SCR-784 Radar
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

References

  1. World Petroleum. M. Palmer. January 1947. pp. 72–.
  2. Army. Association of the United States Army. August 1951. pp. 13–.

Further reading

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