MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 December 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: *AN/MPS-16, **AN/MPS-16A,
*** AN/MPS-16B
*5840-307-3988
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: **5840-620-4577
***5840-626-8928
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
*Std
**Used By
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number
control and ground controlled interception. The radar
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
sets are capable of accepting azimuth control from, and
furnishing height data to, search radar sets equipped
The AN/MPS-16, AN/MPS-16A and AN/MPS-16B
with either Indicator Group OA-175/FPS-3 or Indicator
are high-power, long-range, mobile height finding radar
Group AN/UPA-35.
sets which supplement and provide the accurate height
information necessary for the most efficient operation
of a search radar installation, thereby effecting aircraft
AN/MPS-16: 1
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