MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 3
DATE: 1 July 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR INDICATING EQUIPMENT
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USN
TYPE: VG-3
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER:
5840-501-1958
5840-644-4821 W/S
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number: General Electric Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut
is portrayed and on which tactical calculations can be
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
made directly.
A range selector switch provides a 4, 10, 20, 80 or
The VG-3 is designed for shipboard use in projecting
200 mi radius, with 4 concentric range mark rings for
the PPI pattern of associated radar equipment upon a
ranging purposes. The equipment also projects two
flat-top viewing screen of opal glass or tracing paper. It
concentric circular dials (Target Designation) each
offers a plotting table on which the actual map-in motion
marked with a 360 deg calibration.
VG-3: 1
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