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

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by Andy Farman


  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

  Rapier:

  British AAA missile system

  RE:

  Royal Engineers

  REME:

  Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

  Replen:

  Replenish

  Rfn:

  Rifleman

  RIO:

  Radar Intercept Officer

  RM:

  Royal Marines

  RMP:

  Royal Military Police

  RN:

  Royal Navy

  ROC:

  Republic Of China (Taiwan)

  ROC:

  Generic term for the Taiwanese military

  ROE:

  Rules Of Engagement

  RORSAT:

  Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite

  RQMS:

  Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant (W01 rank)

  RSM:

  Regimental Sergeant Major (WO1 rank)

  RV:

  Rendezvous Point

  RVP:

  Rendezvous Point

  ‘S’

  SA:

  Surface-to-Air

  SA80:

  British 5.56mm calibre individual weapon

  Sabre:

  British tracked reconnaissance vehicle

  SACEUR:

  Supreme Allied Commander Europe

  SAM:

  Surface to Air Missile

  Samaritan:

  British tracked armoured ambulance

  Samson:

  British tracked armoured recovery vehicle

  SAR:

  Search-And-Rescue

  SAR:

  Synthetic Aperture Radar

  SARH:

  Surface to Air Radar Homing

  SAS:

  Special Air Service (recruits from British Army)

  SASR:

  Special Air Service Regiment (recruits from Australian Army)

  Saxon:

  British, wheeled APC

  SBS:

  Special Boat Service (recruits from Royal Marines)

  Scimitar:

  British tracked reconnaissance vehicle

  Sea Harrier:

  RN V/STOL Fleet defense aircraft

  Sentry:

  US built AWACS based on Boeing 707 (E-3)

  SFO:

  Special
ist Firearms Officer (Police)

  SIS:

  Secret Intelligence Service

  Sitrep:

  Situation report

  Six:

  Directly behind (Six o’clock position)

  SLBM:

  Nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine

  SLR:

  Self-Loading Rifle

  SMG:

  Sub Machine Gun

  SO12:

  Special Branch (Metropolitan Police)

  SO13:

  Anti-Terrorist Squad (Metropolitan Police)

  SO14:

  Royalty Protection (Metropolitan Police)

  SO16:

  Diplomatic Protection Group (Metropolitan Police)

  SCO19:

  Specialist Firearms Unit (Metropolitan Police)

  Spartan:

  British tracked vehicle for AAA, MFC, Engineer or Recce

  SP HVM:

  Self-Propelled High Velocity Missile

  Spearfish:

  British advanced, high speed, wire guided torpedo

  Spirit:

  US built stealth bomber (B-2)

  SRAM:

  Short Range Attack Missile

  SS:

  Surface to Surface

  SSBN:

  Ballistic Missile Submarine (Boomer)

  SSG:

  Diesel powered guided missile submarine

  SSGN:

  Nuclear powered guided missile submarine

  SSK:

  Diesel powered attack submarine

  SSN:

  Nuclear powered attack submarine

  Starstreak:

  British advanced, high speed anti-aircraft missile

  Striker:

  British tracked AT vehicle

  STOL:

  Short Take Off and Landing

  SU-24:

  Russian built two seat interdiction and attack aircraft (Fencer)

  SU-25:

  Russian built close air support, ground attack aircraft (Frogfoot)

  SU-27:

  Russian built single seat, twin engined fighter (Flanker)

  SU-32:

  Russian built advanced two seat fighter bomber (Fullback)

  Sultan:

  British tracked, armoured command vehicle

  SWAT:

  Special Weapons and Tactics

  ‘T’

  T-64:

  Russian designed MBT

  T-72:

  Russian designed MBT

  T-80:

  Russian designed MBT

  T-90:

  Russian designed MBT

  TAO:

  Tactical Action Officer

  TAVR:

  Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve

  TEL:

  Transporter Erector Launcher

  Thunderbolt:

  US built single seat, close air support, tank killing aircraft (A10 / Warthog)

  Tomcat:

  USN swing wing, twin engine, two seat, strike fighter (F-14)

  Tornado F3:

  British/German twin seat, swing wing fighter

  Tornado GR:

  British/German ground attack aircraft

  Tpr:

  Trooper

  Triple A:

  AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery)

  TU-22:

  Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber (Blinder)

  TU-22M:

  Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber (Backfire)

  TU-160:

  Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber (Blackjack)

  ‘U’-‘V’-‘W’-‘Z’

  UGM:

  Un-Guided Missile

  USAF:

  United States Air Force

  USMC:

  United States Marine Corps

  USN:

  United States Navy

  USSR:

  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

  VTOL:

  Vertical Take Off and Landing

  Warrior:

  British AFV

  Warthog:

  A-10: US built single seat, close air support, tank killing aircraft

  Wild Weasel:

  Dedicated, specialized, AAA suppression mission

  Willy Pete:

  WP: White Phosphorus

  WO:

  Warrant Officer

  WP:

  White Phosphorus

  ZSU:

  Russian designed series of Self –Propelled AAA vehicles

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Andy Farman was born in Cheshire, England in 1956 into a close family of servicemen and servicewomen who at that time were serving or who had served in the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and British Army.

  As a 'Pad brat' he was brought up on whichever RAF base to which his Father had been posted until he joined the British Army as an Infantry Junior Leader in 1972, at the tender age of 15.

  Andy served in the Coldstream Guards on ceremonial duties at the Royal Palaces, flying the flag in Africa and on operational tours in Ulster, and on the UK mainland during Op Trustee.

  In 1981, Andy swapped his green suit for a blue one with the Metropolitan Police but continued an active volunteer reserve role in both the Wessex Regiment and 253 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (V).

  After twenty four years in front line policing, both in uniform and plain clothes he finally moved to a desk job for six years at an inner city borough, wearing two hats, those of an operation planner, and liaison officer with the television and film industry.

  His first literary work to be published was that of a poem about life as a soldier in Ulster, which was sold with all rights to a now defunct writers monthly in Dublin for the princely sum of £ 11 (less the price of the stamp on the envelope that the cheque arrived in.) The 'Armageddon's Song' series began as a mental exercise to pass the mornings whilst engaged on a surveillance operation on a drug dealer who never got out of bed until the mid-afternoon. On retirement he emigrated to the Philippines with his wife Jessica where he took up scuba diving and is a member of the famous IGAT running club.

  A final, special mention, for the book reviewers at arrse.co.uk (Just click ‘Home’ if you end up at an error page) for not laughing me out of town, but giving good advice and suggesting the wiki site where maps will be added constantly. They take a few hours to create so bear with me and visit also. Maps, more coming all the time.

  The Series Facebook page has other bits and pieces, plus if you have any queries you are guaranteed a quick response. Armageddon's Song on Facebook.

  Lt Henry Shaw USMC

  Coming in December 2014

 

 

 


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