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[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

• Allied Communication Procedures