Consistent Vehicular Terminology

Vehicle Program

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To create consistent terminology across the AAF

V3: Where the terminology and acronyms are the series of letters, and not classed by letters individually.
A-RW-AT
Aircraft-Rotary Wing-Attack Transport

A-FW-A
Aircraft-Fixed Wing-Attacker

A-FW-F
Aircraft-Fixed Wing-Fighter

A-TRW-HT
Aircraft-Tilt Rotary Wing-Heavy Transport

LT-AV-MBT
Landcraft Tracked-Armored Vehicle-Main Battle Tank

LW-MM-HT
Landcraft Wheeled-Motorized Multiaxle-Heavy Transport

LW-MS-MRAP
Landcraft Wheeled-Motorized Standardaxle-Mine Resistant Ambush Protected

LW-MC-LT
Landcraft Wheeled-Motorized Cycle-Light Transport

NA-H(X)-CL
Naval Aircraft-Hullsize(X)-CL

NW-H(X)-BB
Naval Watercraft-Hullsize(X)-Battleship

NU-H(X)-SS
Naval Underseacraft-Hullsize(X)-Attack Submarine

OLDER CONSIDERATIONS

V1:
Applies consistent terminology for all vehicles in AAF inventory based on alphanumeric designations. The first series is the Vehicle Type, the second series is the Mission, and the third series is the number designation.

First series letters:
A-Air (Denotes that this vessel is meant for air travel, when the difference is meaningful. You will not see this denotation on vehicles that state they have wings.)
B-Boat (This is a boat, smaller than a ship.)
C-Continuous Track
D-
E-
F-Fixed
G-
H-
I-
J-
K-
L-Land (A land vehicle)
M-Maritime (Denotes that the vehicle is meant for marine or sea travel.)
N-Naval (Denotes that the vehicle is considered "Naval" in nature. This meaning as changed considerably after space technology, and now means any non-landbased strategic vehicle that has endurance capability.)
O-
P-
Q-
R-Rotor
S-Ship (A strategic asset, larger than a boat.)
T-Tilt
U-Underwater (Travels beneath the surface of the water.)
V-Vehicle
W-Wheeled/Wing (The vehicle uses wheels, or in the case of
X-
Y-
Z-

Second Series Designations

A-Attacker
B-Bomber
C-Carrier
D-
E-
F-Fighter
G-Gun
H-Heavy
I-
J-
K-
L-Light
M-Missile
N-
O-
P-
Q-
R-
S-Search
T-Transport
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

V2:
Four series, the first being the vehicle, the second being the type, and the third being the mission. The Fourth is a numerical designator.

A-Aircraft
B-Boat
C-
D-
E-
F-
G-
H-
I-
J-
K-
L-Landcraft
M-Motorized Vehicle
N-Naval
O-
P-
Q-
R-
S-Spacecraft
T-Tracked
U-Underseacraft
V-
W-Watercraft
X-
Y-
Z-

Second:

A-Armor
B-
C-Cycle
D-
E-Engine
F-Fixed
G-
H-Hullsize(X) (Where (X) is a class in the length in hundreds of meters, rounded down. For example, a ship with a length of 140m would be H1, a ship with a length of 90m would be H0, and a ship with a length of 1350 would be H13.)
I-
J-Jet
K-
L-
M-Multiaxle
N-
O-
P-Pulse
Q-
R-Rotor
S-Standard Axle
T-Tilt
U-
V-
W-Wing
X-
Y-
Z-

Third Series:
A-Attacker
B-Bomber
C-Carrier
D-
E-
F-Fighter
G-Gun
H-Heavy
I-
J-
K-
L-Light
M-Missile
N-
O-
P-
Q-
R-
S-Search
T-Transport
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

examples:
A-FW-F
A-RW-AT
A-TRW-HT
LT-A-AG
LT-A-AT
LM-M-HT
LM-C-LT
LM-S-LAT
NA-PJH(X)-HG
NW-H(X)-HG
NW-H(X)-HC

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