Volume 1
MIL-HDBK-162A
Section 1
15 December 1965
TYPE: AN/TPQ-18
8 ft wide and capable of being transported by a C-124 or
Power Requirement:
120 or 208v ac, 60 cps, 3-ph, 4-wire
C-133 aircraft, ship, rail, or by highway.
INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS.
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
Siting: The AMR Transportable modular
Instrumentation Radar AN/TPQ-18 consists of a
The AN/TPQ-18 is similar to AN/F: 6 and AN/SPQ-
number of cabinets of electronic equipment
7.
designed in modular form to-be housed and
transported in eight units
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Related Equipment: Specific use for Ballistic
Frequency Data:
Missile and Satellite tracking.
Transmitter; 5400 5900 mc
Receiver; 5400 5900 mc
COMPONENT
QTY
HEIGHT
WIDTH
DEPTH
UNIT WT.
(Inches)
(Inches)
(Inches)
Radar Set AN/FPS-16 (less
1
building, standard range
group, standard antenna
group, standard transmitter,
standard boresight tower)
30 ft dia Parabolic, hydraulic-
1
driven Antenna Group
Low Noise Receiver Group
1
Acquisition and Control
1
Console Group
Digital Range Group
1
Real Time Digital Data
1
Corrector Group
High-Powered Tunable
1
Transmitter
Portable Boresight Tower
1
Equipment Group
REFERENCE DATA AND LITERATURE
Nomenclature Card and AF Form 81 for AN/TPQ-18.
AN/TPQ-18: 2
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