Würzburg radar

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Würzburg radar was a German World War II ground-based radar system primarily used for directing anti-aircraft artillery and night-fighter defenses.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fire-control radar
ground-based radar
radar system
antennaDiameter 3 m
azimuthAccuracy about 0.2 degrees
capturedBy British forces at Bruneval raid
category German World War II electronic warfare equipment
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
deployment fixed sites
semi-mobile installations
developedBy Telefunken
elevationAccuracy about 0.2 degrees
era 1940s
frequencyBand UHF
hasVariant Würzburg A
Würzburg C
Würzburg D
Würzburg Riese
influenced Allied radar countermeasures
introducedInYear 1940
maximumRange about 40 km
namedAfter Würzburg
notableEvent subject of British intelligence interest
target of Operation Biting
notableLocation Peenemünde test range
operatedBy Luftwaffe
operatingFrequency 560 MHz
partOf Kammhuber Line
powerOutput 8 kW
primaryUse directing anti-aircraft artillery
night-fighter direction
rangeAccuracy about 25 m
scanMethod conical scan
status obsolete
successor Würzburg Riese
survivingExamples displayed in technical museums
technology pulse radar
type paraboloid dish radar
usedBy German air-defense network
German night-fighter control system
usedFor fighter interception control
gun-laying
target tracking
usedInConflict World War II
usedWith 88 mm Flak guns
Freya radar
searchlights
wavelength 53 cm


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