Glossary:

.338: .338-calibre battle rifle, standard issue to Imperial Guard units not equipped with lasguns. Takes its appearance and mechanism from an FN FAL/L1A1 SLR.

1B1T: An ammunition belt with one round of tracer loaded after one round of standard ball, used in bow and co-axial guns on armoured vehicles.

2IC: Second in command (Executive officer).

Accatran: Remington. An Accatran shotgun is a Remington 870.

Atreides Cavalry: Mounted brigade inspired by the Russian Cossacks.

Avenger: A ground attack bomber used for dive-bombing. The perforations in its dive-brakes give it an accompanying wail during its dive.

Ball and tracer: An ammunition belt loaded with standard ball and tracer rounds; usually one-in-five.

Bog Roll: Toilet paper.

Bondo: Combat zone.

Bootneck: Nickname used by the Imperial Guard to refer to Navy Armsmen.

Brass Exchange: Firefight.

Buck: Experience.

Buckshee: Spare kit acquired without proper chits.

Bunch of Fives: Punches.

Bundook: Rifle.

Cain: Military phonetic for the letter C, used instead of Charlie.

Cain Cain: CC stands for consecutive call, used when the caller wishes to talk to more than one callsign ie, the entire platoon.

Cain Zero Alpha: Cain Company commanding officer.

Cake and Arse Party: Not very good.

Castra: Break-action 40-millimetre grenade launcher (M79)

Chariot: Six-wheeled, ten-tonne armoured vehicle visually similar to an Alvis Saracen.

Cheggers: Referring to anyone who you don't know and isn't important enough to remember their name.

Chippy: Rubbish kit.

Co-ax: Coaxial gun mounted beside a tank's main battery, usually a .338-calibre stubber or a heavy bolter.

Chogey: Locally employed civilian.

Compo: Field Rations.

Concussion Grenade: A grenade designed to kill using explosive force rather than fragmentation.

Cover: Refers to headgear. Soft cover = cap/beret, hard cover = helmet.

CP: Command Post.

Crap Cap: Field cap.

Crotch: The Imperial Guard.

Dig out: Help yourself.

Doss bag: Sleeping bag.

Frog: All-gun model Vendetta armed with missiles for ground attack. Takes its name from the missile-armed Bell UH-1 'Huey' used in the Vietnam Conflict.

Fullscrew: Corporal.

Glasshouse: Military Prison.

GOC: General Officer Commanding.

Grapo: Break-action, 40-millimetre grenade launcher (HK69A1)

Green Slime: Military Intelligence.

Grenz: A Kazalak visually similar to an MPI-AKS-74N, firing special tungsten-carbide ammunition.

Grollies: Underpants.

HE: High explosive.

Hennus: Four-tonne truck resembling a Bedford lorry.

Hoik: Throw.

Hollow Point: A jacketed hollow point (JHP) is a bullet with a hard metal coating designed to expand on entering the target thus maximising tissue damage and blood loss/shock.

Horror Bag: Military packed lunch.

Horus: Six-wheeled, eleven and a half-tonne armoured vehicle based off of an Alvis Saladin.

Iggery/Ricky-Tick: Quickly.

IM: Imperial Manufactora, 40K equivalent of FN Herstal merged with General Motors.

Imperator Victrix: A commonly read, frequently published newspaper.

Jack as Ten: Rubbish.

Jankers/Fizzers: Slang for non-judicial punishment ie, a charge.

Kazalak: Assault rifle (Autogun), 40K equivalent of the Kalashnikov but chambered in 9.5 mm/.374-calibre.

Klick: Kilometre (0.6 miles).

Krupnok: .50-calibre Stubber based off a DShK 'Shpagin'.

Lance Jack: Lance corporal.

Lecta: .45-calibre automatic carbine visually similar to the Thompson submachine gun. Feeds from both stick and drum magazines.

Long Range Sniper: Artillery.

Mark VII: A Leman Russ tank currently in frontline service. Routinely armed with 125 mm smoothbore cannon, Vanquisher variants (Bomb) have rifled cannons.

Molota: Belt-fed stubber equivalent to a Czech VZ. 59 machine gun.

Moses: Browning equivalent. A Moses stub pistol is an FN Browning 9 mm.

Moxifloxacin: Anti-bacterial agent.

MP: Military Police, the branch responsible for discipline in the Imperial Guard.

