AN/APG-59
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Description
The AN/APG-59 is an American multi-mode radar with BVR and ACM capabilities.
Vehicles equipped with this radar
General info / usage
The AN/APG-59 is a target detection and tracking radar (multi-mode). The radar has a theoretical maximum detection range of 150 km. It has two search modes: Search and Pulse Doppler.
The radar can lock on to and track a target out to a maximum range of 92.5 km; however in order to do this the radar must cease scanning.
| Features | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band | Pulse mode | PD mode | MTI mode | IRST mode | TWS mode | SARH |
| I | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ |
| Search characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Max range | Display ranges | IFF | |||
| SRC | 150 km | 9 km, 19 km, 46 km, 93 km, 185 km, 370 km |
✓ | |||
| SRC PDV HDN ACM PD HDN |
-540 km/h - 5400 km/h | ✓ | ||||
| ACM | 19 km | 19 km | X | |||
| Search modes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Scan type | Azimuth | Elevation | Period | ||
| SRC SRC PDV HDN |
One-way raster | ±60° | ±4° | 3 s | ||
| One-way raster | ±60° | ±1.5° | 1 s | |||
| One-way raster | ±15° | ±2.5° | 1 s | |||
| ACM ACM PD HDN |
Cone | ±3.5° | ±3.5° | 1 s | ||
| Tracking characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Max range | Azimuth limit | Elevation limit | |||
| TRK TRK PD HDN |
92.5 km | ±60° | ±60° | |||
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Great range
- Pulse-Doppler mode
- ACM Mode
Cons:
History
The AN/APG-59 was an aircraft radar manufactured by Westinghouse for the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 using the AN/AWG-10 system. It is a sub-model of the more well-known AN/APQ-120. It was specially created to fit the British Phantoms which had small differences because the aircraft carriers were smaller than the US ones.
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