MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 April 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/MPS-8
FEDERAL. STOCK NUMBER: 5840-505-1850
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Ltd Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Radio Corporation of America
maximum presentable range coverage of 120 nautical
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
miles and a height-finding capability of minus 5000 to
plus 60,000 feet.
Radar Set AN/MPS-8 is
Radar Set AN/MPS-8 is a mobile, lightweight,
airtransportable in a type C-82 cargo aircraft without
medium-range height-finding radar set. This equipment
disassembly of any components other than the upper
is especially adaptable to installation in mountainous
section of the antenna reflector.
terrain because of the extremely narrow beam width
characteristics of the antenna. This radar set has a
AN/MPS-8: 1
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