Mostly correct, just a few additions/corrections. In radio comms, the format is always : intended recipient (Alpha 1-1), the person talking (Overlord), the content of the message. Doesn't matter if it's a cessna talking to ATC or a jet getting info from awacs. During a normal long range fight, AWACS will at first talk in reference to bullseye to help everyone with situational awareness, and once fighters commit to a threat/bandit, comms will start to use BRAA format uing the fighters as reference, since it's easier for the pilots to understand mentally, and helps with pointing sensors and eyes in the right direction, especially considering the pace of engagements. Tracking refers to the track the bandit is flying, to further help with general situational awareness. Track is basically the direction he's flying in, hence the "north" here. Fast usually denotes the bandit is not just cruising waiting to get shot at, he's going somewhere fast, and more than likely about to deliver some hurt somewhere.
An addition to joker fuel: it isn't just some arbitrary amount of fuel to spare after landing, but rather is the point at which disengagement should be made or engagement avoided. If you're in the middle of a dogfight and reach bingo fuel, you would have to immediately run away which is begging to be shot in the back when you run. Instead you need to disengage carefully and joker fuel is the point at which you still have time to do so before reaching bingo fuel.
Joker will also refer to a specific time to return to base in general since there will more than likely be a queue of people trying to land so airfields will tend to have designated times that it wants you back to the Airfield. So a very easy way to remeber is Bingo is always FUEL LEFT, vs Joker TIME LEFT
3:09 “Angels” only refer to the altitude of a FRIENDLY unit. A person used to GCI talk can mistakenly believe the unit is not a hostile, instilling confusion. So, one must say “angels 12” for friendlies ONLY, and “12 thousands“ otherwise. Source: Tactical Pascale’s channel (in which you can learn a lot more about tracking and other terminology).
Some references: Fast is a speed reference meaning greater than Mach 1. Very Fast is used for the occasional aircraft that is tracked going over Mach 2. Without one of these callouts, assume the aircraft is going at a high subsonic speed. Tracking means the direction the track is going, in this case, North.
Thanks for the info! I realized after making this that my assumption for tracking was correct (ignore the text I put on screen there). The clarifications for fast and very fast are also useful! Also, I think we've played together before lol
@@StootWorts Hello, you’re welcome, even though I’m late, figured it would be cool to make sure anyone else reading these comments could have a reference to both. I believe we have played together! My pilot’s name is simply “Ari” though, I didn’t check the channel so I didn’t notice.
From what i've seen, paveway is used to refer to laser-guided bombs (though using pickle for all makes sense too) and as a little fun fact fox-4 can be used in replacement of guns, guns, guns; but is never used. All in all, great video! Wish I had this when starting out in arma when I was learning this!!
Thank you so much for the info and the kind words! I'm gonna make a follow-up to this with a few new terms and some clarifications of the ones in here and I'll be sure to address this.
@@tjforsythe97 Thats a new one. Never heard that one before. I very much doubt it outside of video games since it's pretty much unseen in modern combat (since the invention of active-radar missiles which is fox-3) Nowadays when you're out of missiles and gun you either eject or leave
4:51 the AIM-120s in VTOL can also be guided with a TWS (track while scan) lock. You can tell if you have a target in a TWS lock if it has a 1, 2, 3, or 4 on your radar display page. You only have to hard lock a target to designate a missile for it, you can then unlock it and keep it in TWS after you’ve shot a fox 3. This is really helpful as it doesn’t make your target’s RWR scream at the pilot during the missile’s flight :D
Recently on an F45 mission I ran myself dry of everything but 2 AIM120s and had to Mad Dog a bunker to complete the objective. One of the coolest on the fly things I've done in VR. This game is amazing.
well put together video. I have played some vtol vr and somewhat cared about the terms but did not want to sit through a lecture. This felt much more like reading notes and far more agreeable than a lecture. Thank you
Thank you so much! I agree, being talked at for however many minutes doesn't grip me either so I wanted to make a faster-paced approach. I'm glad it worked for you!
