SON-9

Russian and Soviet military radar

SON-9
A SON-9 gun laying radar, AutoVAZ Technical Museum
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Type	E-band, trailer-mounted
Frequency	2700-2900 MHz
PRF	1840-1900 pps
Beamwidth	5 degrees (search mode)
Pulsewidth	0.3-0.8 microsec
Power	300kw (peak)
Other Names	Fire Can

SON-9 (NATO reporting name Fire Can) is a type of Russian/Soviet fire director radar for air defence guns including the 57 mm, 85mm,^[1] and 100 mm, and 130mm anti-aircraft guns.^[2] The design was based on an older SON-4 Soviet design that was in turn based on a US-origin SCR-584 system, the plans for which were provided to the USSR during the second world war. It was used in combination with the PUAZO 6/60 fire director.^[3]^[4]

Operational service

The SON-9 was widely employed during the Vietnam War, with as many as 75 of them being deployed at one point.^[4] Its range of 50 nautical miles was considered useful but the lack of a moving target indicator on the viewing scope complicated the task of tracking fast-moving, low-flying targets. It was also more vulnerable to jamming than newer designs available during the Vietnam war. In use it was van-mounted, and could be used to direct the fire of 4-8 guns.^[5]

A captured example of the SON-9 was used by NOTS (Naval Ordnance Test Station) engineers to develop simulator SON-9 radars for training against.^[6]

References

^ Foss, Christopher F. (1974). Artillery of the World. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 84. ISBN 0711005052. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ Foss, Christopher F. (1974). Artillery of the World. Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 82–83. ISBN 0711005052. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ Foss, Christopher F. (1974). Artillery of the World. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 0711005052. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b Pretty, R.T. (1979). Jane's weapon systems 1979-80: 10th ed. Jane's Yearbooks. p. 508. ISBN 035400574X. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ Nalty, Bernard C. (2013). Tactics and Techniques of Electronic Warfare. Defense Lion Publications. p. 11. ISBN 9781939335180. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ Lawson, Cliff (2017). The Station Comes of Age Satellites, Submarines, and Special Operations in the Final Years of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, 1959-1967. NAWCWD. p. 378. ISBN 9780160939709. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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Soviet and Russian military radars

Mobile radars

Metric band	RUS-1 RUS-2 SON-2 P-3 P-8 P-10 P-12 P-14 P-18 Nebo Nebo-M Resonance-N
Centimetric band	SON-4 SON-9 P-20 P-30 P-35 P-37 1L117M P-40 RUS-1 P-70 P-80 Koltso 76N6 96L6E 64L6 76N6 76N6
Decimetric band	P-15 P-19 ST-68 Kama-A Kasta Kasta 2E Podlet Gamma-DE 5N87 Desna-M Protivnik-GE
Height finders	PRV-9 PRV-10 PRV-11 PRV-13 PRV-16 PRV-17
Integrated radars	11Zh6 Sopka-2 Repeinik
Others	Borshchevik

Long range radars

Early-warning radar	29B6 "Container" Volga Voronezh Daugava/Daryal Dnestr/Dnepr Duga
Missile defense	Don-2N Dunay Voronezh
Space domain awareness system	Krona
Others	Vitim

Aviation radars

Gneiss-2
Gneiss-5
RP-1 Izumrud
RP-5 Izumrud-5
RP-21 Sapfir
RP-23 Sapfir
N001 Mech (VP Panda)
N002
N005
N006
N007 Zaslon
N008 Ametist (Sapfir-23M(L-(2)A)(P))
N010 Zhuk
N011 Bars
N012
N014
N019
N025
N035 Irbis
N036 Belka

AEW&C	Liana Vega-M Shmel E-801 Oko

Ship radars

Outdated WW2 and post war	Redut-K Gjujs-1 Gjujs-2 Neptun Fut-N Rif Zarnitsa Shtag-B
Navigational	Don
Surveillance radars	P-500 MR-310 Angara-A MR-350 Podkat MR-800 Flag MR-500 Kliver MR-600 Voskhod MR-650 Podberezovik MR-700 Fregat MR-800 Flag Furke
Artillery fire control	Yakor-M MR-123 Vympel MR-123-02/3 Bagira MR-145 Lev MR-184 Lev-218
Anti-air fire control	ZR41 Volna ZR95
Multifunctional radars	5P-10 Puma MF RLK Zaslon