Squad Terms and Acronyms You NEED to Know
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 1. 09. 2021
- The sheer amount of new terms and acronyms you have to learn in Squad is astounding, so today we're taking a look at the most common ones you'll run across in-game, so you aren't sitting there without a clue after hearing something unfamiliar. Thanks for watching! Come join the community using the links below.
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I really enjoyed this one even if I knew 90% of it. Had me Rollin đ€Ł
Glad you enjoyed it! I had a good laugh making it lol
As a 3k plus hours player who runs a server, gotta say I loved this video and am sharing it in our discord currently, appreciate you helping explain seeding, cause thatâs the biggest question we get everyday during the process. Good video man
Thank you! I really appreciate that. Without seeding and the knowledge of, Squad would be a pretty barren game, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows the importance of it and how much it can help a community.
8:23 and a loud YESSS was pronounced. Danger close applies to friendly danger, not enemy one. Thank you for including it in this video
Haha I thought people would get a good kick out of that one! Its always funny to hear people screaming it in game.
i think the main reason so many people know the term "danger close" is because of generation kill
@@Gorlami14 btw what would be the correct terminology for saying "hostiles are close"?
I usually use "contact close" or "THEYRE RIGHT ON FUCKING TOP OF US THROW YOUR FUCKING NADES" but I wonder if there is an actual term for it.
@@majestic._ Yeah, contact close usually accompanied by a direction and distance. That can be applied to any situation, near or far. Obviously if it's far you wouldn't say contact "close."
@@majestic._ I usually say (what it is) close (direction), Like "enemy infantry close south" or "enemy BTR close east" or " HOLY FUCKING SHIT THATS A TANK"
As someone who started playing Squad literally yesterday I want to say thank you. My first game I was able to keep up with my squad (amongst all the chaos) and was able to get 7 kills all becsuse I watched your videos before I even bought the game. Alot to take in with this game so I appreciate all the hard work getting the noobs such as my self up to speed đ
9:28 my SL: âalright everyone that can, get into the ifv. Except you blueberry, take a hikeâ followed by the one single blueberry that we had following us slowly turning and walking away. Hilarious and sad at the same time.
Aww poor guy ):
Another good one to point out is that people often say "the enemy/our radio is on bleed" rather than "FOB bleedout". I very rarely hear anyone say FOB instead of radio in this context, and most of the time it's "on bleed" instead of "bleedout". That could just be the culture of the servers I play on though!
Nope that's a great point! I say the exact same, "our radio is on bleed," in most cases.
It's less of a thing now, but I love the "It's a ... BTR?!" Meme. The 30mm autocannon on the BTR and BMP-2 (I THINK) used to be the main terror on Squad. All autocannons on IFV really. It was that, mortars or TOW/KORNET (RU equivalent). That and mortars, and the ability to run two MG per squad. That was OP.
Things have gotten better with updates and the labels in the "tickets" menu are really helpful for seeing exactly what vehicles are on a particular layer..and layer is another Squad term for map configuration. Different capture points active on different layers. Same map. Same boundaries.
Squad has kept me coming back for almost 6 years. It never really gets old. I just play a match whenever I get the itch. And I find being a slow reacting adult doesn't hurt. You can usually outsmart the enemy in this game. It's easy to pick the game back up after months of not playing and have a monster round. That's just not possible with games like CSGO or R6. I love the ebb and flow of a good match. It's really intense but easy to enjoy if you can learn to appreciate losing a match. Always put up a fight, I say. You can learn something or improve some part of your gameplay with every match. Some matches are just going to be turds.
Bonus tip for anyone: if you're late to a game and there's no open squad, create one called "Leftovers" or "Defense Only" . Low pressure for you as an SL in those circumstances, and you'll usually just have people spawning on HABS. It's a good chance to learn the SL Kit. Practic building stuff. Setting rallies. Just see how it all works. Practice relaying important info in command chat, cause your squad will probably be less chatty than one made at the game's start. This is how I got into SLing.
