arms, tritium SUIT- Sight unit, infantry, tritium? Webtex- suppliers of bad quality british style equipment, mainly aimed at cadets Wyvern- suppliers of british army style assault vest Weesatch - Modular vest/plate carrier system made by High Speed Gear Industries SDS - Specialty Defense Sytems (Gear Manufacturer) HSGI - High Speed Gear Industries (Gear Manufacturer) BALCS - Body Armor / Load Carrying System (If memory serves me), part of the SPEAR system CIRAS - Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System - "Improved" version of the FSBE AAV that many Maritime units are switching to slowly. FFD IBA MBSS - Attachment System (Similar to PALs webbing) MLCS SAPI - Small Arms Protective Insert - Hard armor plate inserted into a plate carrier for ability to stop rifle rounds. Mostly Stand-Alone (Ratings given can be achieved without soft armor backing) TAG UMP (not the gun) CB OD - Olive Drab - Green Tan - Deserty color. 6004 - Polymer drop-leg holster made by Safariland: Extremely popular for both airsoft and RL Operators. If you are adding to the list, please copy+paste the one above so the list is kept updated Link to post Share on other sites
Redcap Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 ALICE - All-purpose, Lightweight, Individual, Carrying Equipment. Old standard of US Armed Forces load carrying gear, replaced by MOLLE (which see). Reference information at: http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/ALICE.shtml Arktis - Suppliers of high quality British style equipment. BCB - Suppliers of good quality British style equipment. Blackhawk - Manufacturer of myriad third party and US-issue military kit CBA - Combat Body Armour. Current UK Issue fragmentation-proof body armour vest. FFD - First Field Dressing. The shell dressing that all soldier carry to provide a litle first aid to themselves if the worst comes to the worst. FIBUA - Fighting In Built-Up Areas. British Urban fighting doctrine, now supersceded by OBUA (which see). MOLLE - MOdular Lightweight Load-carryng Equipment. Current standard of US Armed Forces Load Carrying Equipment, however, ALICE (which see) is still present in MANY US Armed Forces units. NVG - Night Vision Goggles. Normally pasive, in thatbthey don't use Infra-Red lamps to illuminate the area to the user's front, which is a huge disadvantage in the modern battlefield environment, modern NVG use very low light-capable componenets to amplify ambient light, presenting the resulting images to the user on a VERY small tv-like screen in the goggles. OBUA - Operations in Built-Up Areas. British Urban fighting doctrine, which supersceded FIBUA (which see). PLCE - Personal Load Carrying Equipment. Current standard of load carrying gear for British Armed Forces, replaced 58-pattern canvas webbing. Peltor - Manufacturers of ear defenders and aviation (and similar) audio headset equipment. Extensively used by Civilian and military alike. RIS - Rail Interface System. Another word for Picatinny; comprises a series of rails to allow the atachment of acessories on such things as assault rifles. Initially developed by the US Army for Special Forces usage, has extended to many other not-so-'elite' forces usage. SAR - Search And Rescue SARBE - Search And Rescue BEacon - a radio carried by both Aircrew and certain Special Forces, used to call in SAR and other assets when required. SAAV - South African Assault Vest, commonly referring to the SA M-82 vest standard. SUSAT - Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux; Current British Army teeth Arms optical sight, used on L85 and L86 rifles. Replaced SUIT (which see) SUIT - Sight Unit, Infantry, Trilux. Old version of the SUSAT, used extensively by SLR Marksmen in Northern Ireland. Webtex - Suppliers of bad quality British style equipment, mainly aimed at cadets Wyvern - Suppliers of british army style assault vest Weesatch - Modular vest/plate carrier system made by High Speed Gear Industries Does this help any? Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 To keep things organised i thing every page or so Lance (and just him, to keep things tidy ) should post up the current list including the latest additions made by other users, that way there is a coherent explanation for every abbreviation rather then several different explanations. Link to post Share on other sites
PariahWolf Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Red Cap FIBUA has been changed to OIBUA operating in built up areas because it is deemed politically incorrect to fight now according to the government. And assault courses are confidence courses. Cheers Pariah :sheep: Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Arktis - Supplier of expensive British equipment Link to post Share on other sites
