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Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System
Gun Fire Control System of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System (Mk.56 GFCS) is a gun fire-control system made up of AN/SPG-35 radar tracker and the Mark 42 ballistic computer.[1]
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![]() AN/SPG-35 aboard USS Hornet | |
Country of origin | United States |
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Introduced | 1950s |
Type | Radar tracker |
Frequency | X band |
PRF | 3,000 pps |
Beamwidth | 2 |
Pulsewidth | 0.1-0.15 μs |
Range | 27 km (14.6 nmi) |
Precision | 9 m (10 yd) |
Power | 50 kW |
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