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Facility 1810
No
Type 99 [AN/TPS-43F]
United Kingdom
Air Force
1985-1999
1x, Captured from Argentina
No response
Another Falklands capture, refurbished and used by the RAF as a gap filler system. There's not a lot of information out there, sadly, I've had to scrape some forums for clues.
https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/buchan-rotor-radar-station/ https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-377169.html https://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/1ACC.htm https://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/thread.php?threadid=13257 - 1999 OOS
ETS is tricky: https://marconiradarhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/140578029/Memories%20of%20the%20S259%20Radar - "Just as I left the RAF the unit, now with a captured Argentinian TPS43 "Type 99" on strength, was renamed 144 SU." https://www.egoat.net/threads/144-signals-unit-info-required.15623/ - "the actual day in September 1985 that [144 SU] formed at Wattisham." 144 SU was a formalisation of an ad hoc mobile radar unit called the USST, which presumably had the Type 99 but not significantly before it got the rename. I'm therefore going for 1985 ETS.
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Facility 1810
Hypothetical
No
Name
Type 99 [AN/TPS-43F]
Country
United Kingdom
Service
Air Force
In Commission
1985-1999
Number in Service
1x, Captured from Argentina
Sensors
No response
Mounts
No response
Loadout Options
No response
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Another Falklands capture, refurbished and used by the RAF as a gap filler system. There's not a lot of information out there, sadly, I've had to scrape some forums for clues.
Sources
https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/buchan-rotor-radar-station/ https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-377169.html https://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/1ACC.htm https://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/thread.php?threadid=13257 - 1999 OOS
ETS is tricky: https://marconiradarhistory.pbworks.com/w/page/140578029/Memories%20of%20the%20S259%20Radar - "Just as I left the RAF the unit, now with a captured Argentinian TPS43 "Type 99" on strength, was renamed 144 SU." https://www.egoat.net/threads/144-signals-unit-info-required.15623/ - "the actual day in September 1985 that [144 SU] formed at Wattisham." 144 SU was a formalisation of an ad hoc mobile radar unit called the USST, which presumably had the Type 99 but not significantly before it got the rename. I'm therefore going for 1985 ETS.