' The Longest Night ' & ' Crossing the Rubicon ': The Original Map Illustrated and Uncut Final Volume (Armageddon's Song) (68 page)
Authors: Andy Farman
The Australians | |
Perry Letteridge | Prime Minister |
Gen Norris Monroe | 1 |
Cmdr. Reg Hollis | HMAS |
LS Craig Devonshire | HMAS |
AB Philip Daly | HMAS |
AB Stephanie Priestly | HMAS |
Flt Lt Gerry Rich | 15 Squadron RAAF |
Flt Lt Ian ‘Macca’ McKerrow | 15 Squadron RAAF |
Sergeant Gary Burley | 1 |
Tpr Che Tan | 1 |
Tpr Chuck Waldek | 1 |
Tpr ‘Bingo’ McCoy | 1 |
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The New Zealanders | |
Barry Forsyth | Prime Minister |
Sergeant Rangi Hoana | 1 |
The Chinese | |
Guozhi Chan | Chairman |
Tenh Pong | Defence Minister |
Marshal Lo Chang | Peoples Liberation Army |
Admiral Li | PLAN |
Captain Hong Li | PLAN |
Captain Jie Huaiqing | PLAN Special Forces |
Captain | PLAN |
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 |
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 | HMS |
Rr Admiral Hugo Wright | HMS |
Captain Roger Morrisey | HMS |
Sub Lt Sandy Cummings | HMS |
Lt ‘Donny’ Osmond | HMS |
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
Terminology & | Acronyms |
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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 (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 |
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, |
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 |