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DRBV 22

Country of Origin: France

The French DRBV 22 series of D-band air search radars had antennas that resembled the earlier U.S. AN/SPS-6B radar; they may have been derived from that set.

The principal external difference was the use in the DRBV 22 of stays leading from the top of the feed horn to the top center of the elliptical reflector; antenna shapes varied among the installations. Some DRBV 22s may have employed a dual-beam search capability, the narrower beam being used for l ow-altitude search. ...

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