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| − | =Kancolle dictionary= | + | =Kancolle Dictionary= |
| − | ==Acronyms==
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| − | Ever see an [[wikipedia:Acronym|acronym]] in the wiki you didn't know the meaning of and urban dictionary doesn't have it? While it is preferable to not use acronyms to avoid confusion, some discussions will inevitably have them. This is an incomplete list of acronyms used in discussions by English-speaking KanColle players.
| + | Are listed a comprehensive list of most [[wikipedia:Acronym|abreviations and acronyms]] used by the Kancolle community. |
| − | * '''AA''' - [[Anti-Air]]
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| − | * '''AACI''' - [[Anti-Air Cut-in]]
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| − | * '''AAFD''' - {{EquipmentLink|Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|text=Anti-Air Fire Directors}}
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| − | * '''AAR''' - [[Aerial_Combat#Proportional_and_Fixed_shootdowns|Anti-Air Resistance]]
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| − | * '''AARB''' - [[Aerial_Combat#Anti-Air Rocket Barrage|Anti-Air Rocket Barrage]]
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| − | * '''AD''' - [[Air Power|Air Denial]]
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| − | * '''AFP''' - [[Air Power|Air Fighter Power]]
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| − | * '''AGB''' - [[Souya (AGB)|Icebreaker]]
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| − | * '''AGDP''' - {{EquipmentLink|Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel}}
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| − | * '''AGL''' - [[Souya (AGL)|Lighthouse tender]]
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| − | * '''AGS''' - [[Souya (AGS)|Survey ship]]
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| − | * '''AI''' - Air Incapability
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| − | * '''AK2''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 2]]
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| − | * '''AK3''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 3 (Wartime Modification) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director]]
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| − | * '''AK4''' - [[Prototype Long-barrel 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model A Kai 4]]
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| − | * '''AO''' - [[Fleet Oiler]] / Replenishment Oiler
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| − | * '''AP''' :
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| − | ** '''AP''' - [[Air Power|Air Parity]]
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| − | ** '''AP''' - [[Air Power]]
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| − | ** '''AP''' - Armor Piercing
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| − | ** '''AP''' - [[Transport Ship]]s
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| − | * '''APCI''' - [[APCI|AP shell Cut-In]]
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| − | * '''AR''' :
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| − | ** '''AR''' - [[Repair Ship]]
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| − | ** '''AR''' - [[Action Report]]
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| − | * '''AS''' :
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| − | ** '''AS''' - [[Submarine Tender]]
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| − | ** '''AS''' - [[Artillery Spotting]]
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| − | ** '''AS''' - [[Air State]]
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| − | ** '''AS''' - [[Air Power|Air Superiority]]
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| − | ** '''AS+''' - [[Air Power|Air Supremacy]]
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| − | * '''ASDIC''' - [[ASDIC|Anti-Submarine Division supersonICs]]
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| − | * '''ASS''' - "Airstrike Supported Submarines" nodes, alternative name to the [[Node|Airstrike Supported Battle]] node
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| − | * '''ASW''' - [[Anti-Submarine Warfare]]
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| − | * '''AV''' - [[Seaplane Tender]]
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| − | * '''BB''' - [[Battleship]]
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| − | * '''BBCV''' - [[Aircraft Battleship]], informal code designating the {{Class|Ise|Kai Ni}}
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| − | * '''BBV''' - [[Aviation Battleship]]
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| − | * '''BC''' - "Battle Cruisers" (only in the game for the Fleet menu's filter, mostly referring to the {{Class|Kongou}}), the real code is "CC".
