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Helion & Company Limited

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Published by Helion & Company 2019

Cover designed by Paul Hewitt, Battlefield Design (www.battlefield-design.co.uk)

Text and maps Athol Yates & Cliff Lord 2019

Photographs as individually credited

Colour profiles Tom Cooper, David Bocquelet and Anderson Subtil 2019

Every reasonable effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. The author and publisher apologize for any errors or omissions in this work, and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book.

All names, locations and geographic designations are those used in the UAE today, where Arabic words are invariably transliterated, rather than transcripted. This practice was introduced because of the large number of non-Arabic speakers living in the country.

Cover: A Saracen armoured personnel carrier of the ADDF in the early 1970s (photo courtesy of Alistair MacDonald) and a Hawker Hunter FGA.Mk 76 of the ADDFs Air Wing of the same period (artwork profile by Tom Cooper).

ISBN 978-1-912390-61-8

eISBN: 978-1-912866-80-9

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ABBREVIATIONS

2IC	second-in-command
AA	anti-aircraft
AD	air defence
ADDF	Abu Dhabi Defence Force
agal	camel hobble worn on top of the shemagh
AML	Auto Mitrailleuse Lgre (light armoured car)
AMX-30	French main battle tank
APC	armoured personnel carrier
Armd	armoured
BDE	brigade
Bn	battalion
Bty	battery
chaplis	sandals
CID	Criminal Investigation Department
C-in-C	Commander-in-Chief
CMC	Central Military Command
CO	Commanding Officer
COMTOS	Commander Trucial Oman Scouts
Coy	company
DDF	Dubai Defence Force
dhow	Traditional Gulf Arabic vessel
DIO	Desert Intelligence Officer
est.	established
FAC	fast attack craft (vessel)
FAF	Federal Armed Forces
FCO	Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)
Fd	field
FFR	Fitted for Radio
FHQ	Force Headquarters
FIO	Field Intelligence Officer
FO	Foreign Office (UK)
FPB	fast patrol boat
GHQ	general headquarters
GSO	General Staff Office
HOW	howitzer
HQ	headquarters
Inf	Infantry
khunjah	dagger (Gulf States)
LAA	light anti-aircraft
LAD	light aid detachment
LFPG	Land Forces Persian Gulf (UK)
LMG	light machine gun
LSO	Loan Service Officer
LWB	long wheel-base
mazri	cotton material
MMG	medium machine gun
MoD	Ministry of Defence
MoU	memorandum of understanding
MT	motor transport
na	not applicable
NCO	non-commissioned officer
OC	officer commanding
OR	Other Ranks
PFLOAG	Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf
puttees	strip of khaki cloth covering the lower part of the leg from the ankle to the knee
QM	quartermaster
r.	ruled
RA	Royal Artillery (UK)
RAC	Royal Armoured Corps (UK)
RAF	Royal Air Force (UK)
RAKMF	Ras Al Khaimah Mobile Force
RAOC	Royal Army Ordnance Corps (UK)
RCL	recoilless rifle
RCT	Royal Corps of Transport (UK)
RE	Royal Engineers (UK)
recce	reconnaissance
REME	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (UK)
Rgt	Regiment
RPC	Royal Pioneer Corps (UK)
RSigs	Royal Signals (UK)
RSM	Regimental Sergeant Major
sabkha	salt flat
SAS	Special Air Service (UK)
shemagh	Arab cloth headdress worn with or without an agal
Sigcen	Signal Centre
SLR	self-loading rifle
SNG	Sharjah National Guard
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