SON-9 (
NATO reporting name
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Fire Can) is a type of
Russia
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Soviet
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fire director radar for air defence guns including the
57 mm, 85mm,
and
100 mm, and 130mm
anti-aircraft guns
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.
The design was based on an older SON-4 Soviet design that was in turn based on a US-origin
SCR-584
The SCR-584 (short for '' Set, Complete, Radio # 584'') was an automatic-tracking microwave radar developed by the MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II. It was one of the most advanced ground-based radars of its era, and became one of the ...
system, the plans for which were provided to the USSR during the second world war. It was used in combination with the
PUAZO 6/60 fire director.
Operational service
It was widely employed during the
Vietnam war
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, with as many as 75 of them being deployed at one point.
Its range of 50 nautical miles was considered useful but the lack of a moving target indicator on the viewing scope complicated the task of tracking fast-moving, low-flying targets. It was also more vulnerable to jamming than newer designs available during the Vietnam war. In use it was van-mounted, and could be used to direct the fire of 4-8 guns.
A captured example of the SON-9 was used by NOTS (
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake is a large military installation in California that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the United States Navy. It is part of Navy Region Southwest under Commander, Navy Installat ...
) engineers to develop simulator SON-9 radars for training against.
See also
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SON-30
SON-30 (NATO reporting name Fire Wheel) is a type of Russian/Soviet Union, Soviet fire director radar for 130 mm anti-aircraft guns. It was a Soviet derivative of the US SCR-584 system.
See also
*SON-9
*SON-50
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SON-50
SON-50 ( NATO reporting name Flap Wheel) is a type of Russian\ Soviet fire director radar for 57 mm anti-aircraft guns.
It has been widely employed during the Vietnam war.
See also
*SON-9
*SON-30
SON-30 (NATO reporting name Fire Wheel) is a type ...
References
External links
KS-19 Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Ground radars
Russian and Soviet military radars
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