List of NATO reporting names for equipment
This is a list of NATO names for Soviet radars and ELINT systems. For additional reporting names, see NATO reporting names.
NATO reporting names
[edit]- Ball End – common navigational radar.[1]
- Band Stand – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Bass Tilt – MR-123, fire control radar of the AK-630 close-in weapon system[2]
- Bell Clout – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Bell Shroud – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Bell Squat – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Big Net – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Cage Bare – VHF antenna[1]
- Cage Cone – VHF antenna[1]
- Cage Pot – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Cage Stalk – VHF antenna[1]
- Cross Bird – Gius-2 long range air search radar. A copy of British Type 291 radar.[1]
- Cross Dome – MR-352 Pozitiv, a target designation radar[3]
- Don – Navigational radar.[1]
- Don-Kay – Navigational radar for large ships. Replaced by Palm Frond.[1]
- Down Beat – Maritime bomber I-band targeting radar for anti-ship cruise missiles.
- Drum Tilt – MR-104 Rys, a gun fire-control radar[4]
- Egg Cup – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Eye Bowl – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Fan Song – fire control radar of the SA-2 system
- Flat Face – target acquisition radar of the SA-3 system
- Flat Jack – rotodome-mounted airborne search radar of the Tupolev Tu-126 Moss
- Flat Twin – ABM radar for the uncommissioned S-225 ABM system
- Fire Dome – fire control radar of the SA-11 system
- Fire Can – gun direction radar used during the Vietnam War
- Flap Lid – fire control radar of the SA-10A/B system
- Flash Dance – BRLS-8B "Zaslon" radar found on the MiG-31.
- Foxfire – The TL-25 Smerch-A (also referred to as Product 720) radar featured in the MiG-25
- Front Dome – MR-90 Orekh, fire control radar of SA-N-7 system[2]
- Grave Stone – fire control radar of the SA-21 system
- Grill Pan – fire control radar of the SA-12 system
- Hair Net – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Half Bow – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Half Plate – MR-755 Fregat, target designation radar of SA-N-7 system[2]
- Hawk Screech – MR-105 Turel, a gun fire-control radar[4]
- Head Lights – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Head Net-A – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Head Net-B – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Head Net-C – Long-range air search radar[1]
- High Pole A – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
- High Pole B – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
- High Sieve – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Kite Screech – MR-184, fire control radar of the AK-100 naval gun system[2]
- Knife Rest – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Land Roll – fire control radar of the SA-8 system
- Low Blow – fire control radar of the SA-3 system
- Muff Cob – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Owl Screech – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Palm Frond – MR-212/201, a surface search radar[5]
- Pat Hand – fire control radar of the SA-4 system
- Peel Group – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Plank Shave – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Plinth Net – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Pop Group – fire-control radar of SA-N-4 system[6]
- Pork Trough - mortar-projectile tracking radar
- Post Lamp – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Pot Drum – surface search radar[1]
- Pot Hand – surface search radar[1]
- Punch Bowl – Korvet-5 satellite data link used on Soviet surface ships and submarines.[1]
- Round House – Radar array[1]
- Rum Tub – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Salt Pot A – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
- Scoop Pair – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Scrum Half – fire control radar of the SA-15 system
- Side Globe – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Side Net – height finder radar of the SA-3 system
- Skip Spin – The Oryol ('eagle') radar set featured perhaps most memorably on the Yak-28, but also on the Su-11, and Su-15.
- Slim Net – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Slot Back – The N-019 pulse-Doppler target acquisition radar used on the MiG-29
- Small Fred - counter-battery/surveillance radar, mounted onto a PRP-3 Val
- Small Yarn - mortar-projectile tracking radar mounted in a shelter on an AT-L self-propelled, fully tracked chassis.
- Snoop Pair – surface search radar for submarines[1]
- Snoop Plate – surface search radar for submarines[1]
- Snoop Slab – surface search radar for submarines[1]
- Snoop Tray – surface search radar for submarines[1]
- Soft Ball – Ramona ELINT system
- Spin Scan – The RP-21 Sapfir (sapphire) radar set featured in the MiG-21
- Spin Trough – Navigational radar[1]
- Square Head – Identification friend or foe antenna[1]
- Square Pair – fire control radar of the SA-5 system
- Square Tie – surface search radar for small combatants and cruise missile target designation.[1]
- Squat Eye – alternate target acquisition radar of the SA-3 system
- Steel Yard – The Duga over-the-horizon radar
- Straight Flush – fire control radar of the SA-6 system
- Strut Curve – MR-302, a surface and air-search radar[4]
- Strut Pair – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Sun Visor – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Tomb Stone – fire control radar of the SA-20A/B system
- Top Bow – Fire control radar for guns[1]
- Top Dome – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Top Hat A – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Top Hat B – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
- Top Knot – Radar array[1]
- Top Mesh – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Top Pair – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Top Plate – MR-710 Fregat, a target designation radar[2][Note 1]
- Top Plate-B – MR-760 Fregat, an air search radar[7]
- Top Sail – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Top Steer – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Top Trough – Long-range air search radar[1]
- Trap Door – Missile tracking and control[1]
- Trash Can – Tamara ELINT system
- Vee Bars – HF communication antenna[1]
- Vee Cone – HF communication antenna[1]
- Vee Tube – HF communication antenna[1]
- Watch Dog – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]
Notes
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