Yeah this is a really good guide. I'll try to actually pay attention to overlord comms now that I know what they're actually saying. Also I always thought it said "think of fuel" instead of "bingo fuel"
I enjoyed the video, just picked up VTOL the other day and can't wait to try it! Pickle is used for dumb bomb typically, Paveway is used for Laser guided bombs. Fast is in reference to speed usually anything going supersonic (Mach1). Tracking is used for a few things, but coming from an AWAC's usually means it's direction of travel.
Tracking is the direction the target is heading towards (not its heading from or to a given point) and fast just means the target is fast. Don’t know exactly when this applies but my guess would be somewhere around or over mach 1
DUDE! Those infos come in so quick, even TikTok-Kids have to replay that! How are you even understanding and remembering all the shit this guy throws at you, especially without those nice subtitles? :D
According to my google search ups, VTOL VR experience and overusing N63 Victor India requesting flight level 350 to dodge this fucking idiot traffic. I am 30% fluent in this language.
Correction: "Winchester" means your out of missiles or other ordnance and are down to guns only. Also, never use "Angels" when refering to enemy altitude.
@@raptor4211 bruh i need that mod then XD. i can perfectly imagine it just going "RIIIIIIIIIIII-" while fading out as it gets farther away from the jet lmao.
I love this but I'll likely forget it by the next time I play VTOL VR (which hopefully is very soon because I'm getting a graphics card that can actually run it soon)
I'll assume the meaning of 'fast' in the phrase means the speed which the target is moving at (most likely above 200 kt) if so, there's probably a 'slow' meaning for a slow moving target e.g. some random vtol craft hovering or a helicopter
In the video's context, that's exactly what it means. There are several munitions that can lock well before they can engage, such as the ARM/HARM missiles, so you get the lock, then wait for your aircraft to say "Shoot", which means the selected ordinance is within accurate range. It's also used for bomb drops when using some form of guidance system, even if only a predicted impact point for a freefall bomb.
I know 2 more codes "Ripple" means multiple missiles fired from the same position "Vampire" means an Anti Ship missile has been fired at an allied ship And "Vampire ripple" means that shit has hit the fan _violently_
I’m a little late to the party, however for anyone still interested, fast mover refers to a jet aircraft of literally any kind, speed is irrelevant, fast refers to an aircraft traveling Mach 1+ and very fast refers to Mach 2+
I'm not sure if there's a way to see the bearings on the bullseye itself, but what I generally do is just look at the bullseye from wherever I am and then see what the opposite bearing is (if it's on your 270, you're on its 90).
@@robertmiles9942 meaning DCS is pretty complex, old meme like, VTOL VR is complex, someone comments laughs in [more complex thing] not saying VTOL VR is bad or anything just saying DCS is complex.
in DCS F-18 you have home fuel wich is calculated by the computer that you have enough to RTB and bingo fuel you can set by yourself. i dont know if thats the standard usage of this terms but DCS is usually pretty good at this. i never heard of joker fuel tho.
4:06 can somebody please clarify, after "bullseye" we get bearing distance and altitude info, is that info to get us to the bullseye point or is that information about the hostile unit from the bullseye point as point of reference? Sorry for the bad english
@@tacowaffles5967 I'm not sure, but from what I've read CAP is a type of mission unless I'm missing something. Unless CAP weaponry is a specific category, I don't think it has an exclusive terminology applied to it.
@@strikeeaglechase1582 in that case you gotta treat it like an IR missile. dont use maddog near team mates. or like an over sensitive IR missile for that matter.
@@strikeeaglechase1582 does maddog use the missiles radar to lock on? if thats the case then your are correct it would just act like an ir missile and why would i want to use an aim-120 when i could use an airs-t? (i freaking love airs-t's) altho i would keep maddog enabled just incase. i wouldnt use it but it would be enabled if i need to get a quick missile out.