How do you translate a really complex situation into a few words in just a few seconds? That's what a good SL does in command chat but also to his squad and any blueberries he finds himself in combat alongside. Be a leader. People get zoned into the combat and just need you to politely but firmly tell them, "hey let's disengage and run west so we can flank them". Being an SL will make you better at the game faster than anything else (note: you will not be getting as much firefight time), but it's also really exhausting and usually only super rewarding when you have dudes that are actually following orders. It's easy to SL leftovers because most of the FOB planning and early game moves on RAAS will have been done for you. RAAS means random advance and secure, the most popular game mode. Second would be invasion or maybe regular AAS where all capture points are visible at the start. Kinda makes games predictable, AAS. Invasion is good for firefight experience among some other things it helps you train. Play what you like, but RAAS is the way the game is designed to be played. It gets the most attention from the devs.
I think you forgot to mention Technicals (Improvised light skin pickups with guns on the back), often shortened to techy/techies, and perhaps IEDs for the insurgent factions. Granted, they are written in the kit descriptions, but unless you are a weapon nerd like me, you are unlikely to look up what these things mean.
Just got a pc yesterday, and decided my first game should be squad. My first games were rough trying to learn to new things at once. I watched alot of your guide videos after about 3 games, and I'm still learning kb&m so my aim and movement, etc are still rough but I can atleast communicate and give percise and useful information to the team thanks to your videos, keep it up man!
Good stuff dude! Glad I've been able to help you out! Welcome to the community!
Use medic or combat engineer. 2 roles that require 0 aiming ability but you can still be a massive help to the squad.
What was the pc? I recently got an Rtx 3080 TI And a ryzen 9 5959x, Including 2 tbs And 128 GB of ram, Decided That squad, As many as oher Demanding games should be tested, Fell in love instantly, As well as CSGO.
Slow shots are good shots, don't panic fire just make sure they land good
Unless they're CQB then fire 'till one of you die
It took me about 100 hours before I stopped feeling like "Wait, I know I shot that guy."
Everything I needed to know, finally. I've been looking for a video like this. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
Cool video. A subject for a future video might be "building a HAB using a heli vs using a loggi to do the same". What are the pro's and con's?
Thank you! Yeah I like that idea!
This, I like this idea!
No, you donât understand! I need the heli inside the building with me to build the radio... - you crashed?? Why??
@@edelweiss45 lolololol
@@edelweiss45 "I dont care if there is a tree there"
Amazing video! This would have helped me a ton when i first bought the game, but i also learned a few new things
Thank you! Glad you picked up a few things!
Great job dude! I've had this game since it came out of early access and still didn't know all of those terms!
Thank you so much! I'm a firm believer that there's always something new to learn in Squad. I'm still learning everyday!
This video was so fun to watch!! You should make a part two, maybe showing common weak spots of vehicles and stuff. Would be very fun
Glad to hear! Yeah I'm going to make a vehicle identification guide here soon.
I was explaining a moment I had in the game, since Iâm new (not even 10 hours) I was trying to explain one of the Russian vehicles the BTR. My dad served in the army and he was actually able to explain some of this stuff to me which I found cool. This will definitely help me make proper callouts now đ, thanks for the great vid
Thank you for this brother đ
I'm so glad you mentioned danger close, you just got a new subđ
I'd love to see an explainer on some of the more mil sim tactics players use.
Silhouetting. Defilade. Enfilade. Bounding.
If the AR says to me as SL that they have Defilade, I'm gonna push the objective with the bulk of the squad straight away.
You're playing with some sweaters bro I've never had someone say any of those terms to me in squad lol
Yeah I actually had a buddy make the suggestion of advanced call outs like saddle and draw, but a lot of those things may go over most people's heads.
Never heard them in squad, only heard them from arma 3
That was the best Squad guide i ever watched, very well done.
High praise! Thank you so much!
Enjoyed playing with you this morning while you ran around as a LAT/HAT. Hope to see you out there again sometime!
Yeah GGs dude! I typically play morning when I'm also streaming.
Great video & I seriously need to work on my vehicle recognition.
Thank you! I want to make a vehicle recognition guide here soonish, so I may be able to help.
As someone that has played PR for a few years, all of the jargon is quite familiar (HABs being the one thing that was new for me). Still, I love watching these kinds of videos!
Nicely produced!
