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The improved Hawk anti-aircraft missile complex was adopted in 1972 by the US ground forces to replace the Hawk complex developed in the 1950s. Currently it is in
The improved Hawk anti-aircraft missile complex was adopted in 1972 by the US ground forces to replace the Hawk complex developed in the 1950s. Currently it is in service in almost all European NATO countries, as well as in Egypt, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia. Arabia, South Korea, Japan and other countries. The Hawk and Enhanced Hawk air defense systems were supplied by the USA to 21 countries and were the second variant in most.
The improved Hawk air defense system is capable and capable of hitting supersonic air targets at a range from 1 to 40 km and at an altitude of 0.03 to 18 km (the maximum range and altitude of the “Hawk” air defense system is 30 and 12 km, respectively). shooting in difficult weather conditions and under the use of obstacles.
The main fire unit of the Enhanced Hawk complex is an anti-aircraft battery with a double-deck or triple-deck (reinforced) battery. At the same time, the first battery consists of the main and advanced fire platoons, and the second – the main and two advanced.
Both types of firing platoons have an AN/MPQ-46 target illumination radar, three M192 launchers each with three MIM-23B anti-aircraft guided missiles.
In addition, the main firing platoon includes an AN/MPQ-50 pulse radar, an AN/MPQ-51 radar range finder, a computing post and an AN/TSW-8 battery command post, and the advanced one is an AN/ MPQ-48 and AN/MSW-11 after control.
In the main fire platoon of the powered battery, in addition to pulsed radar targeting, there is also an AN/MPQ-48 station.
Each battery of both types contains three M-501E3 chargers and a technical support unit with other auxiliary equipment. A cable net is used when placing the batteries in the starting position. The time to transfer the battery from the starting position to the combat position is 45 minutes, and the folding time is 30 minutes.
The US Army’s separate Enhanced Falcon anti-aircraft division contains four standard or three advanced batteries. As a rule, it is used in full formation, but the anti-aircraft battery is able to solve the combat mission independently and in isolation from its main forces. An advanced fire platoon can also solve the independent task of combating low-flying targets.
MIM-23B – single-stage, made according to the “tailless” aerodynamic scheme with an “X”-shaped aerodynamic surface arrangement. In its bow is a semi-active radar homing head (under a radio-transparent fiberglass hood), onboard guidance equipment and power supplies. The missile is directed to the target using the proportional convergence method.
The missile’s combat equipment includes a high-explosive warhead (mass 54 kg), a remote fuze and a safety-execution mechanism that provides detonation in flight and gives commands for self-destruction of the missile in the event of a miss.
SAM uses a solid-fuel single-chamber engine with two modes of propulsion. The maximum flight speed is 900 m/s. In the tail part of the rocket there are hydraulic actuators of the aerodynamic control surfaces and electronic equipment of the onboard control system.
The M192 launcher is a structure consisting of three tightly connected open guides mounted on a mobile base, fixed on a single axle trailer. The elevation angle is changed using a hydraulic drive. The rotation of the movable base from the PU is carried out with the help of a drive located on the trailer. In addition, electronic propulsion control equipment and equipment for preparing the missile for launch are also installed, enabling the missiles on the PU to be directed to the warning point.
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