0:37 you're mixing up different types of callsign by showing the Top Gun clip. The movie actually gets it right here, the final mission the call sign of the strike force is Dagger, with Tom Cruise's plane being Dagger 1-1.
In reference to bingo fuel, you can set this level manually in the options menu of the MFD alongside the altitude warnings. When you select a fuel level it will give a range of distances you can reach to land safely depending on how efficiently you are flying.
In my opinion one of the most important callouts, and one missing from this game, is "raygun" You call this out when locking a target which you're not sure is friendly or hostile If you're locked and someone calls put "raygun" you respond "buddy spike" as a form of manual IFF You can also call out buddy spike unprompted if necessary, and in this game it's often necessary, and nobody seems to know what it means
**edit 2: tracking does indeed mean the direction the target is moving, thanks for clarification everyone! I'm gonna do a follow-up to this video soon where I'll be sure to go back over the terms I was unsure about as well as some new ones. **edit: i believe pickle does refer to all freefall ordinance which includes guided bombs. Also, I think tracking does mean the direction of the target but I still need to look into this one a bit more. I'll probably make a second video with a few more terms and if I do I'll cover that again. I couldn't find whether "pickle" refers to only dumb bombs or all bombs, but I'm pretty sure it is meant to reference dumb bombs. Regardless, the point of brevity codes is to convey information quickly so either way people will know what you mean.
@@foxtrot000 I checked an (albeit slightly old) brevity codebook from like 2002 and Fast does in fact mean super sonic (specifically 600-900 knots, or mach 1-1.5). Thanks for the info!
As one of the voice actors for the AWACS in VTOL, you are right in that the declared word is 'Tracking', and it is used for declaring the direction of flight aircraft take. That being said - Arizona is the code word for having expended all ARMs. :)
I'm definitely late to the party here but by chance do you know where I can find more code words I could use in VTOL VR? I know a lot of the basics but I wanna learn the specifics like how Arizona is specific to ARMs.
Winchester is just guns remaining... Because the winchester is a basic rifle. If I recall correctly. There is so much more... Like "darkstar, Judy Judy" or else curious things.
The brevity code for "Tracking" means [EW]-electronic warfare [S/A]-surface to air IR lock-on. Edit: Basically the AWACS or SAM site has a lock on and is tracking the target and the direction where the target is.
I was just looking up brevit codes (even though I know a lot of them) and I’m planning on buying vtol vr for my oculus quest 2 wich I don’t yet have😂 and found this. Very good video, you deserve more subs!
I waited too long to watch a video like this haha. I figured a lot out through context in sims over the years but never got serious enough to actually know what a lot of these mean. Thanks for breaking it down and also pointing out the things that you're not sure about so others could fill in the blanks!
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THAT ONE!! Splash just means kill. Splash bandit means that person shot down a jet. Splash one/two/etc. is a way of counting kills in an engagement. Not important but fun fact, the term comes from World War II where one of the only ways to actually confirm that a plane was out of the fight was to watch it crash into the ocean, hence splash.
Dude don't say 'Angels' for altitude, ever. It has limited use in the Navy for pilots talking to ppl back on the ship, never use it air-to-air or to ATC.
I want to point out that in this game when they say "fast mover" they are directly referring to any fixed-wing aircraft, be it jet-powered or otherwise. You also see this in Arma 3 when they say "contact, fast-mover". You don't call a helicopter a fast-mover. At the end, when they say "Fast", THAT means they are, in-fact, moving fast.
theres also paveway meaning laser guided bombs but pickle can work for it too. also spike but idk if thats a thing for vtol vr but i baisically means that you got radar lock on something to warn friendlies to avoid a buddy spike which is something you shout if you realize that the person that just called spike locked you instead of a bandit or hostile
@@StootWorts Oh also I just wanna say that bogey is just a random flying blob and we do not have confirmation on what it is although its usually a plane
Mostly correct, just a few additions/corrections.
