Searchlight Control radar

Searchlight Control, SLC for short but nicknamed "Elsie", was a British Army VHF-band radar system that provided aiming guidance to an attached searchlight. By combining a searchlight with a radar, the radar did not have to be particularly accurate, it only had to be good enough to get the searchlight beam on the target. Once the target was lit, normal optical instruments could be used to guide the associated anti-aircraft artillery. This allowed the radar to be much smaller, simpler and less expensive than a system with enough accuracy to directly aim the guns, like the large and complex GL Mk. II radar. In 1943 the system was officially designated Radar, AA, No. 2, although this name is rarely used.

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NRC Searchlight Control Radar

Photograph of a naval fort of type Maunsell (c1940).

SLC Mark VI on

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		NRC Searchlight Control Radar		Commons
commons	image		Photograph of a naval fort of type Maunsell (c1940).		Commons
commons	image		SLC Mark VI on		Commons