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Fire Finder Radars

The use of radars to locate enemy mortar, rocket, and artillery positions goes all the way back to World War II.  The superb SCR-584, designed to direct the fire of 90mm anti-aircraft batteries, was shown to be quite capable of tracking inbound enemy indirect fire. It wasn't long before the services developed dedicated systems specifically…

The use of radars to locate enemy mortar, rocket, and artillery positions goes all the way back to World War II.  The superb SCR-584, designed to direct the fire of 90mm anti-aircraft batteries, was shown to be quite capable of tracking inbound enemy indirect fire. It wasn't long before the services developed dedicated systems specifically for that role.  Here's a video showing the early 1970s era TPQ-31 in use. 

 

The next generation of radars for the Marine Corps is the TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar, or GATOR, which combines Air Traffic Control, Air Defense, fire finding, and other functions in one set. 

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  1. Casey

    All I know is that the radar dish on a SCR-584 looks awfully familiar, and a certain star pilot needs to answer some questions about the “modifications” he made to his ship…

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  2. Captain Ned

    Especially as to how the SCR-584 got flung back in time. Don’t forget the first on-screen image of the series:
    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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