Skysweeper anti-aircraft gun.

Skysweeper anti-aircraft gun.

Watertown Arsenal (Mass.).; Army Materials Research Office.; Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center (U.S.).; Materials Technology Laboratory.; U.S. Army Research Laboratory.; Skysweeper anti-aircraft gun.;

Radar unit attached. The Skysweeper was an antiaircraft gun used by the US Army and US Air Force during the 1950s. The Skysweeper was the first antiaircraft gun to combine the gun, gun laying radar, director (M10 analog computer), and autoloader on a single carriage.

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