Brevity Flashcards
Ball
ASW helicopter transducer
Beadwindow
Last transmission disclosed essential fruendly information
Bent
Equipment broken
Bloodhound
ASW torpedo with omni-directional search pattern
Bruiser
Angels XX
AMSL thousands of feet
Big dipper
Radar and sonar fitted helo
Blood hound
ASW torpedo (omni directional)
Bruiser
Air launched anti-ship missile
Bugsy
Unit conducting terrorist warfare activity
Bulldog
Surface , sub surface launched anti ship missile
Bullpen
Submarine search area
Buster
Fly Max speed
Caddilac
Directional active sonar bouy
Candy
Ammunition state report
Changing port/ starboard
Contact alertering course
Charlie
Land on ship
Expected land on ship time
Delay land on ship time (Charlie 10)
Chatter
Comms jamming
Chicks
Friendly AC
Clam
Cease emissions on specified equipment
Cobra
ASW torpedo directional search
Cold
Lost sonar contact completely
Crash start
Get engines running and leave ASAP
Cruise
Return to cruise speed
Cyclops
UAV
Datum
Last known point of sub
Demons
Depth in metres
Devils
Depth in tens of ft
Dip boss
Dip gang
ASW flight leader
Callsign for helos on net
Famished
Have you any instructions or info
Feather
Visual sighting of periscope wake
Feeler
Shinbone fire control radar
Flashlight
Turn on IR search light
Flavour
Nationality of contact
Freeze
Hover present position, cancelled by MELT
Gadget
Radar
Gertrude
Underwater telephone
Goblin
Submerged object detected
Grasshopper
Surface units emergency transit from submarines
Handyman
ASuW helicopter support (no weapons)
Holding hands
In close form
Hooker
Small fishing vessel
Hot
Sonar contact held
Infotac
Vectored attack when broadcasted sonar target is presented for attacking AC
In the dark
Contact in known radar blind spot
Jello
Surface radar
Lame duck
Minor emergency (radio bent etc.)
Lazy
Equipment in standby
Mark gate
Porper dis. Downwind from different point commence auto transition
Mustang
ASuW weapon carrying helicopter
Nancy
IR equipment
On top
Over pos. Or datum inidicated
Outhouse
Positing in true bearing and miles from reference point
Ouster
Authentication policy enforced
Pancake
Wish to land add a reason ammo or fuel
Parrot
Military transponder
Parrot india
Military IFF integrator
Pedro
Rescue chopper
Pigeons
Bearing and dis. To base
Pirate
Fast moving attack craft
Playmate
Friendly cooperating with
Playtime
Time on station (1 plus 30)
Pony
ASW carrying helo
Popeye
In cloud, reduced Vis.
Retrograde
Withdrawing due threat will continue mission as able
Riser
Sudden radar contact
Saunter
Fly at endurance speed
Selftac
Attack conducted by dipping helo on its own target
Sour
Equipment not operating properly
Spiked
RWR indication hostile radar lock
Strangle
Turnover off equipment inidcated
Sweet
Opposite of sour
Timber
Link 16
Timecheck
Change IFF code
Trashed
Missile defeated
Winchester
Out of ordannce
Wolf
Visually identified hostile surface sub