[ARC5] APS-4 on F4 F6 USN fighters

Mark K3MSB mark.k3msb at gmail.com
Sun Nov 5 08:05:26 EST 2023


The F4U-1 and F4U-2 had the APS-4 radar.

Some variants of the F4U-4 and F4U-5 had either the APS-4 or APS-6 (the -6
in later variants).

The last night fighter version was the F4U-5NL but I believe this flew
after the war ended and saw service in Korea.

Going from memory.....

73 Mark K3MSB

On Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 1:13 AM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Is this correct ?
> No single place USAAF fighter plane had radar, while the US Navy's F4 and
> F6 had some variants with AN/APS-4 radar.
> ( Seems like a whole lot to pay attention to, in a single place fighter
> plane. )
>
> -Hue Miller
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