# List of NATO reporting names for equipment

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

## NATO reporting names
### B

* Ball End – common navigational radar.
* Band Stand – Missile tracking and control
* Bar Lock A - Russian P-37 "Metch" (1RL139) 2D air surveillance radar. The basic "Bar Lock" dates back to 1961.
* Bass Tilt – MR-123, fire control radar of the AK-630 close-in weapon system
* Bell Clout – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Bell Shroud – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Bell Squat – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Big Bird C - SA-20 (S-300PMU-1/2) regiment surveillance radar 64N6, 1996
* Big Bird D - SA-21 (S-400 missile system) regiment surveillance radar 91N6, 2017
* Big Net – Long-range air search radar

### C

* Cage Bare – VHF antenna
* Cage Cone – VHF antenna
* Cage Pot – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Cage Stalk – VHF antenna
* 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.
* Cross Dome – MR-352 Pozitiv, a target designation radar
* Cross Slot - Soviet HF Coastal

### D

* Don – Navigational radar.
* Don-Kay – Navigational radar for large ships. Replaced by Palm Frond.
* Down Beat – Maritime bomber I-band targeting radar for anti-ship cruise missiles.
* Drum Tilt – MR-104 Rys, a gun fire-control radar

### E

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

### 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

### 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
* Half Bow – Fire control radar for guns
* Half Plate – MR-755 Fregat, target designation radar of SA-N-7 system
* Hawk Screech – MR-105 Turel, a gun fire-control radar
* Head Lights – Missile tracking and control
* Head Net-A – Long-range air search radar
* Head Net-B – Long-range air search radar
* Head Net-C – Long-range air search radar
* High Pole A – Identification friend or foe antenna
* High Pole B – Identification friend or foe antenna
* High Sieve – Long-range air search radar

### K

* Kite Screech – MR-184, fire control radar of the AK-100 naval gun system
* Knife Rest – Long-range air search radar

### 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
* Muff Cob – Fire control radar for guns

### O

* Owl Screech – Fire control radar for guns

### P

* Palm Frond – MR-212/201, a surface search radar
* Pat Hand – fire control radar of the SA-4 system
* Peel Group – Missile tracking and control
* Plank Shave – Long-range air search radar
* Plinth Net – Missile tracking and control
* Pop Group – fire-control radar of SA-N-4 system
* Pork Trough - mortar-projectile tracking radar
* Post Lamp – Fire control radar for guns
* Pot Drum – surface search radar
* Pot Hand – surface search radar
* Punch Bowl – Korvet-5 satellite data link used on Soviet surface ships and submarines.

### R

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

### S

* Salt Pot A – Identification friend or foe antenna
* Scoop Pair – Missile tracking and control
* Scrum Half – fire control radar of the SA-15 system
* Side Globe – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* 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
* 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
* Snoop Plate – surface search radar for submarines
* Snoop Slab – surface search radar for submarines
* Snoop Tray – surface search radar for submarines
* Soft Ball – Ramona ELINT system
* Spin Scan – The RP-21 Sapfir (sapphire) radar set featured in the MiG-21
* Spin Trough – Navigational radar
* Square Head – Identification friend or foe antenna
* Square Pair – fire control radar of the SA-5 system
* Square Tie – surface search radar for small combatants and cruise missile target designation. Chinese type 352.
* 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
* Strut Pair – Long-range air search radar
* Sun Visor – Fire control radar for guns

### T

* Tin Shield B - 5N59S/36D6, air search radar of SA-10b
* Tomb Stone – fire control radar of the SA-20A/B system
* Top Bow – Fire control radar for guns
* Top Dome – Missile tracking and control
* Top Hat A – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Top Hat B – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Top Knot – Radar array
* Top Mesh – Long-range air search radar
* Top Pair – Long-range air search radar
* Top Plate – MR-710 Fregat, a target designation radar
* Top Plate-B – MR-760 Fregat, an air search radar
* Top Sail – Long-range air search radar
* Top Steer – Long-range air search radar
* Top Trough – Long-range air search radar
* Trap Door – Missile tracking and control
* Trash Can – Tamara ELINT system

### V

* Vee Bars – HF communication antenna
* Vee Cone – HF communication antenna
* Vee Tube – HF communication antenna

### W

* Wall Eye - Chinese JY-8 and JY-8A
* Watch Dog – Electronic warfare jamming radar
* Watchman (T) - Soviet, in Chinese service since 1990
* Wide Mat - Chinese JY-27