# Allied Communications Publications

Allied Communications Publications are documents developed by the Combined Communications-Electronics Board and NATO, which define the procedures for communicating in computer messaging, radiotelephony, radiotelegraph, radioteletype (RATT), air-to-ground signalling (panel signalling), and other forms of communications used by the armed forces of the five CCEB member countries and/or NATO.
Allied Communications Publications :
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| Short Title | Full Title | Developer | Description | Status | Original | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Other |
| ACP 100 | Allied Callsign and Address Group System: Instructions and Assignments | | | | | | B (March 1972) | C (August 1974) | D (March, 1978) | E (May, 1981) | F (March, 1984) | | | | | K | L, M |
| ACP 100 (SEATO SUPP-1) | SEATO Call Sign and Address Group Assignments | | | | | | | | | | | | | I (Apr 1979) | | | |
| ACP 100 (US SUPP-1) | U. S. Call Sign and Address Group System - Instructions and Assignments (U) | | | | | | | C | | | | | | | J (Oct 1980) | K (Aug 1981) | |
| ACP 101 | Air Force Address Groups | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 102 | Army Address Groups | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 103 | Naval Address Groups | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 104 | Allied, Joint and Geographical Address Groups | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 105 | Master Index of Four Letter Call Signs and Address Groups | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 110 | Tactical Call Sign Book (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 110 USN SUPP-1 | U.S. Naval Tactical Call Sign Book for Aircraft | | | | Apr 1960 | A (Aug 1969) | B (Sep 1972) | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 112 | Task Organization Call Sign Book | | Designed to facilitate communications with and between the Task Forces, Elements, Groups and Units comprising the NATO Naval Task Organization. | | | A | B (Apr 1961) | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 113 | Automation of List-Type Communication, Publication Call Sign Book for Ships | CCEB | Contains a list of International Call Signs for Ships. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P, Q, R, S, T, U V, W, X, Y, Z, AA, AC, AH |
| ACP 114 | Call Sign Book for Fixed and Land Radio Stations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 116 | Address Group Book | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 | Allied Routing Indicator Book | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 COMNAV SUPP-1 | Allied Routing Indicator Book Commonwealth Naval supplement No. 1 | | | | Mar, 1967 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 (US SUPP-1) | Allied Routing Indicator Book (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 (US SUPP-2) | Routing Indicator Book for Mobile Commands and Units (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 (US SUPP-3) | Defense Communications System Routing Doctrine General Purpose Networks (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 (US SUPP-4) | US Special Purpose Routing Indicator Book (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 (US SUPP-5) | CONUS Military TWX/Telex Directory (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 117 (CAN-US SUPP-1) | Allied Routing Indicator Book--Canada–United States Supplement No. 1(U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 118 | Visual Call Sign Book | | | | | | | | D (Feb 1954) | E (Apr 1967) | | | | | | | |
| ACP 119 | SEATO Voice Call Sips for Tactical Aircraft (SEATO supplement NO. 1) | | | | May 1969 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 120 | Common Security Protocol (CSP) | CCEB | | Frozen | 1998 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 121 | Communications Instructions - General | CCEB | Background, Punctuation abbreviations; phonetic spelling; MINIMIZE in emergencies; lettered time zones. Contains information regarding assignments and use of frequencies; means of communications; message preparation; call signs, routing indicators and address groups and method of determining code speeds, message precedence, etc. ACP 121 is primarily for use by originators and communications officers. | In-Force | | | | | | | | G | H | I | | | |
| ACP 121 (US SUPP-1) | Communication Instructions--General (U) | | | | | | C | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 121 (NATO SUPP-1) (R) | Communication Instructions General NATO Basegram System (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 122 | Information Assurance for Allied Communications and Information Systems | CCEB | Contains instructions regarding censorship, handling of classified material, cryptographic operation, transmission security, traffic analysis and deception. | | | | | | | | | G | | | | | |
| ACP 123 | Common Message Strategy and Procedures | CCEB | X.400 messages/Military Message Handling System | | | | B | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 124 | Communication Instructions Radiotelegraph Procedure | | Covers radio net procedures | | | | B (Jan 1957) | C (Jul 1969) | D | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 125 | Communication Instructions Radiotelephone ... procedures | CCEB | Main English-language document for radio voice communications procedures. Accuracy methods; definition of prowords; plain language radio check; Discipline; Messages; Operating Rules; Misc methods (sync time; grid references) | In-Force | | | | | D (Jul 1970) | | F | G | | | | | |
