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.
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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[1] | 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[2] | I (Apr 1979) | |||||||||||||||
ACP 100 (US SUPP-1) | U. S. Call Sign and Address Group System - Instructions and Assignments (U)[3] | C | J (Oct 1980) | K (Aug 1981) | |||||||||||||
ACP 101 | Air Force Address Groups[4] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 102 | Army Address Groups[4] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 103 | Naval Address Groups[4] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 104 | Allied, Joint and Geographical Address Groups | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 105 | Master Index of Four Letter Call Signs and Address Groups[4] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 110 | Tactical Call Sign Book (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 110 USN SUPP-1 | U.S. Naval Tactical Call Sign Book for Aircraft[2] | Apr 1960 | A (Aug 1969) | B (Sep 1972) | |||||||||||||
ACP 112 | Task Organization Call Sign Book[5] | Designed to facilitate communications with and between the Task Forces, Elements, Groups and Units comprising the NATO Naval Task Organization.[4] | 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.[4] | P, Q, R, S, T, U V, W, X, Y, Z, AA, AC, AH[6] | |||||||||||||
ACP 114 | Call Sign Book for Fixed and Land Radio Stations[4] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 116 | Address Group Book[7] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 | Allied Routing Indicator Book[1] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 COMNAV SUPP-1 | Allied Routing Indicator Book Commonwealth Naval supplement No. 1[2] | Mar, 1967 | |||||||||||||||
ACP 117 (US SUPP-1) | Allied Routing Indicator Book (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 (US SUPP-2) | Routing Indicator Book for Mobile Commands and Units (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 (US SUPP-3) | Defense Communications System Routing Doctrine General Purpose Networks (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 (US SUPP-4) | US Special Purpose Routing Indicator Book (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 (US SUPP-5) | CONUS Military TWX/Telex Directory (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 117 (CAN-US SUPP-1) | Allied Routing Indicator Book--Canada–United States Supplement No. 1(U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 118 | Visual Call Sign Book[2] | D (Feb 1954) | E (Apr 1967) | ||||||||||||||
ACP 119 | SEATO Voice Call Sips for Tactical Aircraft (SEATO supplement NO. 1)[2] | May 1969 | |||||||||||||||
ACP 120 | Common Security Protocol (CSP)[8] | 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.[4] |
In-Force | G[9] | H[1] | I[10] | ||||||||||
ACP 121 (US SUPP-1) | Communication Instructions--General (U)[3] | C | |||||||||||||||
ACP 121 (NATO SUPP-1) (R) | Communication Instructions General NATO Basegram System (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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.[4] | G[11] | |||||||||||||
ACP 123 | Common Message Strategy and Procedures | CCEB | X.400 messages/Military Message Handling System | B[12] | |||||||||||||
ACP 124 | Communication Instructions Radiotelegraph Procedure | Covers radio net procedures | B (Jan 1957) | C (Jul 1969) | D[13] | ||||||||||||
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[14] | G[15] | ||||||||||
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)[3] | 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[16] | ||||||||||||
ACP 127 | Communications Instructions - Tape Relay Procedures. | CCEB | In-Force but Frozen | G[17] | |||||||||||||
ACP 127 Supp-1 | Communications Instructions – Procedures for Allied Fleet RATT Operations. | CCEB | K[18] | ||||||||||||||
ACP 128 | Allied Telecommunications Record System (ALTERS) Operating Procedures | CCEB | A[19] | ||||||||||||||
ACP 129 | Communication Instructions - Visual Signaling Procedures (U)[3] | CCEB | B (Feb 1965) | ||||||||||||||
ACP 129 NS-1 | Communication Instructions Visual Signaling Procedures | Initial[20] | |||||||||||||||
ACP 130 | Communications Instructions - Direction Finding (D/F) Procedure[7] | ||||||||||||||||
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[21] | |||||||||||||
ACP 131 | Communications Instructions - Operating Signals. | CCEB | Morse Code Q-Codes, etc. 1964 version has 3x9 radio check | In-Force | B[22] | D (May 1986) | F[23] | ||||||||||
ACP 133 | Common Directory Services and Procedures[1] | CCEB | |||||||||||||||
