United States Army

Hawk Level 1 Drawings



A typical Basic Hawk battery consisted of:

1 x PAR Pulse Acquisition Radar, Search radar, 20 rpm rotation, for high/medium altitude target detection
1 x CWAR Continuous Wave Acquisition Radar, Search doppler radar, 20 rpm rotation, for low altitude target detection
2 x HPI High Power Illuminator doppler Radar - target tracking, illumination and missile guidance
1 x ROR Range Only Radar - K-band pulse radar provides range information when the other systems are jammed or unavailable
1 x ICC Information Coordination Central
1 x BCC Battery Control Central
1 x AFCC Assault Fire Command Console - miniature battery control central for remote control of one firing section of the battery. The AFCC controls one CWAR, one HPI, and three launchers with a total of nine missiles
1 x PCP Platoon Command Post
2 x LCS Launcher Section Controls
6 x M192 Launchers with 18 missiles (3 per Launcher)
6 x SEA Generators 56 kVA each
12 x M390 Missile transport pallets with 36 missile (3 per Pallet)
3 x M501 Missile loading tractors
1 x Missile test shop

Hawk Specifications

Length 16 ft 6 in
Finspan 3 ft 11 in
Diameter 14.5 in
Weight 1400 lb
Speed Mach 2.5
Ceiling 58000 ft
Range 25 miles
Propulsion Aerojet M112 dual-thrust solid-fueled rocket
Warhead 163 lb blast-fragmentation





  • My Hawk memories from Okinawa 1967-'69
  • Hawk Picture Page 1 - Main Island Okinawa, Japan
  • Hawk Picture Page 2 - Tokashiki Island, Okinawa, Japan
  • Hawk Picture Page 3 - South Korea
  • Hawk Picture Page 4 - West Germany
  • Hawk Picture Page 5 - Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Hawk Picture Page 6 - Vietnam
  • Hawk Picture Page 7 - Panama Canal
  • Hawk Picture Page 8 - Key West Florida
  • Hawk Picture Page 9 - Before there was Hawk...
  • B-52 Crash at Kadena AFB, November 1968
  • 30th Artillery Uniform Patches, Crest, Brass and Insignias
  • Military Personnel Records - Request Re-Issue of your Military Medals & Records
  • General Orders and Code of Conduct
  • What ever happened to the Hawk Sites on Okinawa?
  • Hawk Battery Inventory & Technical Drawings
  • Go to the Fort Bliss Air Defense Artillery Home Page
  • Military Rank and Insignia reference site
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