by Jack Murphy
MC-5: Free fall parachute used by Special Forces personnel
MH-47: Special Operations variety of the double rotor CH-47 transport helicopter
Milkor Mk14: Six-shot 40mm grenade launcher
Mosin-Nagant: World War Two era Russian bolt action rifle
Mossad: Israeli Intelligence service
MP5: Heckler and Koch 9mm sub-machine gun
MRUD: A Yugoslavian copy of the US-made Claymore anti-personnel mine
NCO: Non-Commissioned Officer, Sergeants
NSA: National Security Agency, handles signal intercepts
NVG: Night Vision Goggles
O2: Oxygen
OPCEN: Operations Center
Operations Order: Written mission format distributed to combat leaders
PETN: Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, used instead of blasting caps to detonate larger explosive charges
PG-7: Anti-Tank rocket for an RPG-7
PKM: Belt-fed Russian machine gun
PMC: Private Military Company
PRC: People's Republic of China
PsyOps: Psychological Operations
RAF: Royal Air Force
Rangers: US Airborne Light Infantry unit
RDX: Research Developed Explosives, also known as hexogen
Remington 270: Short barrel 12 gauge shotgun used for ballistic breaches
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification
RPD: Russian belt-fed machine gun
RPG: Rocket Propelled Grenade
RPK: Heavy barrel AK-47 with an extended magazine
RV: Rendezvous
S2: Intelligence section of a military unit
SA-7: Russian anti-aircraft missile launcher
SADF: South African Defense Force
Samruk: Kazakhstan based Private Military Company
SATCOM: Satellite Communications
SEAL: SEa Air and Land, naval commandos
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
Sergeant Major: Senior ranking Sergeant in a military unit
Short 360: Mid-size passenger aircraft
SIG Blaser Tactical Two: State of the art sniper rifle with interchangeable barrels to allow more than one caliber of bullet to be used by the same platform
SIGINT: Signals Intelligence
SITREP: Situation Report
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
Special Collections Service: A joint venture between the CIA and NSA that conducts “black bag” operations such as surreptitious entry to plant surveillance and monitoring devices
Special Forces: Also known as Green Berets, specialize in training indigenous forces. A separate unit from SEALs, Rangers, and Delta Force
Spetsnaz: Russian Special Forces
SPG-9: Russian-made recoiless rifle
SQL injection attack: A type of computer code injection that allows hackers to exploit security flaws in computer systems
Sunkar: Elite Kazakh police force
TNT: Trinitrotoluene explosives
Trilateral Commission: An international off-shoot of the Council on Foreign Relations that fosters cooperation between the US, Europe, and Japan
TRP: Target Reference Point
Type 63 APC: Tracked Chinese Armored Personnel Carrier
UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, typically used for surveillance
UH-60: US Army general purpose helicopter
Unit 8200: Israeli signals interception unit
UWSA: United Wa State Army, a Burmese narco-militia
VSS rifle: Russian-made rifle with integrated sound suppressor for use by Spetsnaz units during covert operations
WIA: Wounded In Action
World Bank: A private international lending institution
XO: Executive Officer, second in command after Commanding Officer
Yaa baa: Methamphetamine pills
ZSU-23: Twin barreled 23mm anti-aircraft machine gun
Jack Murphy is an eight year Army Special Operations veteran who served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group.
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Also by Jack Murphy:
PROMIS: Vietnam
PROMIS: Rhodesia
Non-Fiction:
Special Forces Weapons Report Card
Reflexive Fire is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
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