The Fan Song is the
NATO reporting name for SNR-75 series of trailer-mounted
E band/
F band and
G band fire control and tracking radars for use with the Soviet
SA-2 Guideline
The S-75 (Russian: С-75; NATO reporting name SA-2 Guideline) is a Soviet-designed, high-altitude air defence system, built around a surface-to-air missile with command guidance. Following its first deployment in 1957 it became one of the most w ...
surface-to-air missile system.
Description
The Fan Song radars are capable of tracking a single target at a time, and can guide up to three missiles at once to it. The radars feature two orthogonal antennas, one for azimuth and one for elevation, which can operate in a
track-while-scan The track while scan (TWS) is a mode of radar operation in which the radar allocates part of its power to tracking the target or targets while part of its power is allocated to scanning, unlike the straight tracking mode, when the radar directs all ...
mode. These antennas transmit 10 × 2 degree or 7.5 x 1.5 degree beams and perform a 'flapping' motion as they scan their sectors.
The Fan Song E includes two additional parabolic dishes for narrow beam and
LORO tracking modes.
See also
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List of NATO reporting names for equipment
This is a list of NATO names for Soviet radars and ELINT systems. For additional reporting names, see NATO reporting names.
NATO reporting names
*Ball End – common navigational radar.
*Band Stand – Missile tracking and control
*Bass Tilt – M ...
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List of radars
References
{{Russian and Soviet military designation sequences
Russian and Soviet military radars