Radar cross-section (RCS) measurements of a dismount with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher at Ka-Band

Original publisher: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD : Army Research Laboratory, [2006] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)611535596 Subject: Propellants -- Radar -- Measurement. Excerpt: ... ( a ) RPG launcher with grenade. ( b ) Man kneeling with RPG launcher at 0 degrees with respect to horizontal. Figure 2. Close view of RPG launcher used in measurements at air base range 8. 4. Data Collected Table 3a shows the summary statistics taken from the plots of the target measurements for the vertical-vertical ( VV ) polarization combination at 34 GHz and 2-degrees depression angle, with the man turned facing aft with respect to the radar at the start of the rotation. Table 3b gives the same statistics for the measurements made at a depression angle of 5 degrees, and table 3c gives the results when the depression angle is 15 degrees. 5