mudspike

[colubridae]

My wingman somteimes says ' mudspike ...0'clock permission to attack'

 

 

what is a mudspike? should i tell him to attack?

 

regards snakeyes.

[Kenan]

It's a SAM vehicle/installation locking you with its radar.

[colubridae]

mudspike

 

many thanks

 

am new to much of it.

 

 

AWACS eventually says '..... merged...'

what exactly does that mean

 

any other jargon that might be useful

 

is there a glossary somewhere

 

 

when is black shark out can't wait.

[Cobra360]

Merged means both you and the target are close enough to engage each other in A2G. In air combat the merge occurs in the transition between BVR and just before the begining of a dogfight.

 

Other terms which my be useful are:

 

Buddy spike: you have locked onto a friendly.

 

Maddog or Pitbull: is the term used when the AIM-120 goes active.

 

Fox 1: launch of a SARH missile.

 

Fox 2: launch of a IR missile.

 

Fox 3: launch of a Active homing missile.

 

Beaming: means putting a missile fired at you on your 3 or 6 o'clock position and keeping it there.

 

There is a lot of others, members here will list far more.

 

Black Shark is still TBC but hopefully before Q2 2007.

[Shaman]

Buddy spike: you have locked onto a friendly.

Nope, it's actually a reply to: raygun or buddy-lock.

 

Raygun - call when you're locking unknown contact (or one of the friendlies),

and Buddy lock - call when you're locking a friendly

sometimes followed by BRA

[GGTharos]

Merged means both you and the target are close enough to engage each other in A2G. In air combat the merge occurs in the transition between BVR and just before the begining of a dogfight.

 

That's right. you both start strafing school buses trying to rack up a score faster than the other guy! ;)

 

Other terms which my be useful are:

 

Buddy spike: you have locked onto a friendly.

Specifically, you say this when a friendly locks onto you. Conversely you say 'RayGun' when you lock onto a friendly and they are supposed to say 'Buddy Spike'

 

Maddog or Pitbull: is the term used when the AIM-120 goes active.

Specifically, Pitbull is when the 120 goes active under guidance to target.

Maddog is when the 120 is launched without a target lock and left to acquire the target on its own.

 

It is quite reasonable to extend these calls to AIM-54 and R-77.

 

Fox 1: launch of a SARH missile.

 

Fox 2: launch of a IR missile.

 

Fox 3: launch of a Active homing missile.

 

Beaming: means putting a missile fired at you on your 3 or 6 o'clock position and keeping it there.

3 or 9. On yor 6 if you want to try to out-run it, but that's on beaming.

 

There is a lot of others, members here will list far more.

 

Black Shark is still TBC but hopefully before Q2 2007.

[Guest IguanaKing]

Well...I had a link to a glossary for you, but it looks like that site is no longer public domain.

 

Edit: Actually I just found it under the old FM number. Here it is for anybody who might be interested. Look at Appendix E for the brevity codes.

 

http://www.iiimef.usmc.mil/medical/FMF/FMFE/FMFEref/MCRP%205-2A.pdf#search=%22FM%20101-5-1%22

[Shaman]

Brevity manual:

 

http://www.29palms.usmc.mil/tenants/mcces/cco/studinfo/stud_files/brevity.pdf June 2003

 

If you guys get hands on more recent version, and are willing to share it, let me know plz :D

2005 edition is here: https://akocomm.us.army.mil/usapa/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_c/pdf/fm1_02x1.pdf .. though beyond my reach