Fire control radar Mark VII
The Mark VII fire control radar was used by the Swiss Air Force from 1958 to 1967 in a number of twelve .
commitment
The Mark VII fire control radar replaced the searchlights and listening devices in the Swiss Air Force .
In subsequent operation, the Mark VII fire control radar determined the measuring point elements, side angles, attitude angles and distance from flight targets for the calculation of the shooting elements required for shooting with the heavy air defense, side elevation and temperature control by the command unit 43 / 50R. There was an automatic data transfer to the command unit 43 / 50R. It is also possible to use the Mark VII fire control radar to receive and process data from the TPS-1E target assignment radar .
The air-conditioned two-axle cabin trailer houses the radar, control panel with two screens, the servo drive for controlling the parabolic antenna, the META parallax computer, the SE-411 radio station and a field telephone.
It was replaced in 1965 by the Superfledermaus fire control device from Oerlikon Contraves .
Manufacturer: British Thomson Huston (BTH) Leicester, England.
Technical specifications
- Weight: 5900 kg
- Height: 3.43 m
- Length: 5.75 m
- Width: 2.3 m
- Frequency: 3000-3120 MHz
- Pulse duration: 0.5 microseconds
- Pulse repetition frequency: 1500 Hz
- Impulse power: 200 W
- Target detection range: 36 km
- Crew: 1 officer or 1 non-commissioned officer, 4 soldiers (2 officers, 1 referring officer, 1 power station attendant).
Command device HASLER model 43 / 50R
24 of the total of 83 Kgt model 43/50 units were equipped with a radar stick for cooperation with the MARK VIII fire control radar and designated as Ktg 43 / 50R. Equipped with receiver (synchro) of target data, side, position angle and distance with following pointer system in the radar pole.
- electric drive for straightening
- Operation: 1 NCO and 5 soldiers
- Range 800-10,200 m
- Speed range: 0-200 m / s
- Weight of the device: 424kg
- Weight tripod: 80 kg
literature
- Albert Wüst: The Swiss air defense. 2011, ISBN 978-3-905616-20-0