I habitually misuse âdanger closeâ and have no shame. If the danger is close, no matter what that may be, best others be notified of it by me than by the danger.
Thank you! A much needed tutorial
My pleasure! Was definitely needed!
I don't know if this is similiar in other countries but for Squad leaders, In the aussie servers were call them "Squadies" And for acronyms like LAT and HAT. We dont pronounce them Lat and Hat, we say each individual letter, L.A.T, H.A.T. However, HAB is pronounced as said in the video aswell as FOB
Yesssss thank you gor
My pleasure!
Thanks Gor!!
Thank you!
dude we have the same views on most things Squad, love the content! This is so helpful and your other vids are so so so helpful and informative! Keep up the good work, hope I see you in a server some day!
Thank you! I've been playing a lot more at of late, so hopefully we can get a game in sometime!
as a experienced SL so much needed vid for new players :) good job!
Thank you!
5:29 ahhh yes, the shitbox. My discontent with the shitbox is immeasurable.
It must live up to its name.
New to Squad. I freakin love it. I typically don't game online anymore because I am burned out by your everyday FPS. Squad has brought me back with how different it is.
Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself!
@@Gorlami14 thanks for the video. Helped me out a lot!
Great vid thanks! :D
Wish I had this when I started!
Not sure if it's your thing but it would be really cool if you had a doc we could print that had vehicle names, tips on identifying them quickly and where to hit them!
This vid is great but the vehicle aspect is just so much to processes!
Thank you! You can find a lot of that info as far as where to hit them in my AT guide, but I plan on making a vehicle identification guide here soon.
@@Gorlami14 awesome thanks! :D
9:04 that definitely sounds like something someone would do in a Battlefield game lol
great video!
Thank you!
Good explanation of terms. I would have also noted the distinction between IFV and APC. While it is a minor distinction it can be useful when communicating with vehicles to make sure they don't get in over their head. Also the term "vic" to refer to vehicles.
I love the humor in this đ
I had a fun time making it, so glad you enjoyed!
With over 1k hours, and a bad memory, my brain has differentiated vehicles in a simplistic manner. I see the BTR as the dangerous Russian wheeled vehicle and the Stryker as the dangerous U.S. wheeled vehicle. The dangerous tracked vehicles are the Russian BMP and the U.S. Bradley. Once I learned to recognize these vehicles, because they fire exploding rounds, I quickly learned that tracked or wheeled vehicles that aren't these vehicles have a much smaller danger level to them. Main Battle tanks speak for themselves so I never had to learn to differentiate those. I think the hardest thing for new players is to differentiate the wheeled vehicles because they're the most common armor to encounter because their mobility. To most new players, something like a scout car looks like a BTR. I think the best way I learned to differentiate these vehicles is to look at the vehicle description list, the one that shows spawn timers, and observe all the vehicles on my own team by looking at the map. This allows a new player to realize that a scout car might look like a BTR but is actually labeled as a light vehicle symbol. I think a simple and detailed description of those symbols is going to help a new player more than anything because most people just don't have the patience to study each vehicle closely. I know I never had that patience and still don't after all this time. I simply have an unconscious response to threat level and what that vehicle is capable of to my heli or when I'm infantry,
I would like to refer to the squad leader as Alpha 1, Bravo 1 and Charlie 1 for the respective FTLs, GL as 40 mike-mike and tanks such as the Abrams as MBT.
Really appreciate the video. As a new player, it really helps. I have a question is there a group you could recommend that I could join and help me learn how to play and all the in & outs of the game.
Been playing squad for years and never bothered to ask what MSR meant. Now I know. I knew it had something to do with roads.
There's always something new to learn in Squad! MSR can be tricky when overused. There isn't a legend for each map saying which road is considered an MSR, you just have to use your best judgement.
Strongly suggest to distinguish logi and transport for the newbies, I often see new players driving transport truck and thought they were using a logi...
Yeah fair point. I was bound to miss a thing or two. Luckily, that's a mistake that should only be made once since they'll figure out what they did wrong pretty quickly.
