MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/MPS-4B, -4C
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5840-642-7059
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Ltd Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Hazeltine Electronics Corp.
undergoing maintenance or repair, these equipments
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
can be used as combination height-finding and search
radars. Radar Set AN/MPS-4C has been improved so
Radar Sets AN/MPS-4B, and AN/MPS-4C are mobile
that target heights can be read directly in feet above sea
height-finding radars, to be used in coordination with s
level, regardless of station elevation (max station
ear c h facilities in determining the actual altitude of
elevation 10,000 ft). Also, an anglemark simulator
aircraft targets whose bearing in azimuth is known from
allows calibration of the Range
the search radar information. In an emergency, when
no search radar is available, or when the search radar is
AN/MPS-4B: 1
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