[Milsurplus] R-1451/WLR-6 seen on the auction place

[William Donzelli]

> The AN/WLR-6 was a big console unit with several bays for these
> receiver modules covering various frequency ranges.  In spite of the
> "L" (countermeasures) notation in the JAN designator, the AN/WLR-6 was
> a signals intelligence reception system that was on many/most of the
> US fast attack submarines in the 1960s and 1970s.

It seems to me that the "L" is valid.

> The AN/WLR-6 was not part of the submarine's normal radio
> communications suite.  To really claim to have a AN/WLR-6, you'd need
> a lot more that just one of these receiver modules.

What can you tell us about the AN/WRR-3 and AN/BRR-3?

William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org