Fun fact: In Finland MT-LB is often calleed "Àlli tÀlli" which is kinda hard to make accurate translation. Roughly it means "brain damage" or "brain hit". AFAIK the nickname came from the fact that MT-LB is very low APC and the crew and troops are sitting in very confined space. Combined with shitty suspension and rough terrain people inside often hits their heads on vehicles hull and structure. Also exiting the vehicle is almost a guarantee to hit your head on your way out.
I always stuck with my squad as a marksman. This was huge when we went to capture a point I was a major component in distracting the enemy so my squad went in and wiped them out. So yea you are an asset to be assigned always stick near your squad and post up when you need too.
my cousin is in the 75th ranger reg and i had him sit down and play a round of squad and he just kept getting mad because the misuse of vernacular confused him into getting killed many times lol...
also for me, who primarily plays comp shooters like cs go and overwatch, when i first heard back cap, i thought it meant sneaking to enemy points in the backline and capping under their nose like people will do in overwatch in a final effort to win a point
this led to multiple instances of an SL chewing me out because he asked me to back cap and i headed right into enemy territory onto a locked point i couldn't even cap yet because we didnt have the point control to lead there yet lol
finally got that one clarified
you were trying to prove a point in the first few seconds but I understood all of it
Im such a nerd :(
I play Project Reality. It's cool how both games are pretty similar
Thanks for the video, I wished I'd seen something like that when I was a newbie. I really liked the speed-round at 4:40, however you maybe should've added the team's flags for better identification. Also BTRs are not IFVs but APCs which you unfortunately didn't describe in this video. Still a great video
My pleasure! Yeah I'm going to do a full vehicle identification guide here soon and provide a lot more info. In real like BTR-82As are classed as APCs, but in Squad they're classed as an APC/IFV.
and one thing, if you have it? DoD (Dome-Of-Death) applied as for example "Enemy camping DoD" (Enemy camping near-spawn area)
The best (and most preferred) English class ever in my life.
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Finally a helpful video thatâs not ADHD fast and actually understandable
BTR besides being an actual designation for a specific vehicle is actually the same acronym as APC in English. That is why you will hear people calling all sorts of Russian Armored Personnel Carriers BTRs. It's basically saying it's a Soviet/Ru APC.
BMP in the similar vein is the IFV acronym in Russian.
Love the video, nothing new for me but interesting to see, after 3k hours you tend to forget that newer players don't know all this stuff yet.
btw some corrections I'd like to make:
2:11 It is correct people refer to the hab as fob but technically this is not correct the fob is the whole radius from the radio as you stated, also everything disappears *except* fortifications (does not include emplacements)
3:24 the dhska is only used by insurgents and militia the ones you showed in the picture is the "NSV" used by MEA and russians. when mounted to a vehicle (tigr or simir) its called "Kord"
4:02 the picture you showed is an MTLB with 30mm however the do get an actual BTR but its the BTR-80.
9:40 Although what you said is correct it might also be worth noting that players that are "noobs" although in your squad are sometimes referred to as blueberries because they are just as useful as one. however technically this is an incorrect usage.
Outside of these tiny things I just mentioned its a great video so +1 sub for you:)
The one I actually didn't know and couldn't get the context for is "vic". You said it a couple of times in this video, but I had to google it to find out it means "vehicle in-commission" a.k.a. just a short term for "vehicle".
I love how I opened up this video to learn vehicle callouts for English servers and you call the shitbox shitbox aswell haha
Thought it was a german thing at first, love that it's an international callout
Would love to see a video explaining all of the vehicle names. I definitely know I call any light armor with wheels a BTR when not every one of them is.
Tried to look for a video like this too and couldnât find any. All the names Iâve picked up are from my hours of playing.
Yeah I'm going to be making a vehicle identification guide here soon.
Vid idea: armor call-outs, you touched on it a bit but as a HAT main Iâd love for there to be a reference vid out there for all our new players so I can finally get some accurate marks on map đ
Yeah an armor identification guide is definitely in the works!
""backcaps are usally the gimmy objectives that the enemy has no change of taking"" shows yeho
me squadleading on yeho
""lets grab a chopper boys and rush airfield"" :D
I think you should make a video on the difference between a tow fob, attack fob and so on and so on
Yeah and maybe the personnel requirements or what locations classify a FOB as one of the sub-groups. Not a bad idea. I'd have to brainstorm that one a bit.
