' The Longest Night ' & ' Crossing the Rubicon ': The Original Map Illustrated and Uncut Final Volume (Armageddon's Song) (68 page)

The Australians

Perry Letteridge

Prime Minister

Gen Norris Monroe 

1
st
Brigade

Cmdr. Reg Hollis

HMAS
Hooper

LS Craig Devonshire

HMAS
Hooper

AB Philip Daly

HMAS
Hooper

AB Stephanie Priestly

HMAS
Hooper

Flt Lt Gerry Rich

15 Squadron RAAF

Flt Lt Ian ‘Macca’ McKerrow

15 Squadron RAAF

Sergeant Gary Burley

1
st
Armoured Regiment

Tpr Che Tan

1
st
Armoured Regiment

Tpr Chuck Waldek

1
st
Armoured Regiment

Tpr ‘Bingo’ McCoy

1
st
Armoured Regiment

The New Zealanders

Barry Forsyth

Prime Minister

Sergeant Rangi Hoana

1
st
Bn Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

The Chinese
             

Guozhi Chan

Chairman

Tenh Pong

Defence Minister

Marshal Lo Chang

Peoples Liberation Army

Admiral Li

PLAN
Mao
Task Force

Captain Hong Li

PLAN
Mao

Captain Jie Huaiqing

PLAN Special Forces

Captain
Aiguo Li

PLAN
Dai

The Brits   (Second to None and therefore on the right of the line!)

The Rt Hon Tony Loude MP

PM

The Rt Hon Peter Dawnosh MP

PM

The Rt Hon Victor Compton-Bent MP

PM

The Rt Hon Matthew St Reevers  

Defence Minister

The Rt Hon Danyella Foxten-Billings 

Defence Minister                                                            

Marjorie Willet-Haugh 

‘M’ Head of SIS

Sir Richard Tennant Commissioner

Metropolitan Police Commissioner                                                                  

Lt Col Hupperd-Lowe

1CG

Lt Col Pat Reed

1CG

Major Simon Manson  

1CG& 2CG (pre Australia)                                                                                       

Captain Timothy Gilchrist

1CG

RSM Barry Stone

1CG

CSM Ray Tessler

1CG & 2CG (pre Australia)                                                                                       

WO2 Colin Probert

1CG

Sgt ‘Oz’ Osgood

1CG

Guardsman Paul Aldridge

1CG

Guardsman Larry Robertson

1CG

L/Cpl Steve Veneer

1CG AA Section

Guardsman Andy Troper

1CG AA Section

Guardsman Stephanski ‘Big Stef’

1CG Sniper Section

L/Sgt ‘Freddie’ Laker
             

1CG Sniper Section

S/Sgt Bill Gaddom 

RMP attached to 1CG Sniper Section

Major Stuart Darcy

Kings Royal Hussars                                                                       

Major Mark Venables

Kings Royal Hussars                                                                       

2Lt Julian Reed    

Royal Artillery                                                                        

Sergeant Rebecca Hemmings

REME
  LAD attached to 1RTR                                                             

Major Richard Dewar

Royal Marines, Mountain & Arctic Warfare Cadre (M&AWC)

Corporal Rory Alladay

Royal Marines M&AWC

Lance Corporal Micky Field

Royal Marines M&AWC

Sergeant Bob McCormack

Royal Marines M&AWC

Sergeant Chris Ramsey

Royal Marines, SBS                                                               

Major Guy Thompson

G Squadron 22 SAS

Guardsman Dick French

G Squadron 22 SAS

L/Sgt Pete ‘Sav’ Savage

G Squadron 22 SAS

Lt Shippey-Romhead 

Mountain Troop 22 SAS                                                 

Flt Lt Michelle Braithwaite    

47 Squadron, RAF

Sqdn Ldr Stewart Dunn

47 Squadron, RAF

Rr Admiral Sidney
Brewer

HMS
Ark Royal
ASW Group                                                     

Rr Admiral Hugo Wright

HMS
Illustrious
ASW Group                                                                                  

Captain Roger Morrisey

HMS
Hood
                                                                                 

Sub Lt Sandy Cummings

HMS
Prince of Wales
, Fleet Air Arm

Lt ‘Donny’ Osmond 

HMS
Prince of Wales
, Fleet Air Arm

Lt Tony McMarn

3RGJ

Captain Hector Sinclair Obediah Wantage-Ferdoux

1RTR

Anthony Carmichael    

KGB ‘Stringer’

