(f) French manufacture counter symbol: D2.5

Factory: B23.74, O.4, O5

• [Backblast penalties NA: C13.8]
• [Bog: O.4]
• [Hindrance: O.4A]
• [Interior Walls: O5.3]
• [Mapboard Selection and Features: S13.26]
• [NVR: E1.1, O5.311]
• [Rooftop Access Points: O.4B]
• [Vehicle Movement: B23.742, O.4, O5.2]

Failure to Rout: A10.5, K21.7

• [Desert: F.1C]
• [Night NA: E1.54]
• [RtPh Surrender: A20.21]
• [Withdraw from Melee: A11.16]

Falling Snow: E3.71

Fanaticism: A10.8

• [Battle Hardened: A15.3]
• [KGP, German : CG13]
• [Mission End: S17.71]
• [RB, Russian: OCG11]

Fascine: British Vehicle Note 37

• [Seawall: G13.625]

Fast Aground: G12.211

Fast Turret Traverse: D1.31

Fate: A10.64

• [Extreme Winter: E3.742]
• [Retained: S17.31]

FB (Fighter Bomber): E7.21

FBE (FRIENDLY Board Edge: The mapboard configuration's edge along which FRIENDLY units normally enter; the player should be seated with this edge nearest to him. For the sake of convenience, the FBE is always considered the west edge of the mapboard configuration): A20.53

• [S? may not be set up within 3 hexes of any whole offboard hex on the FBE: S4.11]

FF: counter abbreviation for Defensive First Fire

FFE (Fire For Effect; resolves OBA fire): C1.5

• [1/2 Options C1.33]
• [all hexes in the Blast Area are marked with Gunflashes: E1.87]
• [Barrage: E12.3]
• [Canceled ends Fire Mission: C1.35]
• [Correcting: C1.331]
• [Dust: F11.75]
• [enemy FFE permits Starshells/IR: E1.91]
• [IR status is kept track only for Battery Access: E1.931]
• [Jitter Fire: E1.55]
• [Mines: B28.62]
• [Offboard Effect: A2.51, C1.32, C1.321]
• [Routing: A10.51]
• [Shellholes: B2.1]
• [becomes TI if next Location is a HE/WP FFE Blast Area and/or contains an ADJACENT minefield: E1.53]
• [Wall/Hedge: B9.34]
• [Wire: B26.52]
• [WP: C3.76]
• see also Indirect Fire: C.1

FFE:C (FFE Continuation): C1.34

• [replace with AR: C1.343]
• [Convert to FFE:1: C1.342]
• [Correct C1.341]
• [IR status is kept track only for Battery Access: E1.931]
• [replace with SR: C1.341]

FFE Vision Effects: C1.57

• [Barrage: E12.52]
• [Creeping Barrage: E12.75]
• [Dust: F11.75]
• [ENEMY entry NA: S9.26]
• [ENEMY: S8.71]
• [S? entry NA: S3.322]

FFMO (First Fire Movement in Open Ground; a -1 DRM vs moving Infantry in Open Ground, provided no other DRM beneficial to the target applies): A4.6, K15.2

• [vs Broken units: A8.14]
• [Bypass: A4.32]
• [FFE: C1.51]
• [HA: B10.31]
• [Heavy Dust: F11.73]
• [Loading/Unloading: D6.5]
• [not negated by LV hindrance E3.1]
• [Road Use: A4.132]
• [Woods-Road: B13.31]

FFNAM (First Fire Non-Assault Movement; a -1 DRM vs moving Infantry, provided the target is not using Assault Movement): A4.6, K15.1

• [FFE: C1.51]
• [Unloading: D6.5]

FG (Fire Group): A7.5-A7.55

• [Bore Sighting DRM: C6.44]
• [ENEMY: S5.3, S8.5]
• [Halftrack/Carrier: D6.64-D6.65]
• [Heavy Payload NA: C.7]
• [Human Wave: S4.36]
• [NA in dense jungle, kunai, bamboo, or swamp: G.3]
• [Leadership: A7.53]
• [MOL: A22.611]
• [Night NA: E1.73]
• [Partisans in multi-Locations NA: S12.211]
• [Seaborne Assaults NA: G14.25]
• [Spraying Fire: A9.52]
• [Vehicular: A7.51 & D6.64]