Another good word to learn is tracking, when I was a noob I thought lats somehow had the ability to shoot a tracker on armor that would show everyone where it was lmao
Isn't the TOW only the Bluefor ATGM?
Yup, but most people just say TOW for any of the stationary ATGMs.
Well, most people use term TOW for every ATGM cuz everyone understands it as ATGM
Russian and MEA ATGMs are often referred to as "kornet" by the way
Thank you for the lesson hopefully it will stick, but im not the brightest so probably now
My pleasure!
Loved this video. Can we just replace the in-game basic training with this?
Glad to hear it! It'd be a lot more helpful than what they have in place.
Joined a squad, immediately hear SL and a newbie arguing about building an ammo crate near a HAB. Newbie says he doesn't understand a word he just said, SL and him keep arguing. Immediately left that squad lol
Everyone when they see vehicle they always callout "BTR" ahahaha and I'm one of them lol. that's why I'm here.
You should do a video on the end screen of squad to explain what the numbers mean. Man people seam confused about kills and stuff
Yeah most of what is shown doesn't really make much sense, in regards to have the team score and objective scores work.
Haha good intro, but we all know if it has a running engine it's definitely a tank...unless it has an engine AND is shooting really fast cuz then it's definitely a BTR
Serious comment but when the radio goes down defensive items still stay up (sandbags, indirect fire shelter etc...)... only mention it cuz I've had at least two arguments with SLs about if a radio was completely gone or not based on them staring at sandbags, but probably the right call not to get too specific for this type of vid. Enjoy your stuff, thanks.
Glad you liked it! I had a fun time making this video!
Yeah they do but few people actually place fortifications and having them still there usually provides zero benefit, so I just left that part out.
I would love to see a video on a comparison between enemy gun fire, and friendly gunfire, with a side by side difference hearing both guns being shot at once. No google or CZcams has something like this.
Depends on the weapon used. M4 sounds the same if it's being used by your team or the enemy, same with every other weapon. Remember the weapon sounds, and use that to know who is firing
Alright so do you mark the brdm with light vehicle marker or the btr marker?
Light vehicle marker. For the scout car you'd use the normal light vehicle marks and for the Spandrel you'd use the AT light vehicle mark.
loved the video.
What does âghostingâ mean. iâve heard it tossed around and i think itâs a bad thing
Glad to hear! Yeah its something that will get you banned. Its giving information to the enemy team that they wouldn't otherwise have. So things like saying how many tickets you have in ALL chat, saying where your FOBs are, and at the extreme end, switching to the other team mid-game to pass information.
You think you could do a video that focuses on fobs, habs and other emplacements . Like an everything you should know about them
To make it worse, the militia BTR variant you showed is actually an MT-LB lmao
After 400+ hours, I discovered what a shit box is hahaha
Yeah definitely one that goes under the radar!
Bro, the shit box came across the screen and I thought to myself, whatâs he really gonna call it đ
For the lone wolves, tell them they have a map with grid squares like everyone else, so use it.
Good one!
great video since this is something you don't know even after the tutorial.
Thank you! Yeah its info you have to hope to stumble across or ask someone what it means.
@@Gorlami14 which is a good thing for new players to do is ask
Good vid. But I guess it would be beneficial to get a reference for the vehicles an their symbol on the map. ^-^
I've played Project Reality for years but I've never heard HAB. I think what you mean is rally point at least that's what we had that's similar to this.
I have been playing squad for over 400 hours and I still don't know the armor vehicle names đ
Honestly I was the same. It took me forever to figure them out.
i am a PR veteran, just came here to check when i move to Squad will there be things i wont understand, and looks perfectly same. ty
2:21 this is perhaps a useless correction but fortifications actually remain when a radio is destroyed. Unless that has been changed in a recent update
They remain for a short period of time, then disappear. You can actually use enemy mortars for a bit even after the radio is destroyed.
Yeah they do, but few people actually place fortifications and having them still there usually provides zero benefit.