In radio comms, the format is always : intended recipient (Alpha 1-1), the person talking (Overlord), the content of the message. Doesn't matter if it's a cessna talking to ATC or a jet getting info from awacs.
During a normal long range fight, AWACS will at first talk in reference to bullseye to help everyone with situational awareness, and once fighters commit to a threat/bandit, comms will start to use BRAA format uing the fighters as reference, since it's easier for the pilots to understand mentally, and helps with pointing sensors and eyes in the right direction, especially considering the pace of engagements.
Tracking refers to the track the bandit is flying, to further help with general situational awareness. Track is basically the direction he's flying in, hence the "north" here.
Fast usually denotes the bandit is not just cruising waiting to get shot at, he's going somewhere fast, and more than likely about to deliver some hurt somewhere.
Fast is specifically for if they are moving faster than Mach 1
Remember..
Hey [YOU] this is [ME], this is my [MESSAGE] over/out.
Over - Expecting a response
Out - Not expecting a response.
NEVER THE TWO TOGETHER!
(last paragraph) not to be confused with "fast-mover" which just means that it's a jet
Ground troops use the same format too. At least that's what we had during my stint with the marines lol
An addition to joker fuel: it isn't just some arbitrary amount of fuel to spare after landing, but rather is the point at which disengagement should be made or engagement avoided. If you're in the middle of a dogfight and reach bingo fuel, you would have to immediately run away which is begging to be shot in the back when you run. Instead you need to disengage carefully and joker fuel is the point at which you still have time to do so before reaching bingo fuel.
Thanks for the clarification!
Joker will also refer to a specific time to return to base in general since there will more than likely be a queue of people trying to land so airfields will tend to have designated times that it wants you back to the Airfield. So a very easy way to remeber is Bingo is always FUEL LEFT, vs Joker TIME LEFT
For the quality of this video you are criminally underrated
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!
3:09 “Angels” only refer to the altitude of a FRIENDLY unit. A person used to GCI talk can mistakenly believe the unit is not a hostile, instilling confusion. So, one must say “angels 12” for friendlies ONLY, and “12 thousands“ otherwise. Source: Tactical Pascale’s channel (in which you can learn a lot more about tracking and other terminology).
Some references:
Fast is a speed reference meaning greater than Mach 1. Very Fast is used for the occasional aircraft that is tracked going over Mach 2. Without one of these callouts, assume the aircraft is going at a high subsonic speed.
Tracking means the direction the track is going, in this case, North.
Thanks for the info! I realized after making this that my assumption for tracking was correct (ignore the text I put on screen there). The clarifications for fast and very fast are also useful!
Also, I think we've played together before lol
@@StootWorts
Hello, you’re welcome, even though I’m late, figured it would be cool to make sure anyone else reading these comments could have a reference to both.
I believe we have played together! My pilot’s name is simply “Ari” though, I didn’t check the channel so I didn’t notice.
@@NucleAri I knew I remembered your icon, good to see you around!
From what i've seen, paveway is used to refer to laser-guided bombs (though using pickle for all makes sense too) and as a little fun fact fox-4 can be used in replacement of guns, guns, guns; but is never used.
All in all, great video! Wish I had this when starting out in arma when I was learning this!!
Thank you so much for the info and the kind words! I'm gonna make a follow-up to this with a few new terms and some clarifications of the ones in here and I'll be sure to address this.
i thought fox-4 was for ramming other airplanes?
@@tjforsythe97 Thats a new one. Never heard that one before. I very much doubt it outside of video games since it's pretty much unseen in modern combat (since the invention of active-radar missiles which is fox-3) Nowadays when you're out of missiles and gun you either eject or leave
I guess paveway is used due to you needing to stay above the target to guide in the bomb instead of dropping and going
4:51
the AIM-120s in VTOL can also be guided with a TWS (track while scan) lock. You can tell if you have a target in a TWS lock if it has a 1, 2, 3, or 4 on your radar display page. You only have to hard lock a target to designate a missile for it, you can then unlock it and keep it in TWS after you’ve shot a fox 3.