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| − | * '''BK2''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model B Kai 2]]
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| − | * '''BK4''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model B Kai 4 (Wartime Modification) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director]]
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| − | * '''BP''' - [[Blueprint]]
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| − | * '''CA''' - [[Heavy Cruiser]]
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| − | * '''CAV''' - [[Aviation Cruiser]]
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| − | * '''CCCI''' - [[CCCI|Credit-Card Cut-In]], a "joke cut-in" about paying to do something
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| − | * '''CD''' - Concentrated Deployment, mostly referring to some equipment variations being packed together
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| − | * '''CDMG''' - {{EquipmentLink|25mm Triple Autocannon Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=Concentrated Deployment Machine Gun}}
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| − | * '''CEP''' - [[Communication Equipment & Personnel]]
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| − | * '''CF''' - [[Combined Fleet]]
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| − | * '''CI''' - "[[Cut-In]]", special powerful attacks triggered when using a right set of specific gears
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| − | * '''CK2''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 2]]
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| − | * '''CK3''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3]]
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| − | * '''CK3H''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H]]
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| − | * '''CL''' - [[Light Cruiser]]
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| − | * '''CLAA''' - [[Antiaircraft Cruiser]]
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| − | * '''CLT''' - [[Torpedo Cruiser]]
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| − | * '''CT''':
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| − | ** '''CT''' - [[Training Cruiser]]
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| − | ** '''CT''' - [[Closing Torpedo Salvo]]
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| − | * '''CTF''' - [[Carrier Task Force]]
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| − | * '''CV''':
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| − | ** '''CV''' - [[Seiyuu|Character Voice]], same as VA or Seiyuu
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| − | ** '''CV''' - [[CV|Aircraft Carrier]] / Standard Aircraft Carrier
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| − | * '''CVB''' - [[CVB|Armored Aircraft Carrier]] / Armored Carrier
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| − | * '''CVCI''' - [[Aircraft Carrier Cut-In]]
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| − | * '''CVNCI''' - [[Aircraft Carrier Night Cut-In]]
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| − | * '''CVE''' - [[Escort Carrier]], an ASW specialized light aircraft carrier
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| − | * '''CVL''' - [[Light Aircraft Carrier]] / Light Carrier
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| − | * '''CVN''' - [[Night Aircraft Carrier]] (not "nuclear CV" here)
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| − | * '''DA''' - [[Double Attack]]
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| − | * '''DC''' - [[Depth Charge]]
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| − | * '''DCP''' - [[Depth Charge Projector]]
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| − | * '''DCR''' - [[Depth Charge Rack]]
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| − | * '''DD''' - [[Destroyer]]
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| − | * '''DE''' - "Destroyer Escort" but this designates "[[Coastal Defense Ship]]" (''Kaiboukan'') in Kancolle
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| − | * '''DK2''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 2]]
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| − | * '''DK3''' - [[12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 3]]
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| − | * '''DLC''' - {{EquipmentLink|Daihatsu Landing Craft}}, but sometimes designate all [[Landing Craft]]
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| − | * '''DM''' - [[Development Material]]
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| − | * '''DP''' - Dual-Purpose, for either [[Radar]]s or [[High-Angle Gun]]s, being both used for "air" and "surface" roles.
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| − | * '''EO''' - Extra Operation (maps [[1-5]], [[1-6]], [[2-5]], [[3-5]], [[7-5]], [[4-5]], [[5-5]], [[6-5]], and event final maps)
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| − | * '''FBB''' - [[Fast Battleship]]
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| − | * '''FCA''' - [[Fleet Communication Antenna]]
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| − | * '''FCF''' - {{EquipmentLink|Fleet Command Facility|Striking Force Fleet Command Facility|Elite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility|text=Fleet Command Facility}}
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| − | * '''FCM''' - [[First Class Medal]]
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| − | * '''FF''':
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| − | ** '''FF''' - [[Friendly Fleet]]
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| − | ** '''FF''' - [[Speed|Fast Fleet]]
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| − | * '''FP''':
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| − | ** '''FP''' - [[Stats|Firepower Stat]]
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| − | ** '''FP''' - [[Fighter Power]]
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| − | * '''FS''' - Flagship
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| − | * '''GS''' - [[Expeditions#Great Success|Great Success]]
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| − | * '''GTRL''' - Gun-Torpedo-Radar-Lookout, a [[GTRL|"New Type" cut-in]] setup
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| − | * '''HA''':
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| − | ** '''HA''' - [[:Category:High Altitude Interceptors|High-Altitude Interceptors]]
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| − | ** '''HA''' - [[High-Angle Gun]]s
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| − | * '''HMAS''' - [[RAN|Her/His Majesty's Australian Ship]]
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| − | * '''HMS''' - [[RN|Her/His Majesty's Ship]]
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| − | * '''HNLMS''' - [[RNN|His/Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship]]
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| − | * '''HQ''' - [[Military Record|Headquarter]] LV (Admiral personal LV)
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| − | * '''IC''' - [[Instant Construction Material]]
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| − | * '''IJA''' - [[IJA|Imperial Japanese Army]]
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| − | * '''IJN''' - Imperial Japanese Navy
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| − | * '''IM''' - [[Improvement Material]]
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| − | * '''IR''' - [[Instant Repair]]
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| − | * '''JA''' - [[Jets|Jet Assault]]
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| − | * '''KBK''' - [[Kaiboukan]]
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| − | * '''KC''' - Kantai Collection
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| − | * '''KMS''' - [[KMS|Kriegsmarine Ships]]
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| − | * '''LM ''' - Late Model, mostly referring to revised equipment models being more capable
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| − | * '''LB''' - [[LBAS|Land-Based]]
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| − | * '''LBAS''' - [[Land-Based Air Squadron]]
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| − | * '''LD''' - Last Dance, the last form of a map/boss, once the map HP bar is only 1 kill to be depleted/cleared
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| − | * '''LFB''' - [[Large Flying Boat]]
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| − | * '''LHA''' - [[Amphibious Assault Ship]]
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| − | * '''LoS/LOS''' - [[Line of Sight]]
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| − | * '''LSC''' - [[Large Ship Construction]]
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| − | * '''LST''' - Landing Ship, Tank
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| − | * '''MN''' - [[MN|Marine nationale]] (French Navy)
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| − | * '''MO''' - Main Operation, all main maps (other than EO).
