Project
Firefinder 

Weapons Locating Radars 

The AN/TPQ-36 Radar 

• The AN/TPQ-36 weapons-locating radar section has a crew of eight. 
• It's primary mission is to locate enemy mortar, artillery and rocket firing positions. This radar is optimized to detect high-angle indirect fire. It is equally capable of developing accurate grid locations of indirect fire units using low-angle fire. 
• As a secondary mission, the friendly fire mode can be used to observe rounds and perform high-burst, datum-plane or impact prediction registrations. 
• The fire direction center can use the impact=predict data provided by the radar in friendly fire mode to conduct adjust-fire missions. 

The AN/TPQ-36 Radar 

• The AN/TPQ-36 weapons-locating radar section has a crew of eight. 
• It's primary mission is to locate enemy mortar, artillery and rocket firing positions. This radar is optimized to detect high-angle indirect fire. It is equally capable of developing accurate grid locations of indirect fire units using low-angle fire. 
• As a secondary mission, the friendly fire mode can be used to observe rounds and perform high-burst, datum-plane or impact prediction registrations. 
• The fire direction center can use the impact=predict data provided by the radar in friendly fire mode to conduct adjust-fire missions. 

The AN/TPQ-37 Weapons Locating Radar 

• The AN/TPQ-37 weapons-locating radar section has a crew of 12 
• Its primary mission is to locate enemy artillery, rocket, and mortar firing positions. 
• This radar can also perform high-burst, datum-plane, and impact-predict registrations as a secondary mission. 
• In the friendly fire mode, this radar can also observe rounds. This allows the fire direction center (FDC) to conduct adjust-fire missions. 

The AN/TPQ-37 Radar 

• The AN/TPQ-37 radar is optimized to locate long-range low-angle weapons. For planning purposes, it has a minimum system range of 3 kilometers and a maximum range of 30 kilometers for artillery (50 kilometers for rockets). 
• The AN/TPQ-37 will also locate short-range high-angle weapons, complementing the AN/TPQ-36. 
• Although the AN/TPQ-37 if not equipped with the extended azimuth search function as it the AN/TPQ-36, the antenna can traverse a full circle. 
• The AN/TPQ-37 is normally deployed 8 to 12 kilometers behind the FLOT. The AN/TPQ-37 can be emplaced and ready for operation within 30 minutes. It can be march-ordered within 15 minutes.