ACP 133 SUPP-1 | Communications Instructions: Common Directory Services and Procedures Supplement[8] | CCEB | A | ||||||||||||||
ACP 134 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedures (U)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 134 NS-1 | Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure[2] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 135 | Communications Instructions - Distress and Rescue Procedures. | CCEB | In-Force | F[24] | |||||||||||||
ACP 136 | Communication Instructions--Panel Signaling (U)[3] | 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.[4] | |||||||||||||||
ACP 137 | Pegasus Directory Services Technical Architecture[8] | CCEB | A | ||||||||||||||
ACP 142 | A Protocol for Reliable Multicast Messaging in Bandwidth Constrained and
Delayed Acknowledgement (EMCON) Environments.[1] |
CCEB | |||||||||||||||
ACP 145 | Gateway-to-Gateway Implementation Guide for ACP 123/STANAG 4406
Messaging Services.[1] |
CCEB | |||||||||||||||
ACP 147 | Call Sign Book for Merchant Ships in Time of War[2] | 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)[2] | A handbook for convoy and independent ship operation and a guide to convoy maneuvering and signalling procedure.[4] | Dec 1959 | A (Dec 1959) | |||||||||||||
ACP 149 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio)[2] | Contains instructions for the conduct of radio communications with and within merchant ship convoys.[4] | A (Feb 1965) | ||||||||||||||
ACP 149 NATO SUPP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio)[2] | Jun 1958 | |||||||||||||||
ACP 149 SEAT0 SWP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio)[2] | C (Feb 1965) | |||||||||||||||
ACP 149 SWP-1 | Wartime Instructions for Merchant Ships (Radio)[2] | Feb 1965 | |||||||||||||||
ACP 150 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Air, Land and Sea Forces.[1] | Contains a general description of the scope, objectives, application, limitation, means and methods of recognition and identification with instructions regarding their use.[4] | D | ||||||||||||||
ACP 151 | Recognition and Identification Instructions[7] | Contains instructions regarding employment of visual and electronic means of recognition and identification of air and ground forces.[4] | A | ||||||||||||||
ACP 152 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Ground Forces[7] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 153 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Surface Forces[7] | 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.[4] | |||||||||||||||
ACP 154 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Harbour Entrance Control[7] | Contains instructions regarding the responsibility and procedure for identifying major warships, minor warships and merchant ships entering defended ports.[4] | |||||||||||||||
ACP 155 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Key List No.1 - Basic Key List[7] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 156 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Key List No.2 - Air-Ship-Ground[7] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 157 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Key List No.3 - Merchant Vessels[7] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 158 | Recognition and Identification Instructions - Book of Numbered Index Columns[7] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 160 | IFF/SIF Operating Procedures[1] | CCEB | |||||||||||||||
ACP 165 | Operational Brevity Codes[1] | 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.[4] | |||||||||||||||
ACP 167 | Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms. | CCEB | B (May 1965) | C (Feb 1971) | D (Feb 1973) | F (Aug 1981) | H[25] | I[26] | |||||||||
ACP 168 | Pyrotechnic Signals (U)[3] | Combined into ACP 130 | A | C (Jul 1979) | |||||||||||||
ACP 175 | Allied Naval Signal Book[4] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 176 | Allied Naval and Maritime Air Communications Instructions[1] | Updated version?[27] | C (Aug 1964) | ||||||||||||||
ACP 176 NATO SUPP-1 | Allied Naval and Maritime Air Communication Instructions[2] | A Apr 1967) | |||||||||||||||
ACP 176 NATO SUPP-2 | NATO Naval and Maritime Air Radio Organization | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 177 | Land Forces Electronic Warfare Instructions.[28] | Frozen | |||||||||||||||
ACP 178 | Maritime Electronic Warfare Instructions.[29] | Frozen | |||||||||||||||
ACP 179 | Maritime Electronic Warfare Instructions Air Forces[2] | Oct 1965 | |||||||||||||||
