AN / MPS-16
The radar device AN / MPS-16 was a portable air defense radar from the American manufacturer Avco with a very high transmission power and a long range. As an altitude finder, it specialized in measuring the altitude of approaching aircraft and was controlled in the lateral angle by the OA-175 / FPS-3 or AN / UPA-35 viewing unit, to which it also provided the altitude information. The transmission power was generated by a QK 632 magnetron . The waveguide system worked with an atmospheric overpressure that was generated by a compressor with a dehydrator . The receiver worked with an intermediate frequency of 30 MHz and had a noise figure of 10 dB with a bandwidth of 500 kHz.
The antenna diagram was designed as a fan diagram with a very narrow half -width at the elevation angle through the approximately 6.6 x 1.75 m section from a paraboloid . The antenna had an antenna gain of 43 dB and could work continuously rotating in panoramic mode as well as nodding in the elevation angle (then fixed in the lateral angle). The sidelobe attenuation of the antenna was 26 dB.
A total of three modifications were made:
- AN / MPS-16 (serial numbers 1 to 20)
- AN / MPS-16A (serial numbers 21 to 43 and 55 to 75)
- AN / MPS-16B (serial numbers 44 to 54)
The power supply could be self-sufficient with a 400 Hz / 20 kW diesel generator or from the network via a 25 kW 50 Hz / 400 Hz converter . The entire radar device could be relocated with four M-35 trucks. In the Bayerwald barracks in Regen , an antenna of the AN / MPS-16 is still maintained and exhibited as a traditional device.
| Technical data AN / MPS-16 | |
|---|---|
| Frequency range | 5.2 ... 5.3 GHz |
| Pulse repetition time | |
| Pulse repetition frequency | 300 to 364 Hz |
| Transmission time (PW) | 2.5 μs |
| Reception time | |
| Dead time | |
| Pulse power | 1 MW |
| Average performance | 900 W |
| displayed distance | 200 nmi (370 km) |
| Distance resolution | |
| Opening angle | β: 2.4 ° ε: 0.6 ° |
| Hit count | |
| Antenna round trip time | |