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| − | * '''NOAP''' - {{EquipmentLink|Night Operation Aviation Personnel|Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands|text=Night Operation Aviation Personnel}}
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| − | * '''NSCM''' - [[Night Skilled Crew Member]]
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| − | * '''OA''' - [[Aerial Combat|Opening Airstrike]]
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| − | * '''OASW''' - [[OASW|Opening ASW]]
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| − | * '''OT/O torp''' - [[Opening Torpedo Salvo]]
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| − | * '''RADAR''' - [[Radar|RAdio Detection And Ranging]]
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| − | * '''RAN''' - [[RAN|Royal Australian Navy]]
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| − | * '''RE''' - [[Reinforcement Expansion]] (extra ship slot)
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| − | * '''RL''' - Mostly {{EquipmentLink|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher}} & {{EquipmentLink|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni}}, but can designate most "[[Rocket]] munitions"
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| − | * '''RLK2''' - {{EquipmentLink|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni}}
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| − | * '''RM''' - [[RM|Regia Marina]] (Italian Royal Navy)
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| − | * '''RN''' - [[RN|Royal Navy]]
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| − | * '''RNN''' - [[RNN|Royal Netherlands Navy]]
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| − | * '''RP''' - [[Ranking]] points
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| − | * '''RSC''' - [[Resources]]
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| − | * '''RNG''' - Random Number Generation
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| − | * '''SCAMP''' - {{EquipmentLink|Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel}} (not to be confused with the USS [[Scamp]])
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| − | * '''SCM''' - [[Skilled Crew Member]]s
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| − | * '''SDP''' - {{Equipment/Link|Skilled Deck Personnel|Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands|text=Skilled Deck Personnels}}
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| − | ** '''SDP+''' - {{Equipment/Link|Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands}}
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| − | * '''SE''' - [[Support Expedition]]
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| − | * '''SF''' - [[Striking Force Fleet]]
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| − | * '''SFFCF/SFCF''' - {{EquipmentLink|Striking Force Fleet Command Facility}}
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| − | * '''SLO''' - {{EquipmentLink|Skilled Lookouts|Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts|text=Skilled Lookouts}}
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| − | ** '''SSLO''' - "{{EquipmentLink|Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts|text=Super Skilled Lookouts}}"
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| − | * '''SONAR''' - [[Sonar|SOund Navigation And Ranging]]
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| − | * '''SPB''' - [[Seaplane Bomber]]
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| − | * '''SPF''' - [[Seaplane Fighter]]
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| − | * '''SPR''' - [[Seaplane Recon]]
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| − | * '''SS''' - [[Submarine]]
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| − | * '''SSV''' - [[Aircraft Carrying Submarine]]
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| − | * '''STF''' - [[Surface Task Force]]
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| − | * '''TCI''' - [[Torpedo Cut-In]]
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| − | * '''TCF/TE''' - [[Transport Combined Fleet]] / Transport Escort
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| − | * '''TP''':
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| − | ** '''TP''' - [[Stats|Torpedo Stat]]
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| − | ** '''TP''' - [[Transport Operation|Transport Points]]
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| − | * '''TSLO''' - {{EquipmentLink|Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts|text=Torpedo SLO}}
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| − | * '''TSSL''' - {{EquipmentLink|Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts}}
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| − | * '''TTK''' - "Teitoku", Japaneses for "Admiral"
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| − | * '''USN''' - [[USN|United States Navy]]
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| − | * '''USS''' - [[USN|United States Ship]]
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| − | * '''VA''' - [[Seiyuu|Voice Actress]], same as CV or Seiyuu
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| − | * '''WG/WG42''' - {{EquipmentLink|WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)}}
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| | ==Abbreviations, Specific terms & Trivia== | | ==Abbreviations, Specific terms & Trivia== |