M167 VADS Vulcan Air Defense System (original) (raw)

FAS |Military |DOD 101 |Systems |Land Warfare ||||Index |Search |Join FAS

The M167 VADS Vulcan Air Defense System, which has been withdrawn from service, was a towed short-range air defense gun intended to protect forward area combat elements and rear area critical assets. It also protected against lightly armored ground targets. The M167A2 VADS was a modified M167A1 VADS with an improved fire control subsystem. The improvement was obtained by replacing the disturbed reticle sight with a director reticle sight, the sight current generator with a digital processor, and the azimuth drive assembly with a harmonic drive. It also had an os bite implemented within the system's electronics.

Sources and Resources

• M167A2 VADS Basis of Issue Plan

FAS |Military |DOD 101 |Systems |Land Warfare ||||Index |Search |Join FAS

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m167.htm Maintained by Robert Sherman Originally created by John Pike Updated Saturday, July 03, 1999 7:41:06 PM