MIL-HDBK- 162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 September 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE:: AN/TPN-12
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5895-622-8202-EG
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
LS
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number. Laboratory for Electronics
radar approach and landing device or as an
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
augmentation to existing precision approach radar for
alternate runway coverage. For aircraft tracking during
Radar Set AN/TPN-12 is a light-weight,
the initial approach to the airfield, the radar set is
transportable, ground-controlled-approach (GCA) Radar
operated in the surveillance mode; the Radar Set is then
Set which can function as a surveillance or precision
switched to the precision
approach radar. This equipment can be used as the
sole
AN/TPN-12: 1