diff --git a/addons/main/CfgFunctions.hpp b/addons/main/CfgFunctions.hpp
index c1e77a1..93a5aad 100644
--- a/addons/main/CfgFunctions.hpp
+++ b/addons/main/CfgFunctions.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ class CfgFunctions {
 			class extract_uuid {
 				file = "\armatak\armatak\armatak_main\functions\extract_data\fn_extract_uuid.sqf";
 			};
+			class shorten_name {
+				file = "\armatak\armatak\armatak_main\functions\extract_data\fn_shorten_name.sqf";
+			};
+
 			class convert_location {
 				file = "\armatak\armatak\armatak_main\functions\map\fn_convert_location.sqf";
 			};
diff --git a/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_extract_callsign.sqf b/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_extract_callsign.sqf
index 89e6f26..e0c6968 100644
--- a/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_extract_callsign.sqf
+++ b/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_extract_callsign.sqf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ params["_unit"];
 private _callsign = "";
 
 if (roleDescription _unit != "") then {
-	_callsign = name _unit + " | " + roleDescription _unit;
+	_callsign = ([name _unit] call armatak_fnc_shorten_name) + " | " + roleDescription _unit;
 } else {
 	_callsign = name _unit;
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if ((([_unit] call BIS_fnc_objectType) select 0) == "Vehicle") then {
 	_callsign = getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _unit >> "displayName");
 
 	if (!isNull driver _unit) then {
-		_callsign = getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _unit >> "displayName") + " | " + name (driver _unit);
+		_callsign = getText (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> typeOf _unit >> "displayName") + " | " + ([name (driver _unit)] call armatak_fnc_shorten_name);
 	};
 };
 
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ if (unitIsUAV _unit) then {
 	}
 };
 
-_pre_defined_callsign = _unit getVariable "_atak_callsign";
+_atak_pre_defined_callsign = _unit getVariable "_atak_callsign";
 
-if (!isNil "_pre_defined_callsign") then {
-	_callsign = _pre_defined_callsign;
+if (!isNil "_atak_pre_defined_callsign") then {
+	_callsign = _atak_pre_defined_callsign;
 };
 
 _callsign
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diff --git a/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_shorten_name.sqf b/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_shorten_name.sqf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17d2179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/main/functions/extract_data/fn_shorten_name.sqf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+params ["_fullName"];
+
+private _nameParts = _fullName splitString " ";
+private _nameCount = count _nameParts;
+
+if (_nameCount == 1) then {
+	_fullName
+} else {
+	private _firstName = _nameParts select 0;
+	private _lastName = _nameParts select (_nameCount - 1);
+
+	if ((count _lastName) >= 7) then {
+		_lastName
+	} else {
+		format ["%1 %2", _firstName select [0, 1], _lastName]
+	};
+};
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