SCR-784 Radar explained

SCR-784 Radar
Country:	USA
Type:	fire 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: 300yd10000yd
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 13165lb.
• 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

• List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles
• Signal Corps Radio
• G-numbers

Further reading

• TM 9-2800 Military Vehicles, October 1947
• TM 11-1354
• TM 11-1454
• TM 11-1554
• TM 9-873
• SNL G-714

External links

• Radar Descriptions - Mobile Military Radar.mobileradar.org.
• http://www.campevans.org/_CE/html/smpr83p25.html report on scr-784
• https://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=ac8728dc4f57ea22&q=mobile+radar+source:life&usg=__bIHfrqpGapgmikx-GCl7ANOKLKw=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmobile%2Bradar%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den
• http://sill-www.army.mil/famag/1948/NOV_DEC_1948/NOV_DEC_1948_COVER_TOC.pdf

Notes and References

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