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PRV-13 (according to NATO classification - Odd Pair ) - Soviet radio altimeter . It is in service with the former Warsaw Pact countries .
History
[edit]This sample was developed on the basis of the PRV-11 radio altimeter , in the early 1960s at NII-244. Serial production was organized at plant number 588, now the Pravdinsky Radio Plant in the city of Balakhna.
At present, the radio altimeter is still in service.
Appoinment
[edit]The mobile radio altimeter PRV-13 is designed to work as a means of measuring height as part of the 5N87 radar complex , rangefinders P-37 , P-35M , 5N84A and others, as well as automated control systems 5N55M , 5N53-N , 5N53-U , 86Zh6 , 5N60 . It also interfaces with the objects of the automated control system "Vozdukh-1M", "Vozdukh-1P", with the automated control system for air defense systems ASURK-1MA, ASURK-1P and the cockpit K9 SAM S-200 .
Composition
[edit]The altimeter is made in a movable version. The altimeter includes:
- trailer B1 on a trolley KLU with a rotating cab, which houses the receiving and transmitting equipment and antenna devices;
- trailer B2 type 761 with indicator equipment, synchronization and noise protection equipment, as well as an AD-30T diesel-electric power unit;
trailer B3 type 761 with spare equipment and instrumentation; it also houses an AD-30T power unit and a VPL-30MD frequency converter;
- trailer B3 type 761 with spare equipment and instrumentation; it also houses an AD-30T power unit and a VPL-30MD frequency converter;
- containers with antenna devices, cable management and other auxiliary equipment - 22 pcs.
In addition, the altimeter includes a ground-based radar interrogator NRZ-4P (1L22), made in an automotive version.