MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/APS-42B
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Allen B. Dumont Laboratories Inc., Passaic, N.J.
and are presented in the conventional, spaced code
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
groups.
The AN/APS-42B is an airborne search-radar
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
equipment designed for use as a navigational aid as
well as an anticollision warning device. The position of
The AN/APS-42B is electrically and mechanically
targets in indicated visually in range and azimuth in
interchangeable with AN/APS-42 and AN/ APS-42A except for
relation to the heading of the aircraft. Coded radar
maintenance parts.
range-beacon indications can also be received
AN/APS-42B: 1
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