DBMM has a number of acronyms and phrases (many inherited from DBM) that can seem daunting for newcomers and make some on-line discussions utterly baffling, so here is a guide to some of the more common ones.

• IPZ - Indian Petting Zoo - a variant of the Classical Indian list from Book 2 that maximises the number of El(S) and Kn(X). In the early versions of the DBMM list for Classical Indians, the chariots were Kn(S), which made this even more of a panzer division.
• KMDT - Khazar Mounted Display Team - turning a column into line - something that needed a bit of a squiggle in DBM but is now just a standard technique in DBMM so you won't see it mentioned these days.
• NMDT - Norman Mounted Display Team - a DBM term for the technique of running a column of impetuous troops (say Kn(F)) along the front of an enemy formation and then letting them go impetuous at which point they would turn and home into the enemy front line. Preventing this is a key feature of the DBMM spontaneous advance rules.
• SBPF or SPF - Small but Perfectly Formed - an army that consists of a very few elements, normally all of which are very tough and play a key role, with no filler. Often with lots of high value troops and no filler. Normally very nasty when things are going its way, and falls to pieces very fast because it has such low break points. Later Assyrian, Nikephorian and War of the Roses English are three army lists that spring to mind that you often see SPF variants of.