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Mobile microwave radar-optical height finder. (Slant range supplied by radar; azimuth and angular height by optical tracking.) Set consists of antenna trailer, tractor, and spare parts truck. Early models also include a power van. | Mobile microwave radar-optical height finder. (Slant range supplied by radar; azimuth and angular height by optical tracking.) Set consists of antenna trailer, tractor, and spare parts truck. Early models also include a power van. | ||
USES: To supply slant range or altitude to Antiaircraft Artillery fire control instruments. | USES: To supply slant range or altitude to Antiaircraft Artillery fire control instruments. | ||
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[[File:SCR-547.jpg]] | [[File:SCR-547.jpg]] | ||
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==Components== | ==Components== | ||
* on [[K-67 trailer]] | * on [[K-67 trailer]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:49, 22 January 2018
Radar ("Mickey Mouse" from twin-dish antennas) project cancled Mobile microwave radar-optical height finder. (Slant range supplied by radar; azimuth and angular height by optical tracking.) Set consists of antenna trailer, tractor, and spare parts truck. Early models also include a power van. USES: To supply slant range or altitude to Antiaircraft Artillery fire control instruments.
Components
- on K-67 trailer
- BC-941, range unit
- BC-947, transmitter
- BC-957, Receiver-Indicator, 5HP3 CRT
- MC-363 range converter,
- RA-58 power unit),
- K-60 truck parts ?
References
- FM 4-143 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of Height Finder SCR-547
- TM 11-1109, 1943