Field Manual / Figures on the radio / HUNDRED
HUNDRED
FIGURENone · Say: HUN-DRED
Used only for whole hundreds, e.g. 500 = FIFE HUNDRED.
On air
“Range fife hundred metres.”
“Enemy patrol tree hundred metres north of checkpoint too. Over.”
“Move fife hundred metres east and report. Over.”
“Range to the enemy post is sev-en hundred metres. Over.”
In conversation
Use hundred only for round numbers; say 250 as too fife ze-ro.