List of NATO reporting names for equipment

This is a list of NATO names for Soviet, Russian and Chinese radars and ELINT systems. For additional reporting names, see NATO reporting names.

NATO reporting names

B

• Ball End – common navigational radar. ^[1]
• Band Stand – Missile tracking and control ^[1]
• Bar Lock A – Russian P-37 "Metch" (1RL139) 2D air surveillance radar. ^[2] The basic "Bar Lock" dates back to 1961. ^[3]
• Bass Tilt – MR-123, fire control radar of the AK-630 close-in weapon system ^[4]
• Bell Clout – Electronic warfare jamming radar ^[1]
• Bell Shroud – Electronic warfare jamming radar ^[1]
• Bell Squat – Electronic warfare jamming radar ^[1]
• Big Bird C – SA-20 (S-300PMU-1/2) regiment surveillance radar 64N6, 1996 ^[2]
• Big Bird D – SA-21 (S-400 missile system) regiment surveillance radar 91N6, 2017 ^[2]
• Big Net – Long-range air search radar ^[1]

C

• Cage Bare – VHF antenna ^[1]
• Cage Cone – VHF antenna ^[1]
• Cage Pot – Electronic warfare jamming radar ^[1]
• Cage Stalk – VHF antenna ^[1]
• Clam Shell – 76N6 low-altitude surveillance radar for S-300P
• 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 ^[5]
• Cross Slot – Soviet HF Coastal ^[2]

D

• 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 ^[6]

E

• Egg Cup – Fire control radar for guns ^[1]
• Eye Bowl – Missile tracking and control ^[1]

F

• 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 ^[4]

G

• Grave Stone – fire control radar of the SA-21 system
• Grill Pan – fire control radar of the SA-12 system

H

• 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 ^[4]
• Hawk Screech – MR-105 Turel, a gun fire-control radar ^[6]
• 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]

K

• Kite Screech – MR-184, fire control radar of the AK-100 naval gun system ^[4]
• Knife Rest – Long-range air search radar ^[1]

L

• Land Roll – fire control radar of the SA-8 system
• Low Blow – fire control radar of the SA-3 system

M

• Moon Coast – Soviet Coastal ^[2]
• Muff Cob – Fire control radar for guns ^[1]

O

• Owl Screech – Fire control radar for guns ^[1]

P

• Palm Frond – MR-212/201, a surface search radar ^[7]
• 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 ^[8]
• 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]

R

• Round House – Radar array ^[1]
• Rum Tub – Electronic warfare jamming radar ^[1]

S

• 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] Chinese type 352. ^[2]
• 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 ^[6]
• Strut Pair – Long-range air search radar ^[1]
• Sun Visor – Fire control radar for guns ^[1]

T

• Tin Shield B – 5N59S/36D6, air search radar of SA-10b ^[2]
• 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 ^{[4] [Note 1]}
• Top Plate-B – MR-760 Fregat, an air search radar ^[9]
• 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

V

• Vee Bars – HF communication antenna ^[1]
• Vee Cone – HF communication antenna ^[1]
• Vee Tube – HF communication antenna ^[1]

W

• Wall Eye – Chinese JY-8 and JY-8A ^[2]
• Watch Dog – Electronic warfare jamming radar ^[1]
• Watchman (T) – Soviet, in Chinese service since 1990 ^[2]
• Wide Mat – Chinese JY-27 ^[2]

Notes

1. MR-760 Fregat has also been referred to as Top Plate. ^[7]

References

1. Couhat, Jean Labayle, ed. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 489–490. ISBN   0-85368-860-5.
2. "Chinese Military Radar". www.globalsecurity.org.
3. Wolff, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian. "P-37 "Bar Lock" – Radartutorial". www.radartutorial.eu.
4. Annati, Massimo (November 2004). "The Asian DDG Race" . Military Technology. 28 (11). Bonne: Mönch Publishing Group: 31–39. ISSN   0722-3226. OCLC   137343253. ProQuest   199087688 . Retrieved 2022-03-26.
5. Baker, A. D. III (December 1997). "Combat fleets". Proceedings . 123 (12). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 93. ISSN   0041-798X.
6. Baker, A. D. III (February 2001). "Combat fleets". Proceedings . 127 (2). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 91. ISSN   0041-798X.
7. Baker, A. D. III (September 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings . 129 (9). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 108–109. ISSN   0041-798X.
8. Svejgaard, Michael (October 2013). "First person singular". Journal of Electronic Defense . 26 (10). Gainesville: Association of Old Crows: 40–41, 74. ISSN   0192-429X.
9. Baker, A. D. III (July 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings . 129 (7). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 106. ISSN   0041-798X.

External links

• Russian Air Defense Radars, globalsecurity.org (not yet integrated here)