ACP 180 | Electronic Warfare. - Draft[9] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 185 | Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Cross-Certification Between Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB) Nations[8] | CCEB | Published | A | |||||||||||||
ACP 190 | Guide to Spectrum Management in Military Operations[1] | CCEB | Published | Oct 1958 | |||||||||||||
ACP 190 (US SUPP-1) | Guide to Frequency Planning (U)[3] | Feb 1963 | |||||||||||||||
ACP 191 | Ionospheric Sounder Operations[1] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 193 | A Ground Routing Protocol (GRP) for use with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) Capable HF Radios. | CCEB | A[30] | ||||||||||||||
ACP 194 | Policy for the Coordination of Radio Frequency Allocations and
Assignments between Cooperating Nations[1] |
CCEB | |||||||||||||||
ACP 198 | Instructions for the preparation of Allied Communications Publications[1] | CCEB | Establishes a standard format for ACPs, including rules for assignment of short titles, preparation, assembly, and pagination.[4] | ||||||||||||||
ACP 200 | Allied Maritime Tactical Wide Area Networking[1] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 200.V1 | Maritime and Mobile Tacticalwide Area networking (MTWAN) in the Maritime Environment: Operating Guidance[31] | CCEB | D | ||||||||||||||
ACP 200.V2 | Maritime and Mobile Tactical Wide Area Networking (MTWAN): Tactical Guidance[31] | CCEB | D | ||||||||||||||
ACP 201 | Communications Instructions Internet Protocol (IP) Services[8] | CCEB | A | ||||||||||||||
ACP 220 | Multi National Videoconferencing Services[1] | CCEB | |||||||||||||||
ACP 230 | Pegasus Service Operations Management Framework (PSOM)[8] | CCEB | A | ||||||||||||||
ACP 256 | Operations Code and Prearranged Message Codes[32] | ||||||||||||||||
ACP 257 | Map Reference and Numbered Cryptosystems[32] |
See also
References
- "Communication Instructions - General - ACP 121(H)" (PDF). April 2007.
- "Communications Publications Collection, 1929-1989" (PDF). Archives Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.
- U.S. Army Field Manual FM 11-41
- "SGM-627-56: Allied Communications Publications (ACPs)" (PDF).
- "Item SGM-0139-56 - ACP 112 (A) - TASK ORGANIZATION CALL SIGN BOOK".
- "ACP 113(AH) CALL SIGN BOOK FOR SHIPS" (PDF).
- "NATO Standing Group Decision on S.G. 33/3: A report by the Communications Electronics Coordination Sectionon Communications (Signals) Procedures and Message Forms" (PDF).
- CCEB public site (behind free registration)
- "COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTIONS GENERAL ACP 121(G)" (PDF).
- "COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTIONS - GENERAL" (PDF).
- "Information Assurance for Allied Communications and Information Systems" (PDF).
- "ACP 123 (B) Common Messaging Strategy and Procedures". 2009. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.470.2950.
- "ACP 124 (D): COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTIONS RADIO TELEGRAPH PROCEDURE" (PDF).
- "Allied Communications Publication, Communications Instructions, Radiotelephone Procedures, ACP 125(F)" (PDF). September 2001.
- "Communications Instructions: Radiotelephone Procedures ACP125 (G)" (PDF). 28 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- "COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTIONS TELETYPEWRITER (TELEPRINTER) PROCEDURES ACP126 (C)" (PDF).
- "COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTIONS TAPE RELAY PROCEDURES ACP127 (G)" (PDF).
- "Communications Instructions – Procedures for Allied Fleet RATT Operations" (PDF).
- "Allied Telecommunications Record System (ALTERS) Operating Procedures" (PDF).
- "ACP 128 Communication Instructions Visual Signaling Procedures" (PDF).
- "ACP 130(A) Communications Instructions Signalling Procedures in the Visual Medium" (PDF).
- "ACP 131(B) Communications Instructions Operating Signals" (PDF).
- "Communications Instructions - Operating Signals" (PDF).
- "ACP 135(F) Communications Instructions Distress and Rescue Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- "ACP 167(H) Glossary of Communications-Electronics Terms" (PDF).
- "Glossary of Communications-Electronic Terms" (PDF).
- "Partnership for Peace Naval and Maritime Air Communications Instructions" (PDF).
- "NATO Item SGM-1492-53-ACP 177 (INTERIM)".
- "Item MC 0072/2 - ACP 178 - MARITIME ELECTRONIC WARFARE INSTRUCTIONS".
- "A Ground Routing Protocol (GRP) for use with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) Capable HF Radios" (PDF).
- "Communication Instructions - General - ACP 121(H)" (PDF). April 2007.
- "Addendum 113 of Joint Publications on File in the Adjutant General's Office".