Sword of Allah

Glossary

ADF — Australian Defence Force AFPAustralian Federal Police

AGL — Above ground level

AGM-154D — Guided missile (JSOW)

AH-1 — (Zefa or Cobra) Helicopter gunship

AIM-9 — Air-to-air heat-seeking missile

AK-47 — (Kalashnikov) military assault carbine

AMSL — Above mean sea level

ANZUS — Australia — New Zealand — United States defence pact

APC — Armoured personnel carrier

APFSDS — Armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (tank-fired round)

AS — Able seaman

ASIO — Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

ASIS — Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ATO — Australian Tax Office

AV-TUR — Aviation jet fuel

AWACS — Airborne warning and control system

AW-1W — Super Cobra helicopter gunship

BI — Babu Islam

BK-117 — (Eurocopter) Helicopter

Blackhawk — (S70 A9) Helicopter

BUFF — (B-52) Big Ugly Fat Fucker

B-52G — US long-range bomber

CDF — Chief of the Defence Force (Australian)

CFDP — Combat Forces Digitisation Program

CIA — Central Intelligence Agency

CMDR — Commander

CO — Commanding officer

CPU — Central processing unit

C-4 — Plastic explosive

C-5A — (Galaxy) transport aircraft

C-130 — (Hercules) transport aircraft

DEA — Drug Enforcement Agency

DG — Diego Garcia

D-G — Director-general

DIO — Defence Intelligence Organisation

DIP — Desired impact point

Dragon Warrior — Unmanned aerial vehicle

D-9 — (Caterpillar) Armoured bulldozer

EA-1729 — LSD

F/A-18 — Jet fighter plane

FNC80 — Indonesian army issue assault carbine

Fox one — Radar-guided missile launched

Fox three — Guns selected

Fox four — Ram

GLTD — Ground based laser target designator

GPS — Global positioning system

H&K MP5SD — Heckler & Koch machine pistol

HAHO — High altitude high opening (parachute jump)

HALO — High altitude low opening (parachute jump)

HE — High explosive

HEAP — High-explosive armour piercing

HEAT — High-explosive anti-tank (tank-fired round)

Hercules — C-130 transport aircraft

HUD — Head up display

IAF — Israeli Air Force

IDF — Israeli Defence Forces

IFF — Identify friend or foe

IIR — Imaging infrared

INS — Inertial navigation system

IR — Infrared

JSLIST — Joint service lightweight integrated suit technology (chemical warfare suit)

JSOW — Joint stand-off weapon

KC-130 — Airborne fuel tanker (Hercules-based)

KC-135 — Airborne fuel tanker (Boeing 707-based)

KIAS — Knots indicated air speed

Kopassus — Indonesian special forces

LAV — Light armoured vehicle

LM — Loadmaster

LS — Leading seaman

LSD — Lysergic acid diethylamide (hallucinogenic drug)

LTCOL — Lieutenant colonel

MBT — Main battle tank

M1 Abrams — US main battle tank

M16A1 — US military assault weapon

M16A2 — Current issue US military assault weapon

M2 — Heavy machine gun

M203 — Grenade launcher

M36A2 — Fragmentation grenade

M4A2 — Assault carbine favoured by special forces

M61A1 — 20mm Gatling gun

M82A1A — Sniper rifle

Merkava Mk IV — Israeli main battle tank

METFOR — Meteorological forecast

Minimi — General-purpose machine gun

Mossad — Israeli external security organisation

NBC — Nuclear biological chemical (warfare)

NCO — Non-commissioned officer

NVG — Night vision goggles

OA — Opening altitude

PC3 — (Orion) Anti-submarine warfare aircraft

PDA — Personal digital assistant

PFC — Private first class

PNG — Papua New Guinea

Prowler — Unmanned aerial vehicle

RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force

RHIB — Ribbed-hull inflatable boat

RPG — Rocket-propelled grenade

SAR — Search and rescue

SAS — Australian Special Air Service Regiment

Sayeret — Israeli special forces

Shin Bet — Israeli internal security and counterterror organisation

SLAP — Saboted light armour piercing round (armour piercing bullet)

SOP — Standard operating procedure

S70 A9 — Blackhawk helicopter

S70 B2 — Sea Hawk helicopter

TACBE — Tactical beacon — low power signal device and transceiver

TCCC — Transnational Crime Coordination Centre

TDC — Throttle designator control

TNI — Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian army)

TNI-AU — Tentara Nasional Indonesia — Angkatan Udara (Indonesian air force)

TOW — Tube launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile

TSS — Tank sight system (external video cameras)

UAV — Unmanned aerial vehicle

USCENTCOM — United States forces in the Middle East region

VHF — Very high frequency

VX — Nerve agent

WMD — Weapon of mass destruction

X — Executive officer

XO — Executive officer

Zefa — (Cobra) AH-1 helicopter gunship

Z80 — Computer chip