MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN TYPE: AN/TPS-21
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5840-631-1089
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number Admiral Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
signal with a frequency variation dependent upon the
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
speed and direction of the moving target is the 'on-
target' indication. It is capable of an automatic search
Radar Set AN/TPS-21 is lightweight, portable
or 'sector scan' function in which a terrain area, with a
battlefield surveillance equipment that will search for
depth of 880 yds and a width variable from 30 to 140
and detect moving ground targets. The range of the
degrees or a continuous 360 degrees, is scanned for
radar set is 100 to 20,000 yds. A characteristic audio
AN/TPS-21: 1
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