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How to Read Military Specifications

Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,
sci.skeptic,alt.paranormal
From: "twitch" <twitch@hub.ofthe.net>
Subject: Military designation system that you need to know
Date: 9 Sep 1996 22:39:47 GMT [old]

Every so often, I get upset that no one ever publishes an article which
might actually help people who are looking into UFOs, military remote
viewing, etc.  So let me try to be helpful.  (Curley and Frager and sac,
will probably have heart attacks!)

Anyone doing any reading or investigating into military systems has
probably come across the mil-std-96 classification system.  (Also known as
the AN/ designation system.)

Most military systems are known by one of two classifications systems, the
first is the Mark/Mod system, which I will ignore.  The other is a
designation which allows you to understand the purpose of the military
equipment which it designates.  And example is the AN/SQS-26.  Someone who
knows this designation system will quickly figure out that it is a surface
ship sonar system used primarily for the search function.

Or the AN/PRC-9.  The prick 9 is clearly a portable radio communications
system.

Many UFO reports or other reports refer to military systems.  Most of these
are designated by the AN/ designation system.  You can figure out a certain
amount of the capability of the system if you know how the AN/ designations
work.

The order of the letters is important.  The same letter in a different
position may mean something different.  (e.g., SQS-26.  The first S means
Water.  (Or really normally shipboard).  The second letter Q means sonar or
underwater sound.  The third letter, S, means detecting and/or range and
bearing, search.)

The use will quickly become obvious to most of you.  If some one claims to
have picked up and tracked a UFO on a SPS-21, you will have every reason to
question him.  This is a search radar and most likely can't track a target.
 If he claims to have detected a UFO on a SPG-53, don't trust this person,
this is a tracking radar and cannot be used to search.

Some of these are simple and some not so simple but all are intended to
assist.  I used Mil-std-96C to generate this list, so some topics have been
removed and some are probably not here because it is quite old.  For
instance the letter B in the second place is not listed.  This used to
stand for carrier pigeon. Thus an AN/BBB-1 would be an underwater pigeon
bomber.  (Needless to say, not all combinations have merit!)

Try to figure out what a UYK-43 is!

If you want to keep this list, please print it out.

Installation (1st letter)

A - piloted aircraft
B - Underwater mobile, submarine
D - Pilotless carrier
F - Fixed ground
G - General ground use
K - Amphibious
M - Ground mobile
P - Portable
S - Water
T - Ground, transportable
U - General utility
V - Ground vehicular
W - Water surface and underwater combination
Z - Piloted and pilotless airborne vehicle combination


Type of Equipment (2nd letter)

A - Invisible light, heat radiation
C - Carrier
D - Radiac
G - Telegraph or teletype
I - Interphone and public address
J - Electromechanical
K - Telemetering
L - Countermeasures
M - Meteorological
N - Sound in air
P - Radar
Q - Sonar and underwater sound
R - Radio
S - Special types
T - telephone (wire)
V - Visual and visible light
W - Armament
X - Facsimile or television
Y - data processing

Purpose (3rd letter)

B - Bombing
C - Communications (receiving and transmitting)
D - Direction finder reconnaissance and/or Surveillance
E - Ejection and/or release
G - Fire control, or searchlight directing
H - Recording and/or reproducing (graphic meteorological and sound)
K - computing
M - Maintenance and/or test assemblies (including tools)
N - Navigational aids (including altimeters, beacons, compasses, racons,
depth, sounding, approach, and landing)
Q - Special or combination of purposes
R - Receiving, passive detecting
S - Detecting and/or range and bearing, search
T - Transmitting
W - Automatic flight or remote control
X - Identification and response
Misc. Identification letters following letter # 3
X,Y,Z - changes in voltage, phase, or frequency
T - training
(V) - Variable grouping


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