Field of Fire: A9.21

Field Phones: C1.23

• [Cave: G11.837]
• [Spotting is not considered a Gunflash: E1.8]

Field Promotions: A18

Fighter Bomber: see FB: E3.741

Final DR/dr (a DR/dr after all applicable modification by DRM/drm)

Final Fire: A8.4

• [Cowering Penalty: A7.9, K14.10]
• [ENEMY: S8.62]
• [Gliders, Paratroops: E8.3]
• [Panic Action: S6.212]
• [Reaction Fire: D7.21]
• [Spotting is not considered a Gunflash: E1.8]
• [Spraying Fire: A9.52]
• [Thrown DC NA: A23.63]
• [Vehicular: D3.32]

Final Protective Fire: see FPF: A8.31

Finnish: A25.7

• [at Night, considered Stealthy: E1.62]

Fire (Blaze or Flame): B25

• [Cave: G11.95]
• [Clearance: B24.72]
• [Control Forfeiture: A26.13]
• [Fortified Building: B23.94]
• [FT-caused: B25.12]
• [Ground Snow/Deep Snow: E3.721]
• [HE-caused: B25.13]
• [Huts: G5.6]
• [Illumination at Night: E1.94]
• [Jungle: G2.5]
• [Kunai: G6.1]
• [MOL-caused: A22.611]
• [Mud: E3.6]
• [Palm Trees: G4.1]
• [Rice Paddy: G8.6]
• [Rubble: B24.6]
• [Snow: E3.721]
• [WP-caused: A24.32]

Fire Attacks: A7

• [First/Final Fire EXC: A.15]

Fire Attacks NA:

• [AFV SA MG TK: D3.54]
• [vs friendly units A7.4]
• [MMG, HMG, mortar or ⅝" non-vehicular ordnance if moved A4.41]
• [Out of hex if TPBF possible A7.212]

Fire Command (A Priority List determining the Fire Action of an ENEMY unit): S6.23, S8.1

Fire Direction: A7.53

• [Mandatory MG Long Range: A9.4]

Fire Group: see FG: A7.5-A7.55

Fire Lane: A9.22

• [Bore Sighting NA: C6.41]
• [can originate from a Cave but cannot enter one: G11.821]
• [Dash: A4.63]
• [lip hexside of Deir blocks: F4.52]
• [ENEMY entry NA if ≥ 4 unless in/ADJACENT to a FRIENDLY Controlled VPO: S9.26]
• [Hillocks: F6.53]
• [not affected by Huts: G5.21]
• [IFE NA: C2.29]
• [Night: E1.71]
• [S? entry NA if ≥ 4 unless in/ADJACENT to a FRIENDLY Controlled VPO: S3.322]
• [Slope: P2.31]
• [Wreck Blaze: B25.2]

Fire Mission (A Fire Mission consists of the entire time between a Battery Access draw in which a FFE is on board; i.e., from the time it is placed as a FFE:1 counter to the CCPh of the Player Turn in which the FFE:2 counter is changed to a FFE:C counter): C1.7

• [NOBA: G14.67]

Fire Phase (PFPh, DFPh, AFPh)

Firer-Based Hit Determination DRM: C5

Firing Within Hex (i.e., firing at zero range): A7.212 & A7.21 & C5.5

• [Area Target Type NA: C3.33]
• [Bypass: A12.151]
• [CA: C3.2]
• [Concealment: A12.15-A12.151]
• [Japanese DC Usage: A23.61]
• [Marketplace: B23.732]
• [OVR Prevention: C5.64]
• [Reaction Fire: D7.2]
• [Stairwells: B23.25-B23.26]
• [Target Gunshield NA: C11.5]
• [To Hit Case E: C5.5]
• [TPBF: A7.21-A7.212]

First Fire (FF): A8.1

• [Activated ENEMY: S5.3]
• [vs Bypass: A4.33]
• [ENEMY vs non-Vehicular Target: S8.61]
• [ENEMY vs Vehicle: S8.612]
• [Spotting is not considered a Gunflash: E1.8][OBA: C1.51]
• [Reaction Fire: D7.2-D7.21]
• [Residual FP: A8.2]
• [Spraying Fire: A9.52]
• [TB DRM: B13.4212]

