' The Longest Night ' & ' Crossing the Rubicon ': The Original Map Illustrated and Uncut Final Volume (Armageddon's Song) (69 page)

FAC:

Forward Air Controller

Falcon:
             

US built multi-role fighter (F-16)

FAO:

Forward Artillery Observer
             

FBI:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FEBA:
             

Forward Edge of the Battle Area

Fencer:

Russian built two seat interdiction and attack aircraft (SU-24)

Flanker:

Russian built single seat, twin engined fighter (SU-27)

FLIR:

Forward Looking Infra-Red

Flogger:

Russian built single seat, single engine fighter (MIG-23)

FLOT:             

Forward Line Of Troops

Fox One:

Radio call from a pilot announcing his firing an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile

Foxbat:

Russian built high speed interceptor (MIG-25)

Foxhound:             

Russian built high speed interceptor (MIG-31)

Foxhound:             

Infantryman

FPF:

Final Protective Fire

Frogfoot:

Russian built close air support, ground attack aircraft (SU-25)

FRV:

Final Rendezvous Point

Fulcrum:

Russian built single seat, twin
engined fighter (MIG-29)

Fullback:

Russian built advanced two seat fighter bomber (SU-32)

FUP:

Forming Up Point

‘G’

Gdsm:

Guardsman

Gimpy:

General Purpose Machine Gun

GPMG:

General Purpose Machine Gun

GPS:

Global Positioning System

Green Beret:

US Army special forces unit

Green Maggot:

Sleeping bag

GRI:
             

General Research Institute (Chinese espionage service)

Grumble:

Russian built anti-aircraft missile system

‘H’

HARM:

High speed anti-radiation missile

Harpoon:             

Anti-shipping missile

Harrier:

British designed VTOL Strike fighter

Hawkeye:

US built Carrier borne early warning aircraft

(E-2C)

HE:

High Explosive

HESH:
             

High Explosive Squash Head ( shaped charge warhead)

Hind-D:

Heavily armoured helicopter gunship
             

Hornet:

US built all weather strike fighter (F/A-18)

HUD:

Heads Up Display

HUMINT:

Intelligence gathered by humans

‘I’

ICBM:

Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

IFF:

Identification Friend or Foe             

IL-76:
             

Russian built heavy transport aircraft
             

Intruder:
             

USN carrier borne strike aircraft
(A-6)             

IR:

Information Room (Metropolitan Police)

IR:

Infra-Red

IRST:
             

Infra-Red Search and Tracking

‘J’

Jaguar:             

British/French ground attack aircraft

JNAIRT

Joint Nuclear Accident and Incident Response Team

JSTARS:

Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (air to ground surveillance)

‘K’

KC-135:

Aerial Tanker derived from Boeing 707 (Extender)

Kevlar:             

Carbon fibre armour

Klick:

Kilometre / a thousand metres

‘L’

L/Cpl:             

Lance Corporal

L/Sgt:             

Lance Sergeant

Lancer:

US built supersonic swing wing early stealth bomber (B1-B)

LAW:

Light Anti-Tank Weapon

LSW:             

Light Support Weapon

Lynx:             

British, fast, tank hunting helicopter

LZ:

Landing Zone

‘M’

M&AWC:

Mountain & Arctic Warfare Cadre (RM Specialists)

MAC:             

Military Airlift Command

Mach:             

Speed of sound (at sea level = 1,225 KPH / 761.2 MPH)

Maggot:

Sleeping bag

Mainstay:

Russian built AWAC version of the heavy Il-76 transport aircraft (A-50)

MAW:

Medium Anti-Tank Weapon

MBT:             

Main Battle Tank

Mess:

Sleeping quarters/Dining area/Bar/social organisation

Met:

Metropolitan Police

MFC:

Mortar Fire Controller

MIG-23:

Russian built single seat, single engine fighter (Flogger)

MIG-25:

Russian built high speed interceptor (Foxbat)

MIG-29:

Russian built single seat, twin engined fighter (Fulcrum)

MIG-31:

Russian built high speed interceptor (Foxhound)

Mirage:

French air superiority fighter

MLRS:

Multi Launch Rocket System

MP:

Member of Parliament

MP:

Military Police

MP5:

Heckler & Koch MP5 9mm SMG and carbine

MRCA:

Multi Role Combat Vehicle

MRR:

Motor Rifle Regiment

MSTAR:

Battlefield radar system

‘N’

NAAFI:

Navy Army Air Force Institute (shop and bar facilities for British forces)

NAS:

Naval Air Station

NATO:

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NAVSAT:

Navigation Satellite

NBC:

Nuclear Biological Chemical

NBC:

National Broadcasting Company

NCIS:

National Crime Intelligence Service

NCO:

Non Commissioned Officer

Nighthawk:

USAF stealth fighter bomber (F-117A)

NSA:

National Security Agency

NSY:

New Scotland Yard

NVG

Night Vision Goggles

‘O’

O Group:

Orders Group (Briefing)

OP:

Observation Post

Oppo:

Buddy

Oulou

In the countryside. In the middle of nowhere.

‘P’

PC:

Police Constable

Peewits:

Possession With Intent to Supply (The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. S 5 (3)

Pickle:             

Release bombs

Pl:

Platoon: (3 x Sections)

PLA:

Peoples Liberation Army

PLAAF:

Peoples Liberation Army Air Force

PLAN:             

Peoples Liberation Army Navy

Platoon:

3 x Sections (Pl)

PLCE:

Personal Load Carrying Equipment (Webbing)

PM:

Prime Minister

PNG:

Passive Night Goggle

PRC:

Peoples Republic of China

PS:

Police Sergeant

Ptarmigan:

British, secure battlefield communications system

Pte:

Private

‘Q’

Q Bloke:

Quartermaster

QM (T):

Quartermaster (Technical) - (W01 rank)

QRF:

Quick Reaction Force

QRH:

Queens Royal Hussars 

‘R’

RA:

Royal Artillery

RAC:             

Royal Armoured Corps

RAF:

Royal Air Force