Janet Probert 

Army wife

Annabelle Reed

Army wife

Sarah Osgood

Army wife

June Stone

Army wife

Jubi Asejoke  

South London teenage criminal

Paul Fitzhugh

IRA ‘Safe House’ provider

PS Alan Harrison  

Metropolitan Police                                                                                                 

PC Dave Carter

Metropolitan Police                                                                                                 

PC Sarah Hughes

Metropolitan Police                                                                                                 

PC John Wainwright 

Metropolitan Police                                                                                                 

PC Phil McEllroy  

Metropolitan Police                                                                                                 

PC Tony Stammer 

Metropolitan Police SFO SCO19

PC Annabel Perry 

Metropolitan Police SFO SCO19

Cpl ‘Baz’ Cotter

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

L/Cpl ‘Dopey’  Hemp

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Pte ‘Spider’ Webber

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Pte Adrian Mackenzie

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Pte ‘Juanita’ Thomas

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Pte George Noble

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Pte Mark Barnes

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Pte Shaun Silva

Wessex Regiment  ‘Four One Bravo’

Terminology            &

Acronyms

Numeric

1CG:

First Battalion Coldstream Guards  

1RTR:

First Royal Tank Regiment  

2CG:

Second Battalion Coldstream Guards  

2LI:

Second Battalion the Light Infantry

3RGJ:

Third Battalion Royal Green Jackets  

‘5’:
             

Slang term for MI5

‘6’:

USN carrier borne strike aircraft (Intruder)

‘A’

A-6:

USN carrier borne strike aircraft (Intruder)

A-10:

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

A-50:

Russian built AWAC version of the heavy Il-76 transport  aircraft (Mainstay)

AA:

Air-to-Air

AAA:

Anti-Aircraft Artillery

AAC:                           

British  Army’s Army Air Corps

AEW:

Airborne Early Warning

AFB:

Air Force Base

AFV:

Armoured Fighting Vehicle

AGM:             

Air-to-ground missile

AIM:

Aerial Intercept Missile

AK-47:

Updated derivative of the Kalashnikov assault rifle

AKM-74:

Romanian derivative of the AK-74

ALASAT:

Air Launched Anti Satellite missile

AMIP:             

Area Major Inquiry Pool (Metropolitan Police)

AMRAAM:             

Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (Slammer)

AN-72:

Russian built transport

Apache:

US built helicopter gunship in service with US and Allied forces

APC:

Armoured Personnel Carrier

Army:             

3 x Corps + combat and logistical support

Army Group:

3 x Armies

AP:

Anti-Personnel

ASW:             

Anti-Submarine Warfare

AT:

Anti-Tank

ATC:             

Air Traffic Control

ATF:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

ATO:

Ammunition Technical Officer (Military bomb disposal officer)

AV-8B:

US developed version of the Harrier II.

