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
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
M
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
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
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl 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.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chinese Military Radar". www.globalsecurity.org.
 - ^ Wolff, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian. "P-37 "Bar Lock" – Radartutorial". www.radartutorial.eu.
 - ^ a b c d e 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.
 - ^ Baker, A. D. III (December 1997). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 123 (12). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 93. ISSN 0041-798X.
 - ^ a b c Baker, A. D. III (February 2001). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 127 (2). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 91. ISSN 0041-798X.
 - ^ a b Baker, A. D. III (September 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings. 129 (9). Annapolis: United States Naval Institute: 108–109. ISSN 0041-798X.
 - ^ Svejgaard, Michael (October 2013). "First person singular". Journal of Electronic Defense. 26 (10). Gainesville: Association of Old Crows: 40–41, 74. ISSN 0192-429X.
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External links
- Russian Air Defense Radars, globalsecurity.org (not yet integrated here)