This is really helpful as it doesn’t make your target’s RWR scream at the pilot during the missile’s flight :D
Recently on an F45 mission I ran myself dry of everything but 2 AIM120s and had to Mad Dog a bunker to complete the objective. One of the coolest on the fly things I've done in VR. This game is amazing.
Yeah, those close calls make this game so fun and exciting
Bunkers can die to AIM-120s? I'm going to doubt that. They can't even be killed by AGM-65s, you need bombs or cruise missiles...
@@minecrafter0505 Yeah it was just an ammo depot or something built from corrugated steel. Misnomer calling it a bunker.
@@Hurdle11C thx for clarifying
"Hi, I'm an idiot" is how I'm gonna introduce myself from now on 🤣. Nice video!
well put together video. I have played some vtol vr and somewhat cared about the terms but did not want to sit through a lecture. This felt much more like reading notes and far more agreeable than a lecture. Thank you
Thank you so much! I agree, being talked at for however many minutes doesn't grip me either so I wanted to make a faster-paced approach. I'm glad it worked for you!
Yeah this is a really good guide. I'll try to actually pay attention to overlord comms now that I know what they're actually saying. Also I always thought it said "think of fuel" instead of "bingo fuel"
Either way it gets the point across
I did indeed breathe within the last few seconds.
I enjoyed the video, just picked up VTOL the other day and can't wait to try it! Pickle is used for dumb bomb typically, Paveway is used for Laser guided bombs. Fast is in reference to speed usually anything going supersonic (Mach1). Tracking is used for a few things, but coming from an AWAC's usually means it's direction of travel.
Tracking is the direction the target is heading towards (not its heading from or to a given point) and fast just means the target is fast. Don’t know exactly when this applies but my guess would be somewhere around or over mach 1
Yeah, I'm gonna be sure to update tracking in the second video I make on this. And fast does in fact mean beyond mach 1
Sir you are underrated, love the video, fresh humorous touch, and informative. THANKS! Keep beeing awesome
You have a crazy degree of quality. Can't believe you have so few subs. Keep at it. It'll change fast.
Great explanation, understandable, underrated. You earned a Sub :)
Thank you so much! I'm glad it was useful
DUDE! Those infos come in so quick, even TikTok-Kids have to replay that!
How are you even understanding and remembering all the shit this guy throws at you, especially without those nice subtitles? :D
Excellent guide!!!! Looking forward to more!
Thank you so much! Glad it was useful!
I watched this video after waking up and haven't eaten anything. I did breathe quite a bit during the last few seconds of it though.
As far as I'm aware, fast in military brevity simply refers to any aircraft estimated to be doing Mach 1 or above.
hahahahah the "if your're a normal person" got me :'D
Dude you're funny as hell, this rocked 😂
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed!
How tf do you not have a million subs
According to my google search ups, VTOL VR experience and overusing N63 Victor India requesting flight level 350 to dodge this fucking idiot traffic. I am 30% fluent in this language.
Finally some good vtol content!! Subbed!
Glad you like it!
This video healped alot. Thanks!
Just subbed because of this video lol, love the ending x)
Ay glad you liked it lmao
aye i was the guy in the ah94 with you, headset died, but the production quality is nice!
(on 9/10)
Hell yeah, glad you like it! You can be my wingman any day
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Correction: "Winchester" means your out of missiles or other ordnance and are down to guns only.
Also, never use "Angels" when refering to enemy altitude.
There's a mod that replaces bombs with pickle rick. So you're calling a pickle by dropping a pickle rick.
does it scream "PICKLE RIIIIII-" the whole way down? lmao
@@davidboss2160 yep, as intended
@@raptor4211 bruh i need that mod then XD. i can perfectly imagine it just going "RIIIIIIIIIIII-" while fading out as it gets farther away from the jet lmao.
