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- Skysweeper abstract "Skysweeper (Gun, M51, Antiaircraft or D48 Gun automatic, 75-mm T83E6, and E7, recoil mechanism, and loader rammer) was an anti-aircraft gun deployed in the early 1950s by both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. It was the first such gun to combine a gun laying radar, M10 analog computer (director), and an autoloader on a single carriage.The Skysweeper was introduced just as surface-to-air missiles were being deployed in the long-range role, replacing earlier anti-aircraft artillerys systems. These missiles were very large and slow to react, which left short-range engagements to guns. The Army's existing guns were a motley collection of WWII-era systems that were barely effective then, and were considered largely useless against jet-powered aircraft. Missiles replaced all of the larger weapons, while Skysweeper replaced all the smaller ones.The Skysweeper system was used for a relatively short period of time, from the mid to late 1950s in the US, and into the 1960s in some overseas locations. By that time newer missile systems were closing the range gap, and the Army was busy developing new weapons like the MIM-46 Mauler for this role. The last overseas Skysweeper were deactivated in the 1970s, never having been wholly replaced by other systems.".
- Skysweeper thumbnail Skysweeper_3.jpg?width=300.
- Skysweeper wikiPageExternalLink Werrell.pdf.
- Skysweeper wikiPageExternalLink vigilant.htm.
- Skysweeper wikiPageExternalLink flm.
- Skysweeper wikiPageExternalLink Werrell.pdf.
- Skysweeper wikiPageID "179774".
- Skysweeper wikiPageRevisionID "590990414".
- Skysweeper hasPhotoCollection Skysweeper.
- Skysweeper subject Category:75_mm_artillery.
- Skysweeper subject Category:Anti-aircraft_guns_of_the_Cold_War.
- Skysweeper subject Category:Anti-aircraft_guns_of_the_United_States.
- Skysweeper subject Category:Gun_laying_radars.
- Skysweeper type Anti-aircraftGunsOfTheUnitedStates.
- Skysweeper type Artifact100021939.
- Skysweeper type ColdWarAnti-aircraftGuns.
- Skysweeper type Device103183080.
- Skysweeper type Gun103467984.
- Skysweeper type Instrument103574816.
- Skysweeper type Instrumentality103575240.
- Skysweeper type Object100002684.
- Skysweeper type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Skysweeper type Weapon104565375.
- Skysweeper type Whole100003553.
- Skysweeper comment "Skysweeper (Gun, M51, Antiaircraft or D48 Gun automatic, 75-mm T83E6, and E7, recoil mechanism, and loader rammer) was an anti-aircraft gun deployed in the early 1950s by both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. It was the first such gun to combine a gun laying radar, M10 analog computer (director), and an autoloader on a single carriage.The Skysweeper was introduced just as surface-to-air missiles were being deployed in the long-range role, replacing earlier anti-aircraft artillerys systems.".
- Skysweeper label "Skysweeper".
- Skysweeper sameAs m.018jjd.
- Skysweeper sameAs Skysweeper.
- Skysweeper wasDerivedFrom Skysweeper?oldid=590990414.
- Skysweeper depiction Skysweeper_3.jpg.
- Skysweeper isPrimaryTopicOf Skysweeper.