>Infantry Fighting Vehicle
>Armored Personnel Carrier
>Littoral Combat Ship
We need to come up with better names for military vehicles and vessels. The fact that soulless acronyms like IFV and APC have been adopted is testament to modern lack of creativity.
>>25471927
But littoral combat ship is a good name.
>>25471948
This.
>>25471927
What do you prefer we call them?
People boxes, wheeled?
People boxes, tracked?
Big grey floaty things, shallow water?
>Infantry Fighting Vehicle
You could go full german and call it: "Standardisiertes schutz und Führungsfunktionsradfahrzeug."
>>25471980
Copying the British won't get us anywhere
>>25471980
I don't know nigga, but people were creative enough to come up with badass names like tank. We are just not trying hard enough.
>>25471991
I both admire the German approach and am utterly baffled.
I mean, they name things exactly what they are.
But then you get names like....that.
>>25472001
Tank is only badass because of it's connotations.
If this was 1918, then you would be bitching about how these marvelous armored vehicles are named after things you put water in.
Oh well, at least they didn't go with water carriers.
>>25471980
>>25471980
>Wheelio pip pop carriage
>Tready boomy carriage
>big floaty wundahbar carrige
>>25471927
MURDER MACHINE
NIGHTMARE FACTORY
RAPE
all great names for weapons of war.
>>25471948
It littorally isn't.
>>25471991
Isn't the correct ranslation of IFV "Schützenpanzer"?
"Standardisiertes Schutz- und Führungsfunktionsradfahrzeug" sounds very specific
I think Gavin is a good name for our tracked APCs
>>25472102
Fuck off Sparky.
>tank - codename to hide it from the Germans
>aircraft carrier - carries aircraft
>destroyer - destroys torpedo boats
>ship of the line - fights in main battle line
>armoured car - car with armour
>bomber - drops bombs
>cruiser - meant to go on long cruises
>battleship - ship that fights in battles
OP don't be stupid, military stuff has ALWAYS been named in a practical way.
>>25472015
>>25472001
>mfw Victoria II calls tanks "barrels" instead
>>25472117
A dreadnaught is named after the one vessel that pioneered the ship type though
and what about 'capital' ships in general? Because it needs a lot of capital to make one?
>>25472139
Probably because they act as the capital "city" of a fleet.
I dunno.
>>25472139
Because "capital" is another word for "big". it really is that simple.
Now I know why I always hated Yui
>>25472139
The navy had like 15 ships called Dreadnought through history though, that is just a coincidence. And they were only commonly called Dreadnoughts for less than 20 years.
>>25471927
How about "daisy cutter"? Damn thing cuts more than some daisies
>>25472072
Schützenpanzer is correct, "Standardisiertes Schutz- und Führungsfunktionsradfahrzeug" is just the description of what a Schützenpanzer is.
>>25471995
I giggled like a retard good one....
Clitoral combat ship ?
>>25471927
Mechanized Jimmy Jonglers
>>25472054
ayy
>>25472162
no neccicarly, a capital ship is a ship that can operate solo in a hostile envrionment, like a carrier or a submarine
>>25471927
>Assault support Vehicle
>Detroit Taxi
>ASM decoy
>>25473120
There's a store up the street from me that sells a nice selection of mechanized jimmy jonglers actually
>>25471980
Or even
>Shrapnel mobile
>Burn Bunker
>Drown Vessel
>>25472139
Dreadnought is not a type, it's a class of BATTLESHIPS of the Dreadnought class.
"Dreadnought" means "Fear Nothing."
>>25471927
Meanwhile, in China
Bombers 轰炸机(Hōngzhàjī) = Lit. "Bombing Machine."
Fighter 战斗机(Zhàndòujī) = "Warfighter Machine."
Missile 导弹 (Dǎodàn) = "Guided Bomb."
Humvee 悍马(Hànmǎ) = "Fierce Horse." (also the Hummer brand as known to the Chinese).
APC 装甲运兵车(Zhuāngjiǎ yùn bīngchē) "Armored Infantry Transport."
Main Battle Tank 主战坦克(Zhǔ zhàn tǎnkè) = "Master of Battle Tank."
Aircraft Carrier 航空母舰(Hángkōngmǔjiàn) = "Aviation Mothership."
Battleship 主力舰(Zhǔlì jiàn) "Master of Strength Ship."
Destroyer 驱逐舰(Qūzhújiàn) "Drive (off) & Pursue Ship."
Frigate 护卫舰(Hùwèijiàn) "Defender Ship."
Cruiser 巡洋舰(Xúnyángjiàn) "Far Ranging Ship."
Submarine 潜艇(Qiántǐng) "Submerged Craft."
Special mentions:
Sniper 狙击兵(Jūjī bīng) "Ambush Soldier."
Marines 海军陆战队员(Hǎijūn lù zhàn duìyuán) "Navy Land-Battle Corps."
>>25471980
soldier movey, shoot and tooty
>>25478829
Some of those names are superb! I think the western militaries should definitely adopt "Master of Battle Tank," "Aviation Mothership," and "Master of Strength Ship." Also "Fierce Horse."
>>25478829
>"Master of Battle Tank"
>>25478829
>Marines 海军陆战队员(Hǎijūn lù zhàn duìyuán) "Navy Land-Battle Corps."
Marines btfo and put in their proper place.
>>25471927
small tank
troop carrier
shallow water boat
>>25471980
>People boxes, wheeled?
How about METAL BAUXES!
>>25472015
Didn't the name 'tank' come about because the British shipped them in boxes labeled 'water tank' and the name just stuck somehow?
