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I've done a search. and I'm surprised that there's no thread for this...
Following the partial replacement, in 1959, of the British Ministry of Supply by the Ministry of Aviation, the iconic 'Rainbow Code' system for projects was also replaced, by a new system of two letters, and three numbers, arranged in the pattern 'AB.123'.
I've done a trawl through my references, mainly BSP4, 'Vulcan's Hammer', and 'Battle Flight', and here are the ones that I can find. There must be more...
AJ.168 Martel ASM
BL.755 Anti-Armour/Personnel Cluster Bomb (Did the submunition have it's own code...?)
CF.299 Sea Dart naval SAM
DN.181 Rapier Blindfire radar.
ET.316 Rapier lightweight SAM
ET.317 british Polaris missile warhead
GM.462 High-yield Blue Water warhead
HB.876 air delivered antipersonnel mine
HR.169 improvements to Polaris system, hardening, penaids, etc. (also referred to as 'Super Antelope)
JP.233 airborne runway denial sub-munition dispenser
JP.236 AEW and radar development programme
KH.793 Chevaline programme
MC.347 UK AIR / AI.24 Foxhunter radar system
NP.169 an attempt to provide SACLOS guidance for the Swingfire missiile, cancelled in 1967
PT.176 warhead for WE177A - possibly also intended for a nuclear Seaslug SAM variant
PT.428 mobile all-weather SAM
PX.430 Seawolf naval SAM
QC.434 SRAAM experimental AAM
QF.169 Bloodhound II SAM
RE.179 Skybolt warhead - anglicised W59
RO.106 Common warhead for Blue Water, Seaslug and command-guidance Bloodhound
RO.166 Bloodhound III nuclear SAM
SG.357 air delivered runway cratering submunition
TD.127 WE.177 replacement warhead to meet SR(A).1244.
VJ.291 guided anti-armour cluster bomb
VR.725 Thunderbird II mobile SAM
WA.726 NIGS - New Naval Guided Weapons System successor system to Seaslug SAM
WE.176 Early designation for PT.176 nuclear warhead
WE.177 tactical nuclear bomb
XJ.521 Skyflash AAM
ZA.297 Warhead for WE177B
ZB.298 ground observation pulse Doppler radar.
Interestingly, while the designations in the above list appear to be randomly assigned, the Rapier missile and Polaris warhead have consecutive codes....... ???
cheers,
Robin.
Following the partial replacement, in 1959, of the British Ministry of Supply by the Ministry of Aviation, the iconic 'Rainbow Code' system for projects was also replaced, by a new system of two letters, and three numbers, arranged in the pattern 'AB.123'.
I've done a trawl through my references, mainly BSP4, 'Vulcan's Hammer', and 'Battle Flight', and here are the ones that I can find. There must be more...
AJ.168 Martel ASM
BL.755 Anti-Armour/Personnel Cluster Bomb (Did the submunition have it's own code...?)
CF.299 Sea Dart naval SAM
DN.181 Rapier Blindfire radar.
ET.316 Rapier lightweight SAM
ET.317 british Polaris missile warhead
GM.462 High-yield Blue Water warhead
HB.876 air delivered antipersonnel mine
HR.169 improvements to Polaris system, hardening, penaids, etc. (also referred to as 'Super Antelope)
JP.233 airborne runway denial sub-munition dispenser
JP.236 AEW and radar development programme
KH.793 Chevaline programme
MC.347 UK AIR / AI.24 Foxhunter radar system
NP.169 an attempt to provide SACLOS guidance for the Swingfire missiile, cancelled in 1967
PT.176 warhead for WE177A - possibly also intended for a nuclear Seaslug SAM variant
PT.428 mobile all-weather SAM
PX.430 Seawolf naval SAM
QC.434 SRAAM experimental AAM
QF.169 Bloodhound II SAM
RE.179 Skybolt warhead - anglicised W59
RO.106 Common warhead for Blue Water, Seaslug and command-guidance Bloodhound
RO.166 Bloodhound III nuclear SAM
SG.357 air delivered runway cratering submunition
TD.127 WE.177 replacement warhead to meet SR(A).1244.
VJ.291 guided anti-armour cluster bomb
VR.725 Thunderbird II mobile SAM
WA.726 NIGS - New Naval Guided Weapons System successor system to Seaslug SAM
WE.176 Early designation for PT.176 nuclear warhead
WE.177 tactical nuclear bomb
XJ.521 Skyflash AAM
ZA.297 Warhead for WE177B
ZB.298 ground observation pulse Doppler radar.
Interestingly, while the designations in the above list appear to be randomly assigned, the Rapier missile and Polaris warhead have consecutive codes....... ???
cheers,
Robin.
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