Difference between revisions of "SCR-547"

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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.

SCR-547.jpg

Components

References

  • FM 4-143 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of Height Finder SCR-547
  • TM 11-1109, 1943