| ACP 125 U.S. SUPP-1 | HF Air-Ground Radiotelephone Procedures U.S. Supplement 1 to ACP 125 (B) | | | | Sep 1958 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 125 (US SUPP-2) | Radiotelephone Procedures for the Conduct of Artillery and Naval Gunfire (U) | | See also ATP 4 Allied Spotting Procedure for Naval Gunfire Support. | | | A (Feb 1984) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 126 | Communications Instructions - Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Instructions. | CCEB | ACP 126(C) is now withdrawn from publication. This copy is retained for reference only. JAFPUB 2016-49 refers. | Withdrawn 2016-10-20 | | | | C | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 127 | Communications Instructions - Tape Relay Procedures. | CCEB | | In-Force but Frozen | | | | | | | | G | | | | | |
| ACP 127 Supp-1 | Communications Instructions – Procedures for Allied Fleet RATT Operations. | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K | |
| ACP 128 | Allied Telecommunications Record System (ALTERS) Operating Procedures | CCEB | | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 129 | Communication Instructions - Visual Signaling Procedures (U) | CCEB | | | | | B (Feb 1965) | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 129 NS-1 | Communication Instructions Visual Signaling Procedures | | | | Initial | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 130 | Communications Instructions - Direction Finding (D/F) Procedure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 130 | Communications Instructions Signalling Procedures in the Visual Medium. | | For emergency communications. Semaphore; Flaghoist; Sound; Infrared Comms; Panel signalling; Marking of drop zones; emergency signals; pyrotechnics; Combines ACP-129 and ACP-168 | In-Force | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 131 | Communications Instructions - Operating Signals. | CCEB | Morse Code Q-Codes, etc. 1964 version has 3x9 radio check | In-Force | | | B | | D (May 1986) | | F | | | | | | |
| ACP 133 | Common Directory Services and Procedures | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 133 SUPP-1 | Communications Instructions: Common Directory Services and Procedures Supplement | CCEB | | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 134 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedures (U) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 134 NS-1 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 135 | Communications Instructions - Distress and Rescue Procedures. | CCEB | | In-Force | | | | | | | F | | | | | | |
| ACP 136 | Communication Instructions--Panel Signaling (U) | | Contains a system whereby ground personnel may communicate to a limited degree with aircraft by means of panels laid out on the ground, or by markings in the soil. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 137 | Pegasus Directory Services Technical Architecture | CCEB | | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 142 | A Protocol for Reliable Multicast Messaging in Bandwidth Constrained and Delayed Acknowledgement (EMCON) Environments. | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 145 | Gateway-to-Gateway Implementation Guide for ACP 123/STANAG 4406 Messaging Services. | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 147 | Call Sign Book for Merchant Ships in Time of War | | | | | | B | | | | | | | I (Oct 1966) | J (Nov 1967) | K (Jun 1969) | L (May 1970), M (Mar 1975), N (Dec 1975), P (Dec 1978), R (Oct 1980) |
| ACP 148 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Visual Signaling and Tactics) | | A handbook for convoy and independent ship operation and a guide to convoy maneuvering and signalling procedure. | | Dec 1959 | A (Dec 1959) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 149 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio) | | Contains instructions for the conduct of radio communications with and within merchant ship convoys. | | | A (Feb 1965) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 149 NATO SUPP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio) | | | | Jun 1958 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 149 SEAT0 SWP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio) | | | | | | | C (Feb 1965) | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 149 SWP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio) | | | | Feb 1965 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 150 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Air, Land and Sea Forces. | | Contains a general description of the scope, objectives, application, limitation, means and methods of recognition and identification with instructions regarding their use. | | | | | | D | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 151 | Recognition and Identification Instructions | | Contains instructions regarding employment of visual and electronic means of recognition and identification of air and ground forces. | | A | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 152 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Ground Forces | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 153 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Surface Forces | | Contains instructions regarding the employment of visual and electronic means of recognition and identification of surface warships, merchant ships, between submarines and surface warships and between submarines and aircraft. