AN/APG â 68 (V5) Operations Guide
AN/APG â 68 (V5) Operations Guide
AN/APG â 68 (V5) Operations Guide
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OG-<strong>APG</strong><strong>68</strong>(<strong>V5</strong>) 03/06/2001<br />
ACM – Vertical Scan<br />
Vertical Scan mode is a very narrow scan pattern, but is very tall. (10 x60 )<br />
so is not suited to ‘searching’ for a target. Vertical Scan looks from about 10<br />
below the gun cross on the HUD up to about 50 straight up along the lift line<br />
of the aircraft. For this reason this mode is ideally suited to turning dogfights<br />
and engagements. It allows you to ‘look up’ at the target that you have on<br />
your lift line, enabling high off bore sight radar tracking. See below for a<br />
diagram of the area coverage and the HUD symbology that is associated with<br />
this mode.<br />
ACM – BORE<br />
The bore sight mode is the ‘tweezers’ of the radar, this mode performs no<br />
scanning of any kind, and concentrates all of the radar energy directly<br />
forward, locking onto the first thing that it detects. This mode is great to use<br />
if you need to pick an enemy aircraft out of a crowded sky, leave the radar<br />
off, place the bore sight cross over the target, then switch it on. See below<br />
for the HUD sighting cross<br />
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