I'm trying to find drawings and dimensions for the Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) radar (perhaps also known as PAR, or did that come later?) shown in the images below.
I believe it is called a AN-CPN4, AN-CPN 4A or a AN-CPN 4B. Can anyone confirm the correct name? Is it of US origin?
Does anyone have any drawings or dimensions, or know where I might find such??
You have to be a member to access those mauals with an annual basic subscription of $95.52 which I suspect is beyond most research pockets including mine!
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Prefix: AN/ = Joint US Army-Navy Nomenclature System *
Installation Location Letter: C = Air Transportable **
Equipment Type Letter: P = Radar
Equipment Purpose Letter: N = Navigation Aid
Model Number: -4 = 4th system of this type, original pattern
Model Number: -4A = 4th system of this type, first modification
Model Number: -4B = 4th system of this type, second modification
* Renamed MIL-STD-196 Joint Electronics Type Designation System in 1957
** Obsolete designation, C now identifiying letter for NSA Cryptographic Equipment
There was a very very tongue-in-cheek article in an radio/electronics magazine many years ago relating to a ficticious bit of American WWII kit called the AN-4Q2. It bordered on the obscene. That particular issue of the magazine became a collectors' item; surprisingly I can't find any mention of it via Google.
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There was a very very tongue-in-cheek article in an radio/electronics magazine many years ago relating to a ficticious bit of American WWII kit called the AN-4Q2. It bordered on the obscene. That particular issue of the magazine became a collectors' item; surprisingly I can't find any mention of it via Google.
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