You know someone is a Project Reality Vet when they refer other players not as "Blueberries" but as "Smurfs"
Everything within the blue circle is NOT destroyed, the things that are lost are: Radios, repair stations HAB, ammo crate, any emplacements (static weapons). All fortifications will remain such as Indirect fire shelter, sandbags, bunkers (without HMG) etc.
Yes I know. Rarely is having left over fortifications helpful to your team and often times they were never built in the first place.
an Infantry Fighting Vehicle are named as such because they are supposed to fight ALONG SIDE the Infantry. BTRs, like Bulldogs and Strykers, are not IFVs. They are APCs (armored personel carrier)
I never stated what their purpose was. I stated what they excel at in Squad. The game classes the 82A as an IFV. If you walk up to it in-game, its name is "BTR-82A IFV."
Iâve played r6 for about 5 years. After I heard someone say âLogiâ i was so confused lol
This should be in the ingame tutorial
That would be fantastic if it was.
The Scimitar technically isn't an IFV, an IFV is designed and equipped to primarily carry a combat infantry and will act as both the principal weapon system and mode of transport for the mechanized infantry squad. The Scimitar, lacking an infantry compartment altogether, is closer to a light tank, being an armored reconnaissance vehicle.
I completely agree with you. Its almost like a bigger, beefier scout car. They need to add a map mark that's different from IFV, like a tracked recon vehicle because right now everyone just uses the IFV mark.
You mentioned 'Fire Team Lead' but not 'FTL' which most players refer to most of the time. Also missing, 'Radio is on bleed' or 'We're bleeding tickets'
Dshk is also .50 cal but different (12.7x108 mm)
while browning m2 is 12.7x99
I got 40 kills (yes kills, not downs) with an MTLB once on invasion, which is the ticket equivalent of over 2 and a half tanks, and I saw my friend go 80+ multiple times.
Just need a brain to use them.
Come on! No depression means that the guy is not currently seeing a shrink!
if this video seems to over complicate squad, dont worry. these are all things you will instantly understand once ur in the context of the game. dudes only really circle jerk lingo in squad coz it makes them feel like a cool operator dude. and the things that you wont instantly get wont matter at all: use danger close wrong, say tank instead of bmp. who cares, everyone will know what you mean and only the asocial dorks will have a problem with it
Would just like to say as one of the 1% of marksmans who are actually effective (been playing for 4 years), I take offense to being kicked for choosing the marksman kit. How about SLs ask "how long have you played the game?" before insta kicking those of us who actually know how to use all kits... Good vid tho dude, so many new players need this shit badly!
Thank you! I actually do that at times. When I have some players join my squad that I know are insanely good, I'm fine with them taking the kit because I know it'll enable them to take out anywhere from 20-40 people that game which is a huge help to the team.
@@Gorlami14 Exactly. Precision kills like ARs and LATs/HATs keep the team alive and good marksman positioning really helps for making a push! Anyway RANT OVER! xD
I always thought MSR was Main Service Road
lol that intro
I just got Squad. Am I wrong or are the tanks sizes a bit off?
The last one has me questioning, and honestly it was just a thought learning the acronyms I should expect from squads, but did blueberries originate as a term used in another game, Destiny 2 (Disgusting ABomination), or was it something that just happened cause in some games who have Massive Multiplayer Based servers have blue names/icons Etc. ?
As far as I know, it originated from Battlefield
Hey bud! Great info. Here's an idea to elaborate on vehicles. What vehicles should run away from what vehicles? I know it has to do with types of guns, but it's a bit intimidating. I like leading a squad but, calling out what vehicles should attack or run is not common sense....for my dumbass anyway. Thanks!
Thank you! That's an idea I've tossed around for a long time. I've called it "vehicle hierarchy," and the idea is, like you said, show was you can kill and what you should run from for each vic.
Hey don't hate on us markmen, it's better to be a lone wolf when I have a sniper, while you're driving to the obj point I'm weakening the next point from 500m away and doing pilots out of helicopters that face toward me, and I'm new too squad but have ALOT of tac shooter experience so the basic terms were easy but there were so many terms in your video that i hadn't even heard yet, ill be sure to use them, in my next game.
Whatâs the outro song?
Baby your rolling me, I'm getting dominated, I'm danger close to finishing.