AN/TPQ-48 LCMR Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar
The Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar (LCMR), a target acquisition device that counters mortar, cannon and rocket threats, can be quickly emplaced on hills and other terrain. The initial LCMR version, which some dubbed Version 0, was to satisfy SOF needs to quickly detect mortars primarily, and was also readily deployable by parachute. It provided quick detection to help provide soldiers with an orientation and an approximation of the origin of indirect fire so that they could respond using organic assets of direct or indirect fire.
AN/TPQ-48 is the initial designation for LCMR. Version 1 was where the larger Army community really got involved. LCMR (V)1 brought in overall improvements to the system. While it didn’t change the overall characteristics, it did introduce improvements available at the time, based on available technology. And one of the key drivers that really brought that through involved the challenges with indirect fire on forward operating bases, responding with a detection capability that could quickly get out and support.
The LCMR (V)1 and then the (V)2 (AN/TPQ-49) are also critical enablers of C-RAM — counter rocket artillery mortar — capabilities. The differences between (V)1 and (V)2 versions include improvements of the systems’ ability to be able to detect rounds from the different types of threats. There was nothing significant in terms of visual changes, but the internal process of how it works changed.
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