MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADIO SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/PPS-1
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Used By
Used By
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number. Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc.(56232)
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
slowly moving (less than 100 mph) targets, such as
The Radio Set AN/PPS-1 is a Continuous Wave
personnel, ground vehicles, landing craft, etc., at ranges
(CW) Doppler radar system which detects the presence
from zero up to two (2) miles, depending on the size of
of moving targets only. The system can serve as a
the target. The system does not respond to stationary
sentry warning device witch will indicate the presence of
AN/PPS-1: 1