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 154 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Harbour Entrance Control | | Contains instructions regarding the responsibility and procedure for identifying major warships, minor warships and merchant ships entering defended ports. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 155 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Key List No.1 - Basic Key List | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 156 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Key List No.2 - Air-Ship-Ground | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 157 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Key List No.3 - Merchant Vessels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 158 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Book of Numbered Index Columns | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 160 | IFF/SIF Operating Procedures | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 165 | Operational Brevity Codes | | Contains radiotelephone procedure, prowords and operational brevity codes for Air Warning, Air Defense, Anti-aircraft Coordination, Airborne Early Warning and Electronic Countermeasures. | | | | B (Apr 1965) | | D (Dec 1977) | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 166 | Voice Procedure for Ground Controlled Approach | | Contains instructions on Ground Control Approach and standard voice phraseology for use in connection with Ground Control Approach procedure. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 167 | Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms. | CCEB | | | | | B (May 1965) | C (Feb 1971) | D (Feb 1973) | | F (Aug 1981) | | H | I | | | |
| ACP 168 | Pyrotechnic Signals (U) | | Combined into ACP 130 | | | A | | C (Jul 1979) | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 175 | Allied Naval Signal Book | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 176 | Allied Naval and Maritime Air Communications Instructions | | Updated version? | | | | | C (Aug 1964) | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 176 NATO SUPP-1 | Allied Naval and Maritime Air Communication Instructions | | | | | A Apr 1967) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 176 NATO SUPP-2 | NATO Naval and Maritime Air Radio Organization | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 177 | Land Forces Electronic Warfare Instructions. | | | Frozen | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 178 | Maritime Electronic Warfare Instructions. | | | Frozen | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 179 | Maritime Electronic Warfare Instructions Air Forces | | | | Oct 1965 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 180 | Electronic Warfare. - Draft | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 185 | Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Cross-Certification Between Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB) Nations | CCEB | | Published | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 190 | Guide to Spectrum Management in Military Operations | CCEB | | Published | Oct 1958 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 190 (US SUPP-1) | Guide to Frequency Planning (U) | | | | Feb 1963 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 191 | Ionospheric Sounder Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 193 | A Ground Routing Protocol (GRP) for use with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) Capable HF Radios. | CCEB | | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 194 | Policy for the Coordination of Radio Frequency Allocations and Assignments between Cooperating Nations | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 198 | Instructions for the preparation of Allied Communications Publications | CCEB | Establishes a standard format for ACPs, including rules for assignment of short titles, preparation, assembly, and pagination. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 200 | Allied Maritime Tactical Wide Area Networking | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 200.V1 | Maritime and Mobile Tacticalwide Area networking (MTWAN) in the Maritime Environment: Operating Guidance | CCEB | | | | | | | D | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 200.V2 | Maritime and Mobile Tactical Wide Area Networking (MTWAN): Tactical Guidance | CCEB | | | | | | | D | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 201 | Communications Instructions Internet Protocol (IP) Services | CCEB | | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 220 | Multi National Videoconferencing Services | CCEB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 230 | Pegasus Service Operations Management Framework (PSOM) | CCEB | | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 256 | Operations Code and Prearranged Message Codes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ACP 257 | Map Reference and Numbered Cryptosystems | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |