MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 2
DATE: 1 September 1964
ITEM NAME: DETECTING SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: AN/ASQ-8
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Std
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: See Note 1.
The AN/ASQ-8 is designed to detect submerged
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
submarines from low-flying aircraft. The presence of a
submarine is indicated by deflections in inked trace on
the paper chart of a recording meter.
AN/ASQ-8: 1