GE AN/MPQ-14 Course Directing Central

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Not to be confused with AN/MPS-14 "E/F-band nodding-beam radar".
AN/MPQ-14
Country of origin United States
Frequency 2,740 to 2,960 MHz[1]:{{{3}}}
Range 20,000 yd max, 500 yd min
Azimuth 360°
Power Peak 200 kw (83 db above 1 mw)

The GE AN/MPQ-14 Course Directing Central was a Cold War radar/computer/communication system for ground-directed bombing (GDB) during the Korean War and was the 2nd GDB system used by the United States Marine Corps (cf. AN/TPQ-2). The combination ("Q") system provided command guidance for an aircraft to reach a predetermined release point for attacks in bad weather and nighttime, and Korea GDB operations included 900 flown by USMC Vought F4U Corsairs,[2] e.g., VMA-251 flying "...four MPQ flights for the 7th Marines in the early hours of 24 July,..." 1953.[3]

Production and deployment

The AN/MPQ-14 was created under a production contract[when?] to General Electric, and the central used the radar model from the AN/TPQ-2 Close Air Support System, a diesel generator set, AN/MRW-4 & -3 radios, and from the AN/MSQ-7 [sic]: the "guidance computer-transmitter set", data converter (spherical to rectangular computation), and "indicator-recorder" (plotting board).[1]:{{{3}}} "Housed and transported in two modified 3/4-ton trailers, two 2-1/2-ton trucks, one 3/4-ton 4x4 truck, and one mobile radar mount",[1]:{{{3}}} the USMC GDB team was ready for deployment to Korea in July 1951[4]:{{{3}}} after the USAF had begun Korean War GDB in 1950.[5] The AN/MPQ-14 was "moved into the" 1st Marine Division area[6] by the "First Marine Aircraft Wing"[4]:{{{3}}} near the 38th parallel north for guiding units such as the VMF-513 Corsair night-fighter squadron flying GDB from 15,000–20,000 feet.[citation needed] A variant of the central, the AN/MPQ-14A, had different radar and communication subsystems, and MPQ-14 was also produced by the "Advance"[7] and "Ultrasonic"[8] companies.

The AN/TPQ-10 Course Directing Central's[9] antenna dish (above) on a transportable mount is similar to the AN/MPQ-14 dish on a mobile radar mount.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ http://www.607acw.org/tadpoles.html[full citation needed]
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.afhso.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-100526-023.pdf
  6. ↑ U.S. Marine Corps Aviation[full citation needed]
  7. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=3WegnB4hNP8C&q=mpq-14#v=snippet&q=mpq-14&f=false
  8. ↑ http://radar.tpub.com/TM-11-487C-1/TM-11-487C-10403.htm
  9. ↑ http://research.archives.gov/description/1040918
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