Nathaniel: Nickname for Chaos Space Marines.

NCO: Non-commissioned officer, an officer that has not yet earnt a commission ie, a lance corporal.

NIG: New In Green, someone new on deployment.

No.2 Uniform: Attire worn for most formal duties (No.1 is only for ceremonial occasions).

OC: Officer Commanding (company level and above).

One Zero Alpha: Number 1 Platoon commanding officer.

OG: Olive Grey, a common uniform colour in the Imperial Guard.

Outgoing Mail: Friendly artillery firing overhead.

Phase 1: Basic training.

Pom-Pom: Anti-aircraft nickname.

Recce: A look around.

Rekyl: Magazine-fed .30-calibre stubber. Cross between a Bren and a Madsen machine gun.

Roga: Bullpup, magazine-fed, 12.7mm rifle similar to an ASH-12

RSM: Regimental Sergeant Major: The senior non-commissioned officer in charge of discipline within a unit. Holds the rank of Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) and is referred to as sir. Sergeant major is not a rank, rather an appointment.

Scatheros: Franchi SpA. A Scatheros shotgun is closely based off a SPAS-12.

Scoba: Bofors. A Scoba 84 mm recoilless rifle is identical to a Carl Gustav rocket launcher.

Scran/Scoff: Food.

SEGCOM: Segmentum Command.

Slamjets: Cold War era jet fighters (MiG-17/Phantom). Obsolete in the 41st millennium.

SNCO: Senior (or Staff) Non-commissioned Officer ie, Colour Sergeant (C/Sgt).

SP: Self-propelled gun, a tank chassis mounting a howitzer/anti-tank gun (Basilisk).

Sprogs/Wetnoses: Recruits.

Square Bashing: Military drill.

Staffy: Staff Sergeant.

Stag: Guard duty.

Star of Terra: The Imperial Guard equivalent of the Victoria Cross.

Stickie: Derogatory nickname for any and all eldar, Craftworld, Corsair, etc.

Stronica: Submachine gun (autopistol) identical to an Uzi.

Stubber: Automatic weapon roughly equivalent to 20/21st century machine guns. An IM .338-calibre stubber is an FN MAG/GPMG, .50 calibre (12.7 mm) stubber is an M2 Browning. A Vraks pattern stubber is an MG42 'Spandau'.

Stump-thrower: Nickname for an 82 mm medium mortar.

Subaltern: Officer below the rank of captain (British Army).

Sulpha Powder: A thin white powder when sprinkled on a wound allegedly prevents infection, also comes in tablet form.

Sunray: Callsign denoting troop leader (Platoon commander upwards).

Sunray Minor: Callsign of troop second in command.

Tankie: Nickname for tank crewmen (British Army).

Them: Used to refer to Imperial Guard Special Forces (Stormtroopers among others).

Tracer: Rounds holding a pyrotechnic charge in their base. When shot the pyrotechnic composition burns brightly, to the untrained eye it appears similar to a thin plasma bolt. Can be red, blue, white or green.

Track: Any tracked armoured vehicle that isn't a tank ie, a Chimera.

Two Zero Alpha: Number 2 Platoon commanding officer.

Volg: 40K Colt/Vickers Manufacturing Company equivalent, Volg stubbers being Vickers 'K' machine guns. A Volg pistol is a Colt .45 automatic.

Voss: Ingram Military Armament Corporation. A Voss autopistol is an M-10/11.

Walloon: Directional mine no different from an M18 Claymore.

Wex: Machine Pistol (Autopistol) identical to a 9-mm MAT-49

Whack-ho: Can mean anything but no, similar to the American 'hoo-ah' or 'oo-rah'.

White Phosphorus: Made from the chemical element phosphorus, it is self-igniting, burns fiercely and can ignite cloth, fuel, ammunition, etc. WP is used in smoke, tracer, illumination and incendiary munitions; most useful for creating smokescreens and masking infra-red signatures.

Windproof: Hooded smock worn in cold weather coloured green, brown and khaki.

Wolf: Four-wheeled drive utility vehicle, inspired by the British Army Landrover.

Woolly Pulley: Green military issue jersey.

Wounded Lion: Decoration for being wounded in action, roughly the same as a Purple Heart.

Zeke: Nickname used to refer to any and all Chaos militia. Cultists are exempt.

Zero: Callsign for Headquarters.

Zero Alpha: Headquarters Command.