Dragon Sim-13

GLOSSARY

AAP Alternate assembly point.

AK-47 Standard Soviet automatic rifle. 7.62mm caliber.

AO Area of operations.

A team Basic operating unit of Special Forces.

AWACS Airborne early warning and command system.

Blackhawk Newest army transport helilopter. Dual engined.

Briefback Briefing given at the end of isolation period by the A team to show the commander the plan and that the team is ready to execute the mission.

Chem light Chemical light that when cracked will emit a low-level light for several hours.

Claymore Crescent-shaped antipersonel mine that shoots out hundreds of ball-bearing projectiles in an arc when fired.

C-130 Hercules four-engine turboprop plane; can hold up to sixty-four parachutists. May be jumped from either two rear doors or off the ramp.

Combat Talon Modified C-130 used by air special operations to infiltrate denied airspace at low altitude under almost all weather and light conditions to conduct air-drop, air-land, or surface-to-air recovery methods.

Detcord Detonator cord — a line of explosive that burns almost instantaneously.

DET-K Special Forces Detachment, Korea.

DMDG Digital message data group device.

DZ Drop zone.

E & E Escape and evasion.

1st SOW 1st Special Operations Wing. Air Force's special operations aircraft (AC-130, MC-130, HH-53) are all in this unit.

550 cord Nylon cord used for parachute suspension line.

G-1 Administrative section of a headquarters responsible for personnel actions.

G-2 Intelligence section of a headquarters.

G-3 Operations section of a headquarters.

HH-53 See Pave Low.

IAP Initial assembly point.

IR Infrared. Anything IR (chem light, strobe light) cannot be seen with the naked eye but is like a regular light when seen through NVGs.

Isolation The time period prior to a mission when an A team is isolated to do mission preparation. Ends when briefback is accepted by the commander and the team departs for the mission.

J-7 Chinese-made jet fighter. Armed with two missiles and a 30mm cannon in the leading edge of each wing root.

Klick Kilometer.

LZ Landing zone.

M60 Medium machine gun. 7.62mm caliber. Belt fed.

M79 40mm grenade launcher.

M203 M16 rifle with a 40mm grenade launcher built in under the rifle barrel.

MC-130 See Combat Talon.

MP5 9mm submachine gun.

MTT Mobile training team.

NSA National Security Agency.

NVG Night-vision goggles.

ODA Operations Detachment Alpha. See A Team.

OP Observation point; position from which surveillance is conducted.

Pave Low (HH-53) two-engine, single-rotor, heavy-lift helicopter designed to operate in special operations missions at low altitudes under nearly any weather or light condition.

PVS-5 See NVG.

PZ Pickup zone.

Q course Qualification course conducted at Fort Bragg for all soldiers who want to be in Special Forces.

RFI Request for information.

RPG Rocket-propelled grenade, Soviet made. Consists of a launcher and separate rounds for firing, like a bazooka.

SAS Special Air Service.

SAW Squad automatic weapon. Light machine gun, 5.56mm caliber.

SF Special Forces.

SOCOM Army Special Operations Command based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Headquarters for U.S. Army Special Forces, U.S. Army Rangers, and Civil Affairs and psyops units.

SOP Standard Operating Procedure.

SVD Soviet sniper rifle.

Type 56 Chinese version of the Russian AK-47 automatic rifle. Fires 7.62 by 39 cartridges.

UH-60 See Blackhawk.

US-SOCOM Joint Services Headquarters for all U.S. special operations forces at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida.

Z-9 Also called Haitun by Chinese. Designated the SA-365N Dolphin by its manufacturer, Aerospatiale, which sold fifty of these to China. They can hold up to eight passengers, and by adding machine gun or rocket pods to the sides can be used as a gunship.