Redcap Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 See the entry 'OBUA' Link to post Share on other sites
Redcap Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 OK, updated with all previous entries, and sorted into alpha-numeric order for convenience ... UPDATED AS AT 18:53 SEP 2 2005 Use this listing, just cut and paste, then modify - remember to be alpha-numerical in your editing, to save the effort of others! ACOG - Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight, an optical sight used mainly by US armed forces. Similar to the SUSAT in capabilities (which see). ALICE - All-purpose, Lightweight, Individual, Carrying Equipment. Old standard of US Armed Forces load carrying gear, replaced by MOLLE (which see). Reference information at: http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/ALICE.shtml Arktis - Suppliers of high quality British style equipment. BALCS - Body Armor / Load Carrying System, part of the SPEAR system (which see) BCB - Suppliers of good quality British style equipment. Blackhawk - Manufacturer of myriad third party and US-issue military kit BUIS - Back-Up Iron Sight CADPAT - The first of the 'digital' camouflage patterns, CADPAT is exclusively used by the Candian Armed Forces. CB - (1) Citizen Band radio. (2) 'Coyote Brown'; Light brown or tan colour (Which see) CBA - Combat Body Armour. Current UK Issue fragmentation-proof body armour vest. CE - Central European, a camouflage pattern used by French forces. A variation of this is nicknamed 'Paddypat', and is used by the Irish Armed Forces. CIRAS - Combat Integrated Releasable Armor System - "Improved" version of the FSBE AAV that many Maritime units are switching to slowly. DANCAM - Danish camouflage, similar to Flecktarn (which see) DPM - Disruptive Pattern Material, the current British standard of camouflage clothing. Used by many other nations. EBS - Emergency Battle sight ECLS - NO ENTRY YET ELCAN - Optical sights manufacturer, used by Canadian Armed Forces. Generically used word to descrie the current somewhat large and heavy rubber-coated optical battle sight used on Canadian military Small Arms. Eotech - A red-dot 'holographic' sight, currently a defacto standard to which other manufacturers compete. Flecktarn - Current German camouflage pattern that in part inspired CADPAT (which see) Highlander - Suppliers of british style equipment HSGI - High Speed Gear Industries (Gear Manufacturer) IBA - NO ENTRY YET IRR - A coating to cloth used in the manufacture of combat clothing and load carrying equipment, making it Infra Red Reflective. Also comes in an additive to paint used on military vehicles. Liberators - Noise-cancelling ear defenders with radio mic, made by TCI FFD - First Field Dressing. The shell dressing that all soldier carry to provide a litle first aid to themselves if the worst comes to the worst. FIBUA - Fighting In Built-Up Areas. British Urban fighting doctrine, now supersceded by OBUA (which see). IBA - Interceptor Body Armour MARPAT - MARine PATtern. A variation on CADPAT, MARPAT is exclusively used by the USMC. MBSS - Maritime Ballistic Survival System. An attachment System (Similar to PALs webbing), with integrated body armour, intended for Naval use. MLCS - NO ENTRY YET MICH - Modular Integrated Combat helmet. The current US Special Forces helmet system. Due to replace PASGT (which see) in the rest of the US military over the next few years. MOLLE - MOdular Lightweight Load-carryng Equipment. Current standard of US Armed Forces Load Carrying Equipment, however, ALICE (which see) is still present in MANY US Armed Forces units. NVG - Night Vision Goggles. Normally pasive, in thatbthey don't use Infra-Red lamps to illuminate the area to the user's front, which is a huge disadvantage in the modern battlefield environment, modern NVG use very low light-capable componenets to amplify ambient light, presenting the resulting images to the user on a VERY small tv-like screen in the goggles. OBUA - Operations in Built-Up Areas. British Urban fighting doctrine, which supersceded FIBUA (which see). PASGT - Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops, the current US Combat helmet, being replaced by MICH in the near future (which see) PLCE - Personal Load Carrying Equipment. Current standard of load carrying gear for British Armed Forces, replaced 58-pattern canvas webbing. OD - Olive Drab or a shade of Green used by the military. Peltor - Manufacturers of ear defenders and aviation (and similar) audio headset equipment. Extensively used by Civilian and military alike. RAV - Releasable Assault Vest, an American