I was watching Mail Call ( the military Q & A ) TV show on the history channel today. the show told what a slick was. I never knew this so I`ll tell you folks in case you didn't either. a slick was a transport with no weapons on it ( slick ) meaning the outer skin was slick with no guns protruding. I assume the game calls the Black Hawk the slick even though it has 2 guns
I think we were watching the same thing.
It refered to the HU1 as a slick. Actually it was one of 3 class's. The Slick, The Air Ambulance and a Gun Ship. All HU1, Or Hui's as they were called. Primarily used in the Vietnam war.
It refered to the HU1 as a slick. Actually it was one of 3 class's. The Slick, The Air Ambulance and a Gun Ship. All HU1, Or Hui's as they were called. Primarily used in the Vietnam war.
lol its been on all day
yeah, i agree. its kind of cool to know what exactly it all means. i knew a slick was a helicopter...but other than that...
just let me know if you find out what an "enemy sniper" is.
just let me know if you find out what an "enemy sniper" is.
It's UH-1 not HU1, though the latter lends to the Huey sound more than the former. If you like that, how about this? We name our new arab-killing helos after Native American tribes we vanquished 150 years ago. The Huey is actually the Iriquois. There's a Kiowa, a Chinook, comanche and more. Black Hawk was a leader of the warlike Fox tribe.
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yay! i know something about something!
here i thought the blackhawk was named after chicago's hockey team...
yay! i know something about something!
here i thought the blackhawk was named after chicago's hockey team...
hee hee hee
wtf?
im a goner, o no
HELP!!!!
wtf?
im a goner, o no
HELP!!!!
what?
...Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform...
Anyway, me loves them Huey's
what?
what what
huh?
what what
huh?
"Oscar Mike Foxtrot Golf"
Thought I would keep this one going...
Thought I would keep this one going...
"Romeo Oscar Foxtrot Lima"
Foxtrot Uniform Bravo Alpha Romeo
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis
Being former military myself, I've noticed they mix up thier speak a bit. They'll use both Roger and 10-4 in radio chatter. Everyone knows non military (truck drivers, police) use 10-4 and the military uses Roger. Not that it bothers me, just wanted to point that out. Also the squad designations aren't exactly on par with the military phonetic (sp?) alphabet. They have Gamma squad but there is no Gamma in the phonetic alphabet, it's Golf.
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India....Lima, Mike....Oscar....Romeo....Tango yeah that's all i can say off the top of my head.
I'm sure you were taught all the other number system, right? I forget them and I can't find them on the internet, but 10-3 etc means something toowarco3 wrote:
Being former military myself, I've noticed they mix up thier speak a bit. They'll use both Roger and 10-4 in radio chatter. Everyone knows non military (truck drivers, police) use 10-4 and the military uses Roger. Not that it bothers me, just wanted to point that out. Also the squad designations aren't exactly on par with the military phonetic (sp?) alphabet. They have Gamma squad but there is no Gamma in the phonetic alphabet, it's Golf.
edit: found it! http://www.roity.com/rc/cbradio/cbcodes.html
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i'm former military as well but we've never used 10- codes as far as i know. my wife is a 911 operator/police dispatcher. she says that the 10- codes they use vary by location. aside from the obvious things like 10-4, they are different where we live now than they were at our former home.
little old school military trivia for ya: SNAFU = situation normal, all f'ed up
oh yeah, one last thing. they did a great job with the chinese and arabic voice tracks. i don't speak chinese, but the arabic is right on!
little old school military trivia for ya: SNAFU = situation normal, all f'ed up
oh yeah, one last thing. they did a great job with the chinese and arabic voice tracks. i don't speak chinese, but the arabic is right on!
If you were to go and find the NATO radio operators handbook you'd find the number codes. They -are- standardized for NATO. ... but you're right, no one uses them because you'd be pulling out your handbook every 2 minutes.shaggyp wrote:
i'm former military as well but we've never used 10- codes as far as i know. my wife is a 911 operator/police dispatcher. she says that the 10- codes they use vary by location. aside from the obvious things like 10-4, they are different where we live now than they were at our former home.
little old school military trivia for ya: SNAFU = situation normal, all f'ed up
oh yeah, one last thing. they did a great job with the chinese and arabic voice tracks. i don't speak chinese, but the arabic is right on!
10 codes DO vary by location, and are usually a mismash of what had been used eslewhere and "migrated" somehow. At Ft. Benning the MP's use, or did in the 80's, a ten series that was far removed from the local Columbus Police Dept. 10-3 was a traffic aciident, 10-8 was a prisoner, 10-4 wasn't used, it was "roger"
BF2 as far as I can tell, uses a rotating list of phrases that are "somewhat" situation appropriate. I myself have "spotted" an advancing cobra and the game announced "hostile slick" (even though the Cobra is a gunship or more apropriate an Attack chopper) another person also "spotted" it and the game announced "enemy helicopter" sometimes it just says "enemy chopper identified" so it would seem that the game simply uses a rotating list of terms for object classes, 1 list for Helicopters, another for for troops that aren't snipers, ("enemy infantry" enemy troops") it seems to always get Tanks and vehicles right. APC's are sometimes referred to as "enemy APC's" sometime as armor which is technically correct but slightly misleading
The difference between Genius and Stupidity is that Genius has it's limits
BF2 as far as I can tell, uses a rotating list of phrases that are "somewhat" situation appropriate. I myself have "spotted" an advancing cobra and the game announced "hostile slick" (even though the Cobra is a gunship or more apropriate an Attack chopper) another person also "spotted" it and the game announced "enemy helicopter" sometimes it just says "enemy chopper identified" so it would seem that the game simply uses a rotating list of terms for object classes, 1 list for Helicopters, another for for troops that aren't snipers, ("enemy infantry" enemy troops") it seems to always get Tanks and vehicles right. APC's are sometimes referred to as "enemy APC's" sometime as armor which is technically correct but slightly misleading
The difference between Genius and Stupidity is that Genius has it's limits
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the chinese is actually pretty good, they got it pretty spot on. they use mandarin mostly except i remember hearing a cantonese voice? i don't remember for wat, i think it was for moving but the chinese is good.shaggyp wrote:
i'm former military as well but we've never used 10- codes as far as i know. my wife is a 911 operator/police dispatcher. she says that the 10- codes they use vary by location. aside from the obvious things like 10-4, they are different where we live now than they were at our former home.
little old school military trivia for ya: SNAFU = situation normal, all f'ed up
oh yeah, one last thing. they did a great job with the chinese and arabic voice tracks. i don't speak chinese, but the arabic is right on!
lima oscar limaoberst_enzian wrote:
"Romeo Oscar Foxtrot Lima"
this is to funny.
Off topic...Coolbeano wrote:
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India....Lima, Mike....Oscar....Romeo....Tango yeah that's all i can say off the top of my head.
Other than the miitary i guess, to become a Surf livesaver(lifegurard) you have to know the phonetic alphabet.
You know, to spell. Sierra Hotel Alpha Romeo Kilo....
...joking
You dont spell it you just swim for your life.