I love this but I'll likely forget it by the next time I play VTOL VR (which hopefully is very soon because I'm getting a graphics card that can actually run it soon)
Just rewatch it when you get your computer back B)
In all seriousness, I hope you're able to run it again soon!
I'll assume the meaning of 'fast' in the phrase means the speed which the target is moving at (most likely above 200 kt) if so, there's probably a 'slow' meaning for a slow moving target e.g. some random vtol craft hovering or a helicopter
Yeah pretty much, though specifically I think it means supersonic? Either way I'll be sure to clarify what it means in the next video!
I think that "shoot" also means that the enemy is in range with what your weapon can go to
In the video's context, that's exactly what it means. There are several munitions that can lock well before they can engage, such as the ARM/HARM missiles, so you get the lock, then wait for your aircraft to say "Shoot", which means the selected ordinance is within accurate range.
It's also used for bomb drops when using some form of guidance system, even if only a predicted impact point for a freefall bomb.
I know 2 more codes
"Ripple" means multiple missiles fired from the same position
"Vampire" means an Anti Ship missile has been fired at an allied ship
And "Vampire ripple" means that shit has hit the fan
_violently_
I like your funny words, magic man
I actually did a whole lot of breathing today.
Good
"Hi am an idiot" got me 🤣
What a greeting!
"Hi! I'm an Idiot."
man
in MP there are so many children always saying copy "alpha delta bravo tango echo how copy copy wilco five by five. "
U should check the next gen AWACS. They got 2x moms up there on the roof.
Holy shit
I am going to forget this very shortly
very helpful thanks
“Yeah I guess you could say I’m bilingual”
I’m a little late to the party, however for anyone still interested, fast mover refers to a jet aircraft of literally any kind, speed is irrelevant, fast refers to an aircraft traveling Mach 1+ and very fast refers to Mach 2+
how do you know where 090, 180, 270 and 000 are from the bullseye? it doesn't have an arrow pointing towards its' north, so how would you know?
I'm not sure if there's a way to see the bearings on the bullseye itself, but what I generally do is just look at the bullseye from wherever I am and then see what the opposite bearing is (if it's on your 270, you're on its 90).
We need a guide on how to communicate with the tower, otherwise it's not clear there)
Great work, very useful.
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!
1:12 - if there was no tower control for a week
FOX 1: Semi-active radar
FOX 2: Passive IR
FOX 3: Active radar
GUNS GUNS GUNS: guns
Pickle: Unguided bomb
Paveway: Laser-guided bombs
Rifle: Air-to-Ground missile
Magnum: Anti-radiation
Bruiser: Anti-ship
Splash: Air target destroyed
Shack: Ground target destroyed
I was reading.
Laughs in DCS.
What does this mean?
@@robertmiles9942 meaning DCS is pretty complex, old meme like, VTOL VR is complex, someone comments laughs in [more complex thing] not saying VTOL VR is bad or anything just saying DCS is complex.
so great
in DCS F-18 you have home fuel wich is calculated by the computer that you have enough to RTB and bingo fuel you can set by yourself. i dont know if thats the standard usage of this terms but DCS is usually pretty good at this. i never heard of joker fuel tho.
Thanks this helped 😀
I have not eaten yet. Feed me.
Could have mentioned Dakota next to Winchester, its the same except only for air to ground ordnance :D
Noted!
4:06 can somebody please clarify, after "bullseye" we get bearing distance and altitude info, is that info to get us to the bullseye point or is that information about the hostile unit from the bullseye point as point of reference? Sorry for the bad english
nevermind, the answer to my question was in the video :'D just had to rewatch enough times
Fast means that the target is going at least 600kn
Great video
I was reading it
How would you find the bullseye on the F/A 26? By that i mean where would i go to find it?
For the F/A-26 specifically, check the NAV screen (maybe radar but I don't remember).
awesome ...!!! thanks for this vid ...
