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[Docta Pain]

I'm looking to get to the bottom of this military-speak. I hear many names for each letter, so please site a source for me. Thanks!

[Monarch Black]

http://usmilitary.ab.../a/alphabet.htm

Remember, Google is your friend.

[LordBraxton]

Depends on your affiliation in game. Wouldn't the houses each have their own military alphabet?

Plus the clans use the Greek alphabet which is why so many people say beta etc. Because thats what MW2 used.

Didn't MW3 use a weird one? Like Alpha Beta Charlie Dog or something? I always remember seeing Objective Dog and being like ehhhhh wth? Lets just go Apple Banana Cat Dog etc

Edited by LordBraxton, 08 November 2012 - 08:24 PM.

[Xeren KelDar]

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta Echo, Foxtrot...etc...I could go on as I had to use it when I served. It's called the Phonetic Alphabet btw and here's a link for you.

http://usmilitary.ab.../a/alphabet.htm

Oh and like the people above said, it can vary (this link is the one the US uses and I believe it's technically the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, but don't quote me on that)

Edited by Xeren KelDar, 08 November 2012 - 08:23 PM.

[Stonefalcon]

Just go with Bacon and Evil

[Sandpit]

US Military
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
October
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
X-ray
Yankee
Zulu

other countries use other designations though
The important thing to notice is just the first letter of the word

[Valore]

I like the nato designations, i.e bravo, echo, better.

http://en.wikipedia....onetic_alphabet

[Lightfoot]

In Mechwarrior Navpoints and Dropzones use the Greek Alphabet, so Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, etc.

Callsigns, Zones, various, use the Military Phonetic alphabet. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, etc.

[DirePhoenix]

What I use depends on what I'm referring to. If it's targets or grid coordinates I use the NATO alphabet. If I'm referring to objectives or team names I usually go by Greek Alphabet, depending on if letter orders are important (I don't find a real use for greek designators in this game yet).

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot =/= Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta

Not to mention that the Greek Alphabet doesn't so much translate directly to letters as much as it does sounds: Epsilon = e, Eta = ee, Psi = ps, Theta = th, Omega = oo, Phi = f, Xi = ks, Chi = x, etc.

[Koniving]

Dug this up rather than start a new one.

The innersphere letters I know thus far...

Alpha. Baker. Charlie. Dog. Echo.

The innersphere seems to go by the 1950's phonetic alphabet.

Clan letters thus far are
Alpha. Beta. (etc.)
Clans go by the Greek alphabet.

It seems that different houses have slightly different ones.

My question is, which ones are appropriate to House Liao and does anyone have a complete listing of the first 12 (since it will soon become 12 vs 12)?

[PANZERBUNNY]

If you can't figure out in a spit second that whatever B word is used to target "B", you may have trouble with this game.

[Vassago Rain]

It doesn't matter.

[KinLuu]

Bernd.

[PANZERBUNNY]

"Everyone target Borneo."

"Borneo? Don't you mean Beta? I don't see a Borneo...wait ahhhhh I'm dead."

We need to have a Jeff Foxworthy type thread, but for MWO and why you shouldn't play it.

[Hotthedd]

DirePhoenix, on 08 November 2012 - 08:38 PM, said:

What I use depends on what I'm referring to. If it's targets or grid coordinates I use the NATO alphabet. If I'm referring to objectives or team names I usually go by Greek Alphabet, depending on if letter orders are important (I don't find a real use for greek designators in this game yet).

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot =/= Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta

Not to mention that the Greek Alphabet doesn't so much translate directly to letters as much as it does sounds: Epsilon = e, Eta = ee, Psi = ps, Theta = th, Omega = oo, Phi = f, Xi = ks, Chi = x, etc.

The greek alphabet does translate into letters.
Epsilon = E
Eta = H
Omega = Q

[Oinkage]

Here... let me google that for you...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q...onetic+Alphabet

[Antagonist]

Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy...

WW2 phonetic alphabet.

[CDLord HHGD]

Koniving, on 04 January 2013 - 01:17 PM, said:

Dug this up rather than start a new one.

The innersphere letters I know thus far...

Alpha. Baker. Charlie. Dog. Echo.

The innersphere seems to go by the 1950's phonetic alphabet.

Clan letters thus far are
Alpha. Beta. (etc.)
Clans go by the Greek alphabet.

It seems that different houses have slightly different ones.

My question is, which ones are appropriate to House Liao and does anyone have a complete listing of the first 12 (since it will soon become 12 vs 12)?

Due to the influence of the Star League, military practices were pretty standardized in the Inner Sphere. Doubtless all the major houses use the same phonetic alphabet with the types of slight variations seen today.

For some lance commands, to avoid confusion with targets, different call signs are used. Fire Lance or Catseye Lance, etc. It really depends on unit and personal preference.....

[PANZERBUNNY]

I prefer to use Davionwhorescum instead of Delta.

[Kelb]

The Military use one while local police use another. The main thing is people know what your talking about. Remember if two letters sound alike it may cause confusion, that is the point of useing it.