Scr-784 Radar

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SCR-784 Radar
K-84 trailer.jpg
K84 radar trailer, 1947
Country of originUSA
Typefire control radar set

The SCR-784 was a radar set used by the U.S. Army designed to be an amphibious version of the SCR-584, to control the fire of anti-aircraft batteries,[1] and mounted on a searchlight trailer called a K-84. The set was used to guide the flare plane over the target.[2]

Statistics

Frequency: 2,800 MHz
Pulse Width: 0.8 µs
Pulse Repetition Rate: 1707 pps
Vertical Coverage: 300 to 10,000 yards (270 to 9,140 m)
Indicator Type: display 7 inch PPI and, two 3 inch CRT's for range determination

K-84 trailer

  • built by Fruehauf Trailer Corporation
  • Gross Weight is 13,165 pounds (5,972 kg).
  • Tires are 9.00 X 20. 10 Ply.
  • Electric brakes, and parking brake.
  • Overall length 220-3/8"
  • Overall width 97-3/4"

Surviving examples

There are no known surviving examples of this array.

See also

  • List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles
  • Signal Corps Radio
  • G-numbers

References

  1. World Petroleum. M. Palmer. January 1947. pp. 72–. https://books.google.com/books?id=0S06AQAAIAAJ. 
  2. Army. Association of the United States Army.. August 1951. pp. 13–. https://books.google.com/books?id=ajNEAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA13-PA41. 

Further reading

  • TM 9-2800 Military Vehicles, October 1947
  • TM 11-1354
  • TM 11-1454
  • TM 11-1554
  • TM 9-873
  • SNL G-714

External links

  • Radar Descriptions - Mobile Military Radar.mobileradar.org.
  • http://www.campevans.org/_CE/html/smpr83p25.html report on scr-784
  • https://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=ac8728dc4f57ea22&q=mobile+radar+source:life&usg=__bIHfrqpGapgmikx-GCl7ANOKLKw=&prev=/images?q=mobile+radar+source:life&hl=en
  • http://sill-www.army.mil/famag/1948/NOV_DEC_1948/NOV_DEC_1948_COVER_TOC.pdf



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