AWACS:

Airborne Warning And Control System

AWE:             

Atomic Weapons Agency (Aldermaston)

‘B’

B1-B:

US built supersonic swing wing early stealth bomber (Lancer)

B-2:

US built stealth bomber (Spirit)

B-52:             

Heavy USAF bomber (The Buff aka Big Ugly F***er)

Backfire:

Russian built supersonic swing
wing bomber

(TU-22M)

BAOR:

British Army Of the Rhine

Battalion:

3-4 Rifle Coy’s + combat and logistical support (Bn)

BBC:             

British Broadcasting Corporation

Bde:

Brigade (3 Bn’s + combat and logistical support)

Binos:             

Binoculars

Blackjack:

Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber    (TU-160)

Blinder:

Russian built supersonic bomber (TU-22)

BMP:

Tracked AFV

Bn:

3-4 Rifle Coy’s + combat and logistical support (Battalion)

Boomer:

Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)

Box:             

Slang term for MI5 (Post Office Box 500)

Bradley:

US AFV

BRDM:

Russian built four wheeled Reconnaissance vehicle

Brew:

Tea

BTR:             

Russian built eight wheeled APC

Buckshee:

Free item

Buckshee:

New and inexperienced

Buff:

B-52 Heavy USAF bomber (Buff aka Big Ugly F***er)

‘C’

CAD:

Computer Aided Dispatch

CAG:

Commander Air Group

CAP:

Combat Air Patrol

Carl Gustav:

84mm medium anti-tank weapon

CBU:

Cluster Bomb Unit

CCCIR:

Police Information Room Senior Controller

CCCP:             

Cyrillic alphabet for ‘Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics’

CG:

Coldstream Guards

Challenger:

Current series of British MBTs

Charlie Gee:

84mm medium anti-tank weapon

CHARM:

120mm self stabilising main tank gun with rifled barrel

Chieftain:
             

Former series of British MBTs

CIA:             

Central Intelligence Agency

CIC:

Combat Information Centre

CIC:

Commander In Chief

Civvy:

Civilian

CNN:             

Cable News Network

CO:

Commanding Officer

CO:

The Commissioner’s Office (NSY: New Scotland Yard)

Colly:

Her Majesty’s Military Correction and Training Centre  (HMCC)

Company:

3 x Pl’s + logistical support (Coy)

COMSUBPAC:

Commander Submarines Pacific

Corps:             

3 x Div’s + combat and logistical support

Coy:

3 x Pl’s + logistical support (Company)

CP:

Command Post

Cpl:

Corporal

CQMS:

Company Quarter Master Sergeant (Colour Sergeant rank)

CSA:             

Chief Scientific Advisor

CSM:             

Company Sergeant Major (WO2 rank)

CTR:             

Close Target Reconnaissance

CVR(T):

Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)

CVR(W):

Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled)

‘D’

DEEP STRIKE:

Air and SF attacks on logistical targets 100k + behind the lines

DefCon5:

Peacetime

DefCon4:

Peacetime; Increased intelligence; Strengthened security

DefCon3:

Increased force readiness

DefCon2:

Increased force readiness – Less than maximum

DefCon1:

Maximum force readiness

DF:

Defensive Fire

DF:

Direction Find

Div:

3 x Bde’s + combat and logistical support (Division)

DPM:

Disruptive Pattern Material (Camouflage)

DZ:

Drop Zone

‘E’

E-2C:

US built Carrier borne early warning aircraft (Hawkeye)

E-3:

US built AWACS based on Boeing 707 (Sentry)

Eagle:

USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, all weather, fighter (F-15)

ECM:

Electronic Counter Measure

ELINT:

Electronically gathered Intelligence

EMCON:

Electronic Emission Control (Radio and Radar silence)

EMP:

Electro Magnet Pulse

ESM:

Electronic Surveillance Measures

Expo:             

Explosives Officer (Police bomb disposal officer)

Extender:             

Aerial Tanker derived from Boeing 707 (KC-135)

‘F’

F-14:

USN swing wing, twin engine, two seat, strike fighter (Tomcat)

F-15:

USAF swing wing, twin engine,
single seat, tactical fighter (Eagle)

F-15E:

USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, all weather, strike fighter (Strike Eagle)

F-16:

US built multi-role fighter (Falcon)

F-117A:

USAF stealth fighter bomber (Nighthawk)

F-117X:

Northrop experimental stealth fighter bomber testbed in service with USAF