List of NATO reporting names for equipment

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This is a list of NATO names for Soviet, Russian and Chinese radars and ELINT systems. For additional reporting names, see NATO reporting names.

## Contents

* 1 NATO reporting names
* 1.1 B
* 1.2 C
* 1.3 D
* 1.4 E
* 1.5 F
* 1.6 G
* 1.7 H
* 1.8 K
* 1.9 L
* 1.10 M
* 1.11 O
* 1.12 P
* 1.13 R
* 1.14 S
* 1.15 T
* 1.16 V
* 1.17 W
* 2 Notes
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

* Egg Cup – Fire control radar for guns[1]
* Eye Bowl – Missile tracking and control[1]

### 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

* Land Roll – fire control radar of the SA-8 system
* Low Blow – fire control radar of the SA-3 system

### M

* Moon Coast – Soviet Coastal[2]
* Muff Cob – Fire control radar for guns[1]

### 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

* Round House – Radar array[1]
* Rum Tub – Electronic warfare jamming radar[1]

### 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

1. ↑ MR-760 Fregat has also been referred to as Top Plate.[7]

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 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.
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "Chinese Military Radar". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/radar.htm.
3. ↑ Wolff, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian. "P-37 "Bar Lock" – Radartutorial" (in en). https://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/11.ancient/karte051.en.html.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Annati, Massimo (November 2004). "The Asian DDG Race". Military Technology (Bonne: Mönch Publishing Group) 28 (11): 31–39. ProQuest 199087688. ISSN 0722-3226. OCLC 137343253. https://www.proquest.com/docview/199087688. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
5. ↑ Baker, A. D. III (December 1997). "Combat fleets". Proceedings (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute) 123 (12): 93. ISSN 0041-798X.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Baker, A. D. III (February 2001). "Combat fleets". Proceedings (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute) 127 (2): 91. ISSN 0041-798X.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Baker, A. D. III (September 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute) 129 (9): 108–109. ISSN 0041-798X.
8. ↑ Svejgaard, Michael (October 2013). "First person singular". Journal of Electronic Defense (Gainesville: Association of Old Crows) 26 (10): 40–41, 74. ISSN 0192-429X.
9. ↑ Baker, A. D. III (July 2003). "Combat fleets". Proceedings (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute) 129 (7): 106. ISSN 0041-798X.

## External links

* Russian Air Defense Radars, globalsecurity.org (not yet integrated here)

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