Radar, Gun Laying, Mark III, or GL Mk. III for short, was a radar system used by the British Army to directly guide, or lay, anti-aircraft artillery (AA)...
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Radar, Gun Laying, Mark I, or GL Mk. I for short, was an early radar system developed by the British Army to provide range information to associated anti-aircraft...
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missile. Mk. 7 developed from experiments in the mid-WWII era on auto-follow radar systems on the GL Mk. III radar and Searchlight Control radar systems...
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easier to use in the field than the less advanced Canadian/British GL Mk. III radar, and many SCR-584s were rushed to England where they were an important...
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early warning radar Chain Home Low AMES Type 7 GL Mk. I radar, gun laying radar for anti-aircraft batteries GL Mk. III radar, gun laying radar for anti-aircraft...
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former GL name. The first entries into this group were originally known as GL Mk. III radar. There were two primary versions of this system, the Mk. III(C)...
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the radar to be much smaller, simpler and less expensive than a system with enough accuracy to directly aim the guns, like the large and complex GL Mk. II...
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radar for shooting down enemy aircraft. The GL Mk. III radar was developed as a target tracking and predicting radar, but by 1942 the SCR-584 radar developed...
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see service. Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 1 – new name for GL Mk. III(C) Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 2 - new name for GL Mk. III(B) Radar, AA, No 3, Mk 2 (F) - Anti-aircraft...
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control radar used in concert with GL Mk. III Microwave Zone Position Indicator (MZPI) - replacement for ZPI using microwave electronics from GL Mk. III 2 other...
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Radar, Aircraft Interception, Mark VIII, or AI Mk. VIII for short, was the first operational microwave-frequency air-to-air radar. It was used by Royal...
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Hertfordshire with "thimble" nose radome in which AI Mk. VIII radar centimetric radar is fitted A mobile GL Mk. III radar set, capable of gun laying (predictive fire)...
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Air Defence Research and Development Establishment (category Radar)
for the ad hoc development of the SLC radar, as well as GL Mk. II radar and the start of the GL Mk. III radar efforts. "Air Defence Research and Development...
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were probably used initially with GL radars and UB 10 18 feet base optical height and range finders. AA control radars evolved rapidly. The gun was laid...
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the remains of what turned out to be a British GL Mk-2 radar and a Searchlight Control (SLC) radar were found. Along with the hardware, there was a...
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already several other radars being introduced that operated on different frequencies, notably the 75 MHz used by the GL Mk. I radar and the 43 MHz used...
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accurate radar ranges directly to the HACS table (analogue computer). Metric air warning set with separate Tx / Rx antennas. Based upon Army GL Mark I set...
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regiment with captured German 8.8 guns, associated with British GL Mk. II and GL Mk. III radars. The guns remained in service with second-line units until...
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the Canal Zone, as well as being the primary supplier of the UK's GL Mk. III radar system used to automatically aim anti-aircraft artillery. To support...
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Mowag Eagle (section Eagle III)
vehicle in order to replace the older M113A1 Kommandopanzer 63/07. IRIS-T SLS Mk III Diehl Defence and Hensoldt presented a prototype for an air defence system...
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required. This was not a difficult change; the recently introduced GL Mk. III radar also used separate dishes for transmission and reception and was easily...
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IFF Mark II (redirect from IFF Mk. II)
prototype version that worked with CH radars Mark II – automatic scanning of three bands covering CH, GL and Navy Type 79 radar Mark IIG – "G"round version with...
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5-inch Mk I, GL Mk I radar 222 HAA Bty: XHE27 (Naxxar) – 4 x static 3.7-inch Mk II XHE33 (Tal-Balal) – 4 x mobile 3.7-inch Mk IA, GL Mk II radar The Regimental...
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arrival it took over established gun positions, including its first GL Mk. III radar sets and twin 0.5-inch Browning machine guns to replace the twin Brens...
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AMES Type 7 (category Ground radars)
test the concept, the AMES Type 8 was developed from the existing GL Mk. II radar, with a new antenna that was manually rotated to scan the area around...
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Fuze (redirect from Radar fuze)
British Percussion Fuze No. 110 Mk III, World War I, used in trench mortars British No. 131 D.A. (Direct Action) Impact Fuze, Mk VI, World War I, used in anti-aircraft...
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and GL Mk. II radar, operated by 346 Battery, 95th Royal Artillery Regiment. In 1945 it had four 3.7-inch Mark VI guns and four 3.7-inch Mark IIIs, operated...
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a draft of gunners including trained operators for the single GL Mk I gun-laying radar established at San Giacomo since 4 August. Four of the 3-7-inch...
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equipment is shared with Turkish Air Force. These are radars in Turkish Land Forces command. For other radars see List of active weapons of the Turkish Air Force...
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gl – Gepanzerte Fahrzeuge – Radfahrzeuge | militärfahrzeuge.ch". militaerfahrzeuge.ch. Retrieved 2023-07-24. "Mowag DURO IIIP, GMTF 11 Pl/2t 6x6 gl –...
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