GM 406F

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The GM 406F ( Groundmaster 406 fixed ) is an Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system for air defense from the family of GM 400 radar systems.

Radar display AbgTZg 245 Brekendorf

system

The GM 406F consists of an air surveillance radar in semiconductor technology and a secondary radar and is a modified version of the relocatable GM 400 radar from the manufacturer ThalesRaytheonSystems for the requirements of the German Air Force . The radar systems were manufactured in the Thales factory in Limours , France .

Deployment in Germany

Operational users in Germany, the Bundeswehr Operations Service of the Air Force (EinsFüDstLw), whose official name is Active radar detector round insert guide service Lw - ared . ARED is the abbreviation for Active Radar for All-round Guidance . As part of the project, it was installed by the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) to replace the six medium power radars in the existing buildings at the previous locations, at a unit price of 21 million euros.

Further radar devices of the operational command service in Germany are RRP 117 , HADR (radar) and RAT 31DL .

In the period between July 2013 and August 2015, the six GM 406F commissioned were put into operation in Germany:

designation Location state Insinuation use
AbgTZg 240
(separate technical train 240)
Erndtebrück North Rhine-Westphalia EinsFüBer 2 in operation
AbgTZg 242 Auenhausen North Rhine-Westphalia EinsFüBer 2 since July 9, 2013
AbgTZg 243 Visselhövede Lower Saxony EinsFüBer 2 since July 9, 2014
AbgTZg 245 Brekendorf Schleswig-Holstein EinsFüBer 2 in operation
AbgTZg 247 Lauda Baden-Württemberg EinsFüBer 2 since February 13, 2014
AbgTZg 248 Freising Bavaria EinsFüBer 2 since September 22, 2015

The antenna systems are located under radomes with a diameter of approx. 12 m in order to minimize weather influences.

Technical specifications

Technical data GM 406
Frequency range   2900-3300 MHz
Pulse repetition time  
Pulse repetition frequency  
Transmission time (PW)  
Reception time  
Dead time  
Pulse power   >
Average performance  
displayed distance   up to 470 km
Distance resolution   200 m
Opening angle   β :, ε:
Hit count   1 to 3
Antenna round trip time   6 s

Web links

Commons : GM 406F  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Luftwaffe - New radar search device for the operational command service
  2. BAAINBw - New radar search device for the operational command service
  3. BAAINBw - Third new radar search device for the operational command service
  4. BAAINBw - Second radar search device for the operational command service
  5. The electronic eye of the special class. September 8, 2015, accessed September 8, 2015 .
  6. Radar tutorial