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| − | + | Radar Bomb Scoring detachments of the Colorado Springs Tent Camp|Colorado Springs' 206th Army Air Force Base Unit]] (organized on June 6, 1945) used MPQ-2s at Kansas City, and Fort Worth Army Airfield, and in 1946, the List of V-2 test launches#Launches of captured V-2 rockets in the USA after 1945|4th launch]] of a [[V-2]] at [[White Sands Proving Ground]] (1946) was tracked by two MPQ-2s.<ref>{{Cite report |date=29 May 1946 |title=Upper Air Rocket Summary: V-2 No. 4 |url=http://www.postwarv2.com/usa/ws/uars/uars04.html |accessdate=2013-01-13 |quote=Two SCR-584, and two AN/MPQ-2 stations. … Automatic radar tracking inferior to optical directing.}}</ref> In addition to the CONUS RBS detachments (e.g., Detachments C, K, & N), Detachment 23's AN/MPQ-2 was at the [[South Ruislip|Heston Radar Bomb Scoring Site]] on November 10, 1950,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uncorrelated Targets Comparable to B-29 |url=http://www.nicap.org/501110sruislip_dir.htm |quote=AN/MPQ-2.. Observation was made from a radar van at Heston Airdrome (51deg. 29' N -- 00 deg. 23' W).}}</ref> and after deployment to the [[Korean War]], the three AN/MPQ-2 radars of the [[3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group]] RBS detachments were transferred in January 1951 under the operational control of the [[502nd Tactical Control Group]] (TCG).{{r|YBlood}} The MPQ-2 guided [[Martin B-26 Marauder]]s against enemy positions in front of the [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]].",<ref name=afhso2>http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100526-023.pdf</ref> and On February 23, 1951, the 1st [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]] mission controlled by an MPQ-2 was flown,<ref>http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2000/October%202000/1000korea.aspx</ref> | |
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Revision as of 15:54, 22 August 2018
The AN/MPQ-2 Close Cooperation Control Unit was a truck-mounted post-World War II automatic tracking radar/computer/communication system ("Q" system) for aircraft command guidance, e.g., missile tracking, and for Radar Bomb Scoring. For ground directed bombing (GDB), an operator would manually plot a target on the "Blind Bombing Plotting Sheet", then use the manual "E6B computer and bombing tables" to plot the release point for striking the target, after which a radar operator used the MPQ to acquire a track of the bomber near an initial point during which allowed ground control of the bomb run to the release point.
Based on the World War II SCR-584 radar developed by MIT and which was used for the "SCR-584-M missile control Receiver and beacon", the MPQ-2 included an "Reeves Instrument Corporation RC-294 Plotter" and its analog computer for converting radar range, azimuth, and elevation to cartesian coordinates, as well as a plotting board for drawing the aircraft track. The AN/MPQ-2 was the basis for the Rome Air Development Center's AN~MSQ-1 & -2 Close Support Control Sets also used in the Korea and the MSQ-1A was used for command guidance of the Matador missile.
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Radar Bomb Scoring detachments of the Colorado Springs Tent Camp|Colorado Springs' 206th Army Air Force Base Unit]] (organized on June 6, 1945) used MPQ-2s at Kansas City, and Fort Worth Army Airfield, and in 1946, the List of V-2 test launches#Launches of captured V-2 rockets in the USA after 1945|4th launch]] of a V-2 at White Sands Proving Ground (1946) was tracked by two MPQ-2s.[1] In addition to the CONUS RBS detachments (e.g., Detachments C, K, & N), Detachment 23's AN/MPQ-2 was at the Heston Radar Bomb Scoring Site on November 10, 1950,[2] and after deployment to the Korean War, the three AN/MPQ-2 radars of the 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group RBS detachments were transferred in January 1951 under the operational control of the 502nd Tactical Control Group (TCG).Template:R The MPQ-2 guided Martin B-26 Marauders against enemy positions in front of the 25th Infantry Division.",[3] and On February 23, 1951, the 1st Boeing B-29 Superfortress mission controlled by an MPQ-2 was flown,[4]