system, usually made by Paraclete but used as a general term as well RBA - Ranger Body Armor - A Body Armour system used by the US Rangers. Currently Ranger SPEAR BALCS RIS - Rail Interface System. Another word for Picatinny; comprises a series of rails to allow the atachment of acessories on such things as assault rifles. Initially developed by the US Army for Special Forces usage, has extended to many other not-so-'elite' forces usage. SAR - Search And Rescue SARBE - Search And Rescue BEacon - a radio (as well as both visible light and infra-red strobe light) carried by both Aircrew and certain Special Forces, used to call in SAR and other assets when required. SAAV - South African Assault Vest, commonly referring to the SA M-82 vest standard. SAPI - Small Arms Protective Insert - Hard armor plate inserted into a plate carrier for ability to stop rifle rounds. Mostly Stand-Alone (Ratings given can be achieved without soft armor backing) SDS - Specialty Defense Sytems (Gear Manufacturer) SUSAT - Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux; Current British Army teeth Arms optical sight, used on L85 and L86 rifles. Replaced SUIT (which see) SUIT - Sight Unit, Infantry, Trilux. Old version of the SUSAT, used extensively by SLR Marksmen in Northern Ireland. TACBE - Tactical beacon, similar to SARBE. TAG - Tactical Assault Gear Tan - Light brown or desert colour, often called 'Coyote Brown' (Which see) UMP - Universal Magazine Pouch. Webtex - Suppliers of bad quality British style equipment, mainly aimed at cadets Wyvern - Suppliers of british army style assault vest Weesatch - Modular vest/plate carrier system made by High Speed Gear Industries 6004 - Polymer drop-leg holster made by Safariland: Extremely popular for both airsoft and RL Operators. Use this listing, just cut and paste, then modify - remember to be alpha-numerical in your editing, to save the effort of others! Link to post Share on other sites
PariahWolf Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Ah yes missed that sorry. Cheers Pariah :sheep: edit: IRR- clothing with an Infra Red Reflective coating all British issue kit is coated with it(comes out after many washes) Link to post Share on other sites
FuGaZi Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 dont know if these are of use or want to be thrown in??? IBA-interceptor body armour? PASGT- Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops woodland/tricolour-american camos DPM-disruptive pattern material, British or Dutch? flecktarn- german camo marpat-marine digital pattern camo cadpat-canadian digital pattern camo CCE- fench Central European Camo? acog- Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight eclan- sights is it a company? not sure auscam- australian camo Link to post Share on other sites
Redcap Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Added IRR (thanks, forgot that one!) Folks - Use the last listing: It's got all the previous stuff in it, so just cut and paste, then modify - remember to be alpha-numerical in your editing, to save the effort of others! Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Added IRR (thanks, forgot that one!) Folks - Use the last listing: It's got all the previous stuff in it, so just cut and paste, then modify - remember to be alpha-numerical in your editing, to save the effort of others! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You've missed a few: MBSS = Maritime Ballistic Survival System TAG = Tactical Assault Gear UMP (not the gun) = universal mag pouch Again as posted earlier this will get pretty massy if were all copy and pasting each others lists with every new post To keep things organised i think every page or so Lance (and just him, to keep things tidy ) should post up the current list including the latest additions made by other users, that way there is a coherent explanation for every abbreviation rather then several different explanations. Link to post Share on other sites
Para Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Isn't there ECLS too? Link to post Share on other sites
Redcap Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Iron Wolf - Good point, but listing above updated with everything to this point. Para - ECLS? wassat? :? Link to post Share on other sites
Para Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I saw it on WGC but their site I can't access, you'll have to have a search around mate. Sorry its ELCS - Equipment Load Carrying System Link to post Share on other sites
Redcap Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 edited - aha. k, that explains it Link to post Share on other sites
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