Also "Arizona" means you're out of SEAD missles.
Ooh, good one! I'll add this to the next video on brevity codes.
Is there a similar call-out for when you run out of CAP weaponry?
@@tacowaffles5967 I'm not sure, but from what I've read CAP is a type of mission unless I'm missing something. Unless CAP weaponry is a specific category, I don't think it has an exclusive terminology applied to it.
@@StootWorts that would make sense
fust is speed that mean suppersonic
its sad that i know what the calls were before watching the video
Okay now make a flow chart
pretty good video sadly i dont even own the game was fun to watch anyway
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Don't use maddog
why not?
@@davidboss2160 it only locks onto teammates
@@strikeeaglechase1582 in that case you gotta treat it like an IR missile. dont use maddog near team mates. or like an over sensitive IR missile for that matter.
@@davidboss2160 Or just don't use maddog, there's extremely little use for it
@@strikeeaglechase1582 does maddog use the missiles radar to lock on? if thats the case then your are correct it would just act like an ir missile and why would i want to use an aim-120 when i could use an airs-t? (i freaking love airs-t's) altho i would keep maddog enabled just incase. i wouldnt use it but it would be enabled if i need to get a quick missile out.
0:37 you're mixing up different types of callsign by showing the Top Gun clip. The movie actually gets it right here, the final mission the call sign of the strike force is Dagger, with Tom Cruise's plane being Dagger 1-1.
I meant specifically Pete's callsign of "Maverick" with that, but I can see why that clip caused confusion.
you earned a sub my guy
I appreciate you explaining what shoot means I wasnt quite sure
yeah that one confused me for a while too
In reference to bingo fuel, you can set this level manually in the options menu of the MFD alongside the altitude warnings. When you select a fuel level it will give a range of distances you can reach to land safely depending on how efficiently you are flying.
This is a very important point. I should've mentioned that the bingo level needs to be set depending on your needs in that moment.
In my opinion one of the most important callouts, and one missing from this game, is "raygun"
You call this out when locking a target which you're not sure is friendly or hostile
If you're locked and someone calls put "raygun" you respond "buddy spike" as a form of manual IFF
You can also call out buddy spike unprompted if necessary, and in this game it's often necessary, and nobody seems to know what it means
@@Jackbrowwn wrong, raygun is a very real term, it's even in the actual vtol vr flight manual
@@Rockethead293 not sure wich scuffed ass manual your following but nobody ever uses raygun
@@Jackbrowwn literally every pilot disagrees
@@Rockethead293 every1 just bandit if i recall correctly i have 531 hours never have i heard someone use raygun
@@Jackbrowwn "bandit" means a hostile NOT when ur iffing someone
**edit 2: tracking does indeed mean the direction the target is moving, thanks for clarification everyone! I'm gonna do a follow-up to this video soon where I'll be sure to go back over the terms I was unsure about as well as some new ones.
**edit: i believe pickle does refer to all freefall ordinance which includes guided bombs. Also, I think tracking does mean the direction of the target but I still need to look into this one a bit more. I'll probably make a second video with a few more terms and if I do I'll cover that again.
I couldn't find whether "pickle" refers to only dumb bombs or all bombs, but I'm pretty sure it is meant to reference dumb bombs. Regardless, the point of brevity codes is to convey information quickly so either way people will know what you mean.
Pickle is for freefall ordnance, so it includes both dumb and guided bombs.
I think fast means super sonic. I either read it on Wikipedia or the vtol vr wiki!
@@foxtrot000 That would make sense, I'll confirm what it means and make sure to cover it in the next video!
@@foxtrot000 I checked an (albeit slightly old) brevity codebook from like 2002 and Fast does in fact mean super sonic (specifically 600-900 knots, or mach 1-1.5). Thanks for the info!
@@StootWorts then very fast must mean Mach 1.5/900 knots and above!
