Template:R from military designation/doc

Purpose
This tag should be used in cases where an aircraft, vehicle, or item is best known by (and the target page titled by) a civilian or manufacturer's designation, but is alternatively known by a designation assigned by a military force. For instance, the de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo was designated as the de Havilland Canada C-8 Buffalo by the United States Air Force. This tag would be placed on the redirects of all military designations by which the targeted type was known.

In cases where an aircraft, vehicle or item is best known by (and titled by) a military designation, but is also known by other military designations, use R from alternative military designation on those redirects. For a redirect title that is a variant of a parent military type, use R from variant military designation.

Usage

 * This redirect category (rcat) template populates both and  by default.  In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of  Wikipedia articles in .  Redirects from military-to-civilian designations are suitable for a printed version.  In other words they are printworthy.


 * Add this rcat to a redirect (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:
 * Template Rcat shell is an alias for the Redirect category shell template, which may be used to add as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page.  This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:


 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * Use this rcat on any mainspace redirect from a military designation to a common name of an aircraft, vehicle, or other item that is best known by its civilian or company designation.

Aliases

 * [ Also known as...] – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used