OPERATIONAL EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES SET AN/MLQ-8(XL-1). EW SYSTEMS TEST USAEPG-3 PHASE 2. EQUIPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION

Abstract

The AN/MLQ-8(XL-1) is a truck-mounted, swept-repeater jammer for predetonating artillery VT fuzes in the frequency band of 110 to 170 Mc/s. Optimum operating parameters for the jammer were determined. The capability of the AN/MLQ-8(XL-1) to predetonate normal VT (NVT) fuzes of the T-226 type satisfactorily demonstrated at an extreme range of 15,000 yards for high-angle fire and 10,500 yards for low-angle fire, both under optimum conditions for the jammer (including 90-degrees aspect). Use of the controlled (CVT) feature of the fuzes so that they arm 3 seconds before impact reduced the maximum ranges approximately 50%. The jammer was tested under a number of adverse conditions which were found to reduce its effectiveness by from 20 to 90%. From the results of the tests it was estimated that two jammers, properly sited and adjusted, placed 5,000 yards apart behind a substantially straight main line of resistance, can protect an area of about 6 square miles from CVT- and NVT-fuzed fire.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1957
Accession Number
AD0311199

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Counter Countermeasures
  • Countermeasures
  • Delay Lines
  • Distributed Amplifiers
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • High Angles
  • Jamming
  • Local Oscillators
  • Low Angles
  • Oscillators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems