MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 April 1964
ITEM NAME: DISPLAY PLOTTING BOARD GROUP
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/GSA- 12
FEDERAL TOCK NUMBER: 5840-505-0871
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Doehler Metal Furniture Co., Inc.
completed assembly. Eight of these transit cases act as
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
platforms for plotters or controllers in the completed
operations setup.
Display Plotting Board Group AN/GSA-12 is a
group of equipments that form the nucleus of a tactical
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
air control center. The AN/GSA12 contains vertical and
None.
horizontal plotting surfaces, elevated platforms, and 12
small control desks, having provisions for mounting
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
telephone equipment.
Information received by
Radar Data Plotting Board:
controller personnel at telephone equipment desks is
Material - Plexiglass panels
relayed to plotting personnel located at the plotting
Plotting Surface Size - 12 ft x 10 ft, 2 in.
board assemblies. Status information is shown on the
Lighting - Edge-light (slimline fluorescent
boards by means of the paint and crayons supplied as
lamps)
accessories. Plotting, replotting, and projection may be
Plotting Plane - Vertical
accomplished as necessary to keep information current
Status Display Plotting Board:
and to maintain suitable control over flight movements.
Material - Plexiglass panels
The method of construction of the AN/GSA12 permits
Plotting Surface Size - 4 ft x 8 ft
disassembly and packing into 17 cases containing all
parts, spare parts, and accessories needed for the
AN/GSA-12: 1
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