FAST: Target speed 600-900 KGS
As one of the voice actors for the AWACS in VTOL, you are right in that the declared word is 'Tracking', and it is used for declaring the direction of flight aircraft take.
That being said - Arizona is the code word for having expended all ARMs. :)
Oh shit, that's awesome! Thanks for the clarifications!
I'm definitely late to the party here but by chance do you know where I can find more code words I could use in VTOL VR? I know a lot of the basics but I wanna learn the specifics like how Arizona is specific to ARMs.
@@anonomus5682 Here is all proper brevity/code words:
www.alssa.mil/Portals/9/Documents/mttps/brevity_2023.pdf?ver=FmQkpQ3BYGk3XkAUd_vQWA%3d%3d
Winchester is just guns remaining... Because the winchester is a basic rifle. If I recall correctly.
There is so much more... Like "darkstar, Judy Judy" or else curious things.
The brevity code for "Tracking" means [EW]-electronic warfare [S/A]-surface to air IR lock-on.
Edit: Basically the AWACS or SAM site has a lock on and is tracking the target and the direction where the target is.
I was just looking up brevit codes (even though I know a lot of them) and I’m planning on buying vtol vr for my oculus quest 2 wich I don’t yet have😂 and found this. Very good video, you deserve more subs!
Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful!
FYI, VTOL VR isn't supported for Quest 2 standalone. You have to use SteamVR and run it from your PC
@@joostvisser6508 I know
Very nice video, but brevity codes in this game are unimaginably overused... same with the ATC freaks.
This is so well done! Hmu if you ever wanna jam sometime - maybe even teach me idk.....a lot more than I know lol. I wanna learn.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!
I waited too long to watch a video like this haha. I figured a lot out through context in sims over the years but never got serious enough to actually know what a lot of these mean. Thanks for breaking it down and also pointing out the things that you're not sure about so others could fill in the blanks!
Hi😀 I am an idiot😃* XD
what does the splash mean??? like i have been on this for sooo long like tehre is splash 1???? and splash bandit??? idk pls help
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THAT ONE!!
Splash just means kill. Splash bandit means that person shot down a jet. Splash one/two/etc. is a way of counting kills in an engagement.
Not important but fun fact, the term comes from World War II where one of the only ways to actually confirm that a plane was out of the fight was to watch it crash into the ocean, hence splash.
Any Questions left? There‘s a Wikipedia page about Brevity Codes
Why didn't he say "NINE-ER" for 9 and "ONE TWO THOUSAND" and 12000?
I was eating chicken and rice as I was watching this video. It was alright. I think I've had a few breaths today tho. I'm not too sure
Game name pls
VTOL VR
When he asks if you have eaten anything today but its 12 am :
Can you make a vídeo explaining te type of signals? Specially the ARAD markers because i have no idea what are those about
Ooh, I might be able to do something like that
Dude don't say 'Angels' for altitude, ever. It has limited use in the Navy for pilots talking to ppl back on the ship, never use it air-to-air or to ATC.
helpful video! i will retain none of this information
hi, im supposed to let you know down below? so uh yeah
I want to point out that in this game when they say "fast mover" they are directly referring to any fixed-wing aircraft, be it jet-powered or otherwise. You also see this in Arma 3 when they say "contact, fast-mover". You don't call a helicopter a fast-mover. At the end, when they say "Fast", THAT means they are, in-fact, moving fast.
theres also paveway meaning laser guided bombs but pickle can work for it too. also spike but idk if thats a thing for vtol vr but i baisically means that you got radar lock on something to warn friendlies to avoid a buddy spike which is something you shout if you realize that the person that just called spike locked you instead of a bandit or hostile
Interesting, I'll see if I can fit that in the next video of this!
@@StootWorts Oh also I just wanna say that bogey is just a random flying blob and we do not have confirmation on what it is although its usually a plane
This video is amazingly accurate and hilarious im glad i found your channel man 🤣
Thank you so much! I'm glad I got my information (mostly) right!
this helps for dcs too
10/10 video