Standardization agreement

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In NATO, a standardization agreement (STANAG, redundantly: STANAG agreement) defines processes, procedures, terms, and conditions for common military or technical procedures or equipment between the member countries of the alliance. Each NATO state ratifies a STANAG and implements it within its own military. The purpose is to provide common operational and administrative procedures and logistics, so one member nation's military may use the stores and support of another member's military. STANAGs also form the basis for technical interoperability between a wide variety of communication and information systems (CIS) essential for NATO and Allied operations.<ref>Royal Air Force Common Core and Deployment Skills Aide-Memoire AP 3242B VOL 5, ABBREVIATIONS</ref> The Allied Data Publication 34 (ADatP-34) NATO Interoperability Standards and Profiles which is covered by STANAG 5524, maintains a catalogue of relevant information and communication technology standards.

STANAGs are published in English and French, the two official languages of NATO, by the NATO Standardization Office in Brussels.

Among the hundreds of standardization agreements (the total Template:As of was just short of 1,300) are those for calibres of small arms ammunition, map markings, communications procedures, and classification of bridges.

Partial listEdit

1000sEdit

Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 9, 24 August 2004): Characteristics of Shipboard Electrical Power Systems in Warships of the North Atlantic Treaty Navies
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 6): Combat Charts, Amphibious Charts and Combat/Landing Charts
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 17, 24 May 2005): Allied Naval Gunfire Support (ATP-4(E))
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 23, 16 December 2004): Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) (ATP-2(B) Vol. 1)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 16, 29 March 2001): Anti-Submarine Evasive Steering (ATP-3(B))
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 32, 12 July 2006): Allied Submarine and Anti-Submarine Exercise Manual (AXP-01(D))
STANAG 1059: (Edition 8, 19 February 2004): National Distinguishing Letters for Use by NATO Armed Forces
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 18): Allied Naval Communications Exercises (AXP-3(C) MXP-3(C))
STANAG 1236: (Edition 3, 2 November 2010): Glide Slope Indicators for Helicopter Operations from NATO Ships
Template:Visible anchor: HOSTAC Ship Helicopter Operating Limits (SHOL)
STANAG 1472: (Edition 1, 7 September 2011): NVD Compatible Flight Deck Status Displays on Single Ships

2000sEdit

Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 6): Patrol Reports
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 7): Operations Plans, Warning Orders, and Administrative/Logistics Orders
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 6, 24 May 2011): NATO Joint Military Symbology – NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems (APP-6)
Template:Visible anchor: Military Load Classification of Bridges, Rafts and Vehicles
Template:Visible anchor: Intelligence Reports
Template:Visible anchor: Interrogation of Prisoners of War (PW)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4): Operations Orders, Tables and Graphics for Road Movement
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 5): Procedures for Dealing with Prisoners of War
Template:Visible anchor: Radiological Hazards
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 5): Handling and Reporting of Captured Enemy Equipment and Documents
Template:Visible anchor: NATO Combined Military Police<ref name=sa2085>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Visible anchor: Medical Employment of Air Transport in the Forward Area
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 6): Nomenclature and Classification of Equipment
Template:Visible anchor: – this STANAG covers, among other subjects, NATO official rank grade comparisons covering Ranks and insignia of NATO
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, May 1996): Troop trial Principles and Procedures – Combat Clothing and Personal Equipment
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4): Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance/Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3): Intelligence Request
Template:Visible anchor: Regulations for Military Motor Vehicle Movement by Road
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3): Classification and Designation of Flat Wagons Suitable for Transporting Military Equipment
Template:Visible anchor: 7.62×51mm NATO adopted in the 1953 as the sole standard infantry rifle cartridge (7.62x51mm) up until STANAG 4172 in 1980.<ref name="RDECOM">"NATO Small Arms Ammunition Interchangeability via Direct Evidence Testing Template:Webarchive", US Army RDECOM, 25 May 2011</ref>
Template:Visible anchor: The adoption of the US MIL-STD-1913 "Picatinny rail" as the NATO standard optical and electronic sight mount and standard accessory rail (canceled). See also 4694.
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3, 13 February 2003): Evaluation and control of personnel exposure to radio frequency fields – 3 kHz to 300 GHz
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1): Minimum Standards of Proficiency for Trained Explosive Ordnance Disposal Personnel
Template:Visible anchor: (Draft): Joint Anti-Armor Operations
Template:Visible anchor: Civil-military co-operation (CIMIC) doctrine
Template:Visible anchor: (published Jan 2005): The military intelligence intelligence data
STANAG 2437: Allied Joint Publication AJP-01: "ALLIED JOINT DOCTRINE"
Template:Visible anchor: Allied Joint Doctrine for Communications and Information Systems
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3, 14 Aug 1992): Braking Systems Between Tractors, Draw Bar Trailer And Semi-trailer Equipment Combinations For Military Use
Template:Visible anchor: Fording and Flotation Requirements for Combat and Support Ground Vehicles
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2): Restrictions for the Transport of Military Equipment by Rail on European Railways
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2): The Operation of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Information Center (EODTIC)
Template:Visible anchor: Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Personnel
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4): Land Force Tactical Doctrine (ATP-35(A))
Template:Visible anchor: Medical Support Operations in an NBC Environment
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3): Marking of Hazardous Areas and Routes Through Them
Template:Visible anchor: Extreme Climatic Conditions and Derived Conditions for Use in Defining Design/Test Criteria for NATO Forces Materiel
Template:Visible anchor: The adoption of standards for ballistic protection levels and testing
Template:Visible anchor: Distinctive Markings and Camouflage of Medical Facilities and Evacuation Platforms<ref name='USA_FM4-02-21'>US Army Field Manual 4-02.21. Division and Brigade Surgeon's Handbook. Appendix A, Guide for Geneva Conventions Compliance.</ref>
Template:Visible anchor: Survival, Emergency, and Individual Combat Rations – nutritional values and packaging
Template:Visible anchor: Classes of Supply of NATO Land Forces
Template:Visible anchor: Graduated Levels of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats and Associated Protective Measures
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1): Use of Helicopters in Land Operations (ATP-49)

