AN/MSQ-39 Bomb Scoring Radar
(Kerry Balm photo)
The MSQ-39 Bomb Scoring Radar was an India band automatic tracking radar operating in the 8500 to 9600 MHz frequency range. The radar had an 8 foot diameter fresnel lens rather than a parabolic dish. The lens provided improved low-level tracking of aircraft. Ground clutter, meaning returns caused by abnormalities in the earth's terrain or trees, etc. did not affect a radar with a lens as bad as a radar with a parabolic dish. The "39" was a descendent of the M-33 system and a "cousin" to the MPQ-T2 India band. The 39 later evolved into the MSQ-46.
Here is a look at an MSQ-46 (left) and an MSQ-77 (right).
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