Lumenic Legion 1995 Common Designation System

The Lumenic Legion 1995 Common Designation System is a system of designations for weapons and equipment in service with the Lumenic Legion designed to standardize the naming and designation conventions used by the Lumenic Army, Lumenic Armada and Lumenic Air Force. This designation nation system did not expend to individual weapons such as firearms, nor to many weapons integrated into vehicles, such as automatic cannons or machine guns.

Weapons designations

Explanation

The system is deigned to streamline and standardize the designations of weapons system in use by the armed forces of Luminerra to reduce confusion and ease logistical concerns for combined arms operations. The system utilizes a three letter designation system followed by a dash and ending with the last two digits of the year the weapon system was accepted into service.

The sequence utilized for determining with letter prefixes are used is as follows

• The environment from which the weapon is launched
• The primary mission of the weapon
• The type of weapon

This will be followed by the last two digits of the year the weapon was accepted. In the case of free-fall bombs, the designation will be the same as above, but with the explosive weight of the device following the dash, followed by a slash and the last two digits of the acceptance year.

If there have been modifications to the weapons, such as improvements to the initial design, these will be denoted with the letter A progressing through Z, and located at the end of the designation.

Code

First letter designating how the weapon is deployed

Letter	Launch environment	Detailed description
A	Air	Air-launched from manned or unmanned aircraft, such as a fighter-bomber, helicopter, or drone.
B	Multiple	Capable of being deployed from more than one environment
F	Infantry	Also known as man portable, carried and deployed by an individual
N	Vessel	Launched from a surface vessel such as a warship.
S	Subsurface	Launched from a submarine or other underwater device
T	Ground	Launched from a ground vehicle or movable platform.

Second letter designating the purpose of the weapon

Letter	Mission	Detailed description
A	Attack	Used for attacks against land based or surface targets/
C	Countermeasure	Used for devices designed or modified to confuse, deceive, or divert incoming weapons/
D	Dormant	Used for inter weapons designed or permanently modified for training purposes.
E	Electronic	Devices designed or modified with electronics equipment for communications, countermeasures, electronic radiation sounding, or other electronic recording or relay missions
I	Intercept	Devices designed to intercept aerial targets in defensive roles
O	Vessel	Devices designed to destroy space-based targets
R	Remote	Devices designed for target reconnaissance or surveillance
S	Subsurface	Devices designed to destroy enemy submarines or other underwater targets, or to detonate underwater
T	Weather	Devices designed to observe, record, or relay data pertaining to meteorological phenomena

Third letter designating the type of weapon

Letter	Mission	Detailed description
B	Bomb	A guided or unguided freefall weapon system
M	Missile	An unmanned, self-propelled vehicle with remote or internal trajectory guidance
P	Probe	A non-orbital instrumented vehicle used to monitor and transmit environmental information
R	Rocket	Devices designed or modified with electronics equipment for communications, countermeasures, electronic radiation sounding, or other electronic recording or relay missions

Examples

Example:

AIM-15 means:

• A - The weapon is air-launched;
• I - The weapon is designed to intercept and destroy air targets
• M - The weapon is a guided missile;
• 15 - The weapon was accepted in 2015

Example:

AAB-450/97 means:

• A - The weapon is air-launched;
• A - The weapon is designed to attack ground or surface targets
• B - The weapon is a bomb
• 450 - The weapon has an explosive weight of 450 kilograms
• 97 - The weapon was accepted in 1997

Other examples:

• AAB-96/06 bomb
• AAR-93 aerial rocket system
• ACM-02 decoy missile
• AIM-95 short-range infrared homing missile
• TIM-67 surface-to-air missile

Equipment designations

As with the above, the 1995 Common Designation System sought to bring naming designations for military equipment, such as radar sets and radio units, into line between the three major branches of the Lumenic Legion.

Explanation

Under the 1995 Common Designation System, complete equipment sets or systems are designated with a single or a sequence of letters and digits prefixed, followed by a forward slash (/), then three letters, a hyphen (-), a number, and (occasionally) some optional letters. The three letters tell where the equipment is used, what it does and its purpose.

Code

First letter designating who uses the equipment

Letter	Launch environment	Detailed description
A	Army	Equipment used exclusively by the Lumenic Army
B	Navy	Equipment used exclusively by the Lumenic Armada
C	Air Force	Equipment used exclusively by the Lumenic Air Force
L	Legion	Equipment used by all branches of the Lumenic Legion
M	Naval Infantry	Equipment used exclusively by the Lumenic Armada Naval Infantry

Second letter designating where the equipment is used

Letter	Mission	Detailed description
A	Aircraft
B	Amphibious
M	Ground	Equipment which is mounted to a towable or otherwise movable platform
N	Vessel	Equipment utlized by a surface vessel
P	Portable
R	Remote	Devices designed for target reconnaissance or surveillance
S	Subsurface	Used by a subsurface vessel or device
T	Ground	Used from a ground vehicle or movable platform
U	Utility	Used for equipment which is general use and not covered by a specific letter designation.

Third letter designating the type of equipment

Letter	Mission	Detailed description
A	Weapon	Used as a generic designation if a more specific letter designator is not applicable.
C	Countermeasure
E	Echo	Used for SONAR devices
F	Beam	Used for laser applications
I	Infrared
M	Meteorological
R	Radar
S	Wireless	Used for radio transmission devices
U	Radar	Used for equipment which is general use and not covered by a specific letter designation.
V	Special

Fourth letter designating the function of the equipment

Letter	Mission	Detailed description
A	Acquisition	Used for fire control applications
B	Recording
C	Communications
D	Computing
E	Ejection
F	Maintenance
G	Transmission	Used for direction finding, reconnaissance and other surveillance applications
I	Identifacation	Used for Identification friend or foe applications
N	Navigation
P	Passive	Used for receiving or passive detection applications
Q	Special	May be used if the device fits multiple designators.
R	Search	Used for detection, gathering range and bearing, and other search applications
S	Surveillance	Used for direction finding, reconnaissance and other surveillance applications
T	Targeting	Used for bombing targetting application
V	Special

Examples

Example:

C/ARA-11 means:

• C - The equipment is used by the Lumenic Air Force only
• A - The equipment is used by a maned aircraft
• R - The weapon is a radar set
• A - The equipment is used for aircraft target acquisition
• 11 - The weapon was accepted in 2011

Other examples:

• C/ARR-54B search radar
• C/ACQ-87 electronic warfare system