3000sEdit

Template:Visible anchor: Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol (JREAP), a Tactical Data Link (TDL) protocol
Template:Visible anchor: Aircraft Marshalling Signals
Template:Visible anchor: Uniform System of Supply Classification
Template:Visible anchor: Uniform System of Item of Supply Identification
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 6): Air Reconnaissance Request/Task Form
STANAG 3350: Analogue Video Standard for Aircraft System Applications
Template:Visible anchor: Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Report Forms
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1): Aeromedical Training of Aircrew in Aircrew NBC Equipment and Procedures
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 6): 20×102mm ammunition and links for aircraft autocannons, based on MIL-STD-651
Template:Visible anchor: Air Reconnaissance Requesting and Target Reporting Guide
Template:Visible anchor: NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4): NATO Tactical Air Doctrine (ATP-33(B))
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 8): Offensive Air Support Operations (ATP-27(B))
Template:Visible anchor: (27 Apr 2009) Minimum Qualifications for Forward Air Controllers & Laser Operators in Support of Forward Air Controllers<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4): Doctrine and Procedures for Airspace Control in Time of Crisis and War (ATP-40(A))
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3): 27×145mm autocannon ammunition
Template:Visible anchor: MIL-STD-1553, mechanical, electrical and functional characteristics of a serial data bus
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2): Counter Air Operations (ATP-42(B))
STANAG 3910: High Speed Data Transmission Under STANAG 3838 or Fibre Optic Equivalent Control – 1 Mbit/sec MIL-STD-1553B data bus augmented by a 20 Mbit/s, Optical or Electrical, High Speed (HS) channel. Revised by prEN 3910, which remains provisional.<ref name="prEN 3910 1996">AECMA Working Group C2-GT9, High Speed Data Transmission Under STANAG 3838 or Fibre Optic Equivalent Control, prEN3910-001, Ed P1, ASD-STAN, 1/31/1996.</ref> Optical version implemented (as EFAbus) on the Eurofighter Typhoon (EF2000)) and electrical (as EN 3910) on Dassault Rafale.

