Dingo Firestorm Glossary and abbreviations aileron accumulator: small tank on an aircraft that stores reserve hydraulic energy for the ailerons air-strike log: written air force record of an air-to-ground attack AK-47: Kalashnikov automatic assault rifle AKM: modernised Kalashnikov automatic assault rifle ANC: African National Congress BCR: Bronze Cross of Rhodesia Black Watch: the Royal Highland Regiment BSAP: British South Africa Police callsign: a combination of numbers, letters or words used to identify a unique radio transmitting station (a group of soldiers, an aircraft, a base, etc.) Can: Canberra aircraft Capewell: quick-release device to separate a parachute from its harness casevac: casualty evacuation Chimurenga: Shona for ‘resistance struggle’ CIO: Central Intelligence Organisation ComOps: Combined Operations CT: Communist terrorist Dak: Dakota aircraft Dare reChimurenga: ZANU’s war council dispersal: aircraft parking and manoeuvring area at an aerodrome donga: gully or ditch DShK: Degtyarov–Shpagin Krupnokalibernyj, Russian-made anti-aircraft machine gun elevator: controls the pitch axis (nose up/down) of an aircraft ESM: Exemplary Service Medal FAF: forward airfield flechette canister: warhead carrying darts known as ‘flechettes’ FN: Belgian-made light automatic rifle frantan: frangible tanks; form of napalm-based ammunition FRELIMO: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Freedom Front of Mozambique) G-car: troop-carrying helicopter G-force: gravitational force gook: slang for insurgent, terrorist HQ: headquarters int: military intelligence IP: initial point JPT: jet pipe temperature K-car: command car – helicopter gunship fitted with a 20-mm cannon LTT: locally trained terrorist LZ: landing zone MAG: Mitrailleuse d’appui général, general-purpose machine gun of Belgian manufacture mark one eyeball: in military contexts, the human eye MBE: Member of the British Empire MiG: Mikoyan-Gurevich military aircraft (Russian) MP: Member of Parliament NDP: National Democratic Party OAU: Organisation of African Unity OCC: Operations Coordinating Committee OLM: Officer of the Legion of Merit op/ops: operation/operations OP: observation post operations order: written battle plan PTS: Parachute Training School RAF: Royal Air Force recce: reconnaissance RF: Rhodesian Front RhAF: Rhodesian Air Force RLI: Rhodesian Light Infantry RPD: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, type of Russian hand-held machine gun RPG: rocket-propelled grenade RRAF: Royal Rhodesian Air Force SAAF: South African Air Force SAP: South African Police SAS: Special Air Service SB: Police Special Branch Selous Scouts: Rhodesian military unit that specialised in pseudo warfare (i.e.