Fixed Mount MG: D1.81

Flail Tank: B28.7 and see American Vehicle Note 20, Chapter H

Flame (preliminary-stage fire, as distinct from Blaze): B25.1, B25.15

• [Automatic Action: S6.304]
• [Bombardment: C1.823]
• [Clearance: B24.7, B24.72]
• [Control Forfeiture: A26.13]
• [Falling Rubble vs: B24.6]
• [in KGP can only occur in a building/rubble location: KGP SSR 9]
• [MOL-Projector: O10.44, O10.5]
• [provides Illumination at Night only in its own Location: E1.942]
• [RePh: O11.6096, P8.609]
• [Smoke NA: B25.2]

Flamethrower: See FT: A22

Fog: E3.31

Foot Bridge: B6.44

Fording: B21.41-B21.43

Fording Lines: E6.6

Fords: B20.8

• [Crest Status NA: B20.9]
• [Printed: P4.3]

Forest: B13.7

Fortification (Cave, Entrenchment, Minefield, Panji, Pillbox, Roadblock, Tetrahedron, Wire):

• [Blaze Location in RePh: O11.6097, P8.6095]
• [Cave NA: G11.93]
• [Collapsed Hut: G5.51]
• [Debris: O1.3]
• [DYO purchase of "?" counters for Japanese: G1.663]
• [Elimination in RePh: O11.615, P8.615]
• [Gun S? Activation in a Fortification automatically in a Trench: S5.741]
• [HIP: A12.33]
• [Hidden in RePh: O11.6073, P8.6073]
• [hidden fortifications revealed in Interrogation: E2.23]
• [NVR: E1.16]
• [only Beach Obstacles allowed in Ocean: G13.5]
• [Panji: G9.55]
• [Purchasing RePh: O11.621]
• [Rice Paddy: G8.7]
• [S? Activation: S5.74]
• [Sand: F7.42]
• [NVR applies to Fortifications in jungle, kunai, or bamboo: G.2]
• [Wire/Entrenchments NA in Bamboo: G3.5]

Fortified Building: B23.9

• [DC Hero: G1.4241]
• [RB Cellars: O6.11]
• [Rooftop NA: B23.81]
• [Rubble: B24.3]
• [S? Activation in a Fortification: S5.742, S5.761]
• [Sewers: O.2]
• [Tunnels: O.2A]
• [Wall Advantage: O.2B]

Foxhole: B27.1

FP (Firepower): A1.21, K11.5

FPF (Final Protective Fire): A8.31, K13.16, K14.13

• [vs Berserk: A15.432]
• [Cavalry: A13.6]
• [CC Reaction Fire: D7.212]
• [ENEMY: S8.613]
• [Human Wave: A25.231]
• [Non-CC Reaction Fire: D7.221]
• [Panic Action: S6.212]
• [Pillbox: B30.43]
• [Thrown DC NA: A23.63]

FPP (Fortification Purchase Points): O11.2, P8.2

FRD (Fractions Rounded Down)

Freedom of Movement: E1.21

French: A25.5

• [Free French: A25.4, F.8]
• [Free French Equipment: F.8C-F.8D]
• [Green Units: A25.51, A19.2-A19.3]

FRIENDLY (Having to do with the nationality controlled by the player)

• [Command Control: S16]
• [Companies: S18]
• [Units: S15]
• [Withdrawl: S12.5]

Friendly Board Edge (see FBE): A20.53

Frigid: B20.7, E6.1, P4.23

Front Line Location: O11.2, P8.2

Frozen Stream: B20.7

FRU (Fractions Rounded Up)

FT (Flamethrower): A22

• [Armor To Kill: C7.344]
• [Automatic Move Action: S6.306]
• [Bounding (First) Fire: D3.31]
• [vs Caves: G11.834]
• [vs Guns: C11.51]
• [Gunflashes: E1.84]
• [LC NA: G12.611]
• [Motion Fire: D2.42]
• [OVR: D7.15]
• [descending Paratroops NA: A22.33]
• [RePh: O11.6134]
• [Vehicular-Mounted: D3.6, Underscored: A22.1]

Full Strength: O11.2, P8.2