MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR EQUIPMENT
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: MK 12 MOD 1
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: Western Electric Company
The Mk 12 Mod 1 is also similar to Radar Equipment Mk
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
12 Mod 3, but the latter includes improved automatic
range tracking circuits and anti-jamming features.
The Mk 12 Mod 1 is a shipboard fire control radar
which provides the means for locating aircraft and
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
surface craft and providing range, azimuth, and elevation
data for fire control. It is associated with Gun Director
Mk 37. Radar equipment Mk 22 may be used with the
Range, Max: Air - 45,000 yd; surface - 40,000 yd
Mk 12 to provide accuracy at low level elevation.
Range, Min: 400 yd
Range Resolution: 300 yd
Azimuth Resolution: 7 deg
RELATION TO SIMILAR EQUIPMENT
Elevation Resolution: 7 deg
Range Accuracy: 25 yd
The Mk 12 Mod 1 is similar to Radar Equipment Mk
12, except that the latter has only one range control unit.
MK 12 MOD 1: 1
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