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AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder weapon locating radar

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics
AN/TPQ-37

Figure 1: AN/TPQ-37
(© Raytheon)

Specifications
frequency: S-Band
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF):
pulsewidth (τ):
receive time:
dead time:
peak power: 120 kW
average power:
instrumented range: 50 km
range resolution:
accuracy:
beamwidth:
MTBCF:
MTTR:

AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder weapon locating radar

The AN/TPQ-37 is a coherent, electronic-scanned, range-gated pulse Doppler radar. The AN/TPQ-37 radar provides the US Army's first capability to locate hostile artillery and rocket launchers at their normal firing ranges. It incorporates a monopulse antenna and its beams are moved in both azimuth and elevation by shifting the inter-element phase using diode phase shifters, the first such application in a tactical system.

The AN/TPQ-37 uses a combination of radar techniques and computer-controlled signal processing for detection, verification, tracking of projectiles, and extrapolating the track-data points to the location from which the projectile was fired. Once the origin of a projectile has been identified, that location can be provided by voice or digital data link to the fire direction centre for initiation of counterfire.

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