4000sEdit

STANAG 4007: (Edition 2, 31 May 1996): Electrical Connectors Between Prime Movers, Trailers And Towed Artillery
Template:Visible anchor: Emergency Towing Facilities
Template:Visible anchor: 2-pin 24V jump-start connectors. Heavy duty plugs and sockets for jump-starting military vehicles with up to 1000A
STANAG 4082: (Edition 2, 28 May 1969): Adoption of a Standard Artillery Computer Meteorological Message (METCM)
Template:Visible anchor: 9×19mm NATO adopted as standard small arms ammunition (9 mm)<ref name=RDECOM />
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2, 21 Feb 2000): Towing Attachments
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 7, August 2006): Mutual Acceptance of Government Quality Assurance and Usage of the Allied Quality Assurance Publications
STANAG 4140: (Edition 2, 28 May 2001): Adoption of a Standard Target Acquisition Meteorological Message (METTA)
STANAG 4119: (Edition 2, 5 February 2007): Adoption of a Standard Cannon Artillery Firing Table Format)
Template:Visible anchor: The adoption of the 5.56×45mm NATO round as the standard chambering of all NATO service rifles in 1980.<ref name=RDECOM /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Visible anchor: 25×137mm autocannon ammunition
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3, 27 November 1998): Microwave Landing System (MLS)
Template:Visible anchor: Technical standards for single channel HF radio equipment
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1, 14 March 1990): Standard Specification for Digital Representation of Shipboard Data Parameters
Template:Visible anchor: Digital Interoperability Between SHF Tactical Satellite Communications Terminals
Template:Visible anchor: Digital interoperability between EHF Tactical Satellite Communications Terminals
Template:Visible anchor: Characteristics of 1200/2400/3600 bit/s single tone MODEMs for HF radio links
STANAG 4355: (Edition 3, 17 April 2009): Modified Point Mass Trajectory Model
Template:Visible anchor: Environmental Testing
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1, 8 July 1994): Blackout Lighting Systems For Tactical Land Vehicles
Template:Visible anchor: 12.7×99mm NATO adopted as standard small arms ammunition (12.7mm)<ref name=RDECOM />
Template:Visible anchor: 120 mm ammunition for smoothbore tank guns
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2, 10 May 2001): Connector For Tactical Land Wheeled Vehicles With Anti Lock Braking Systems
Template:Visible anchor: The adoption of a military message standard based around the civil X.400 standard<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Visible anchor: Display Symbology and Colors for NATO Maritime Units
Template:Visible anchor: A way to determine interchangeability of indirect fire ammunition; lists various artillery calibers, including 105 mm and 155 mm
Template:Visible anchor: 105 mm ammunition for rifled tank guns
Template:Visible anchor: Technical performance specification providing for the interchangeability of 5.7×28mm ammunition<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Visible anchor: mentioned in conjunction with 35 mm x 228 KDG ammunition<ref name="st4516">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Visible anchor: Explosives, Physical/Mechanical Properties, Thermomechanical Analysis for Determining the Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion (TMA)
Template:Visible anchor: Characteristics of single tone MODEMs for HF radio links with 1240 Hz bandwidth
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2, 6 May 2013): NATO Secondary Imagery Format (NSIF)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 3, Amendment 2, 3 August 2016): NATO Standard Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Library Interface (NSILI)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1, 25 October 2007): Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (WECDIS)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1, 26 September 2003): Airborne Multi-Mode Receiver for Precision Approach and Landing
STANAG 4569: Protection levels for Occupants of Logistic and Light Armoured Vehicles<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, 2 December 2014): NATO Advanced Data Storage Interface (NADSI)
Template:Visible anchor: The adoption of standard Identification of Friend or Foe hardware that can be recognized and processed between all NATO nations
STANAG 4586: Standard Interface of the Unmanned Control System (UCS) for NATO UAV interoperability
Template:Visible anchor: Modelling and Simulation Architecture Standards for Technical Interoperability: High Level Architecture (HLA)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, 29 January 2021): Super High Frequency (SHF) MILitary SATellite COMmunications (MILSATCOM) EPM (Electronically Protected Measures) Waveform for Class B services
STANAG 4607: (Edition 3, 14 September 2010): NATO Ground Moving Target Indicator Format (GMTIF)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, 19 December 2016): NATO Digital Motion Imagery Standard
Template:Visible anchor: 30x173mm autocannon ammunition
STANAG 4626: Modular and Open Avionics Architectures – Part I – Architecture
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1, 16 March 2011): Controller Area Network (Can) Protocols For Military Applications
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 1, 20 May 2014): NATO Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Tracking Standard (NITS)
STANAG 4694: NATO Accessory Rail
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Template:Visible anchor: NATO requirements for calibration support of test & measurement equipment
Template:Visible anchor: JANUS, used for underwater acoustic communication
Template:Visible anchor: NATO Generic Vehicle Architecture (NGVA) for Land Systems
Template:Visible anchor: Confidentiality Label Syntax
Template:Visible anchor: Metadata Binding Mechanism

5000sEdit

STANAG 5066: The adoption of a Profile for HF Data Communications, supporting Selective Repeat ARQ error control, HF E-Mail and IP-over-HF operation
STANAG 5516: Link 16 – ECM Resistant Tactical Data Exchange, a Tactical Data Link (TDL) protocol
STANAG 5518: Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol (JREAP), a Tactical Data Link (TDL) protocol
STANAG 5524: NATO Interoperability Standards and Profiles, a catalogue of relevant information and communication technology standards
STANAG 5602: Standard Interface for Military Platform Link Evaluation (SIMPLE), a Tactical Data Link (TDL) protocol

6000sEdit

Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, 12 October 2010) Language Proficiency Levels
Template:Visible anchor: Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming, and Interference Report
Template:Visible anchor: EW in the Land Battle (ATP-51)
STANAG 6022: (Edition 2, 22 March 2010): Adoption of a Standard Gridded Data Meteorological Message (METGM)

7000sEdit

Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, Amendment 1, 16 June 2016): NATO Primary Image Format (NPIF)
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2, 2 August 2001): Imagery Air Reconnaissance Tape Recorder Standard
STANAG 7074: Digital Geographic Exchange Standard (DIGEST),
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 4, 20 December 2006): Joint NATO Doctrine for environmental protection during NATO-led military activities
Template:Visible anchor: (Edition 2, 5 November 2010): Additional Military Layers (AML) – Digital geospatial data products

DraftsEdit

STANAG 4179: A type of detachable firearm magazine proposed for standardization based on the USGI M16 rifle magazine.<ref name="dtic.mil">"NATO Infantry Weapons Standardization Template:Webarchive", NDIA Conference 2008</ref>
STANAG 4181: A type of stripper clip and guide tool use to load magazines proposed for standardization based on the USGI M16 rifle stripper clips and guide tools.<ref name="dtic.mil" />

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