Imperial Guard Jargon
A guide to the many abbreviations in the Imperial guard, as well as some of the slang and specialist terms.
AC - autocannon
Air Cav - (Normally) Veterans mounted in a Valkyrie (or Vendetta)
AP - Artillery Pieces
AS - Armoured Sentinel
ASent - Armoured Sentinel
AT - antitank
Bane - Bane Wolf
BiD - Bring it Down
Bolter Boat - LRBT with Hull Heavy Bolter and sponson Heavy Bolters
CC - close combat
CCS - Company Command Squad, An HQ choice from the IG Codex
DDog - Devil Dog
DevilD - Devil Dog
EFT - Leman Russ Executioner with hull Lascannon and Sponson Plasma Cannon, normally with more upgrades
FomT - Fire on my Target
FRFSRF - First rank fire, second rank fire. An order
GEQ - Guardsman equivalent
GL - grenade launcher
GLAC - grenade launcher & autocannon, a common infantry squad loadout
HB(S) - heavy bolter (sponsons)
HF - heavy flamer
HHound - Hell hound
HWS - Heavy Weapon Squad
HWT - heavy weapon team (a HWS is composed of three HWTs)
IS - infantry squad
LC - usually lascannon, sometimes Lord Commissar
LRBT - Standard Leman Russ Battle tank
LRDT - Leman Russ Demolisher
Mech Vets - Veterans mounted in a Chimera
melta-vets - veteran squad with melta guns
MEQ - marine equivalent
ML - multilaser or (especially on other boards) missile launcher. See below
MLaser - multilaser. Preferred (unambiguous) Abbreviation
MLauncher - Missile Launcher. Preferred Abbreviation
OotF - Officer of the Fleet
Paskisher - Leman Russ Punisher commanded by Pask
Paskquiser - Leman Russ Vanq commanded by Pask
PCS - Platoon Command Squad, a troops option from the IG Codex
PBS - psyker battle squad
PIS - Platoon Infantry Squad, ( also see IS)
PF - powerfist
plas-vets - veteran squad with plasma guns
Power blob - Combined Platoons tooled for CC with at least one Commissar, normally with as many power weapons as possible
PP - Primaris psyker
PW - power weapon
RR - rough riders
SSent - Scout Sentinel
SS - Scout Sentinel
ST - stormtroopers
SWS - Special Weapon Squad
TEQ - terminator equivalent
Vanq - Leman Russ Vanquisher