Hellenic Army-HAWK missile

History and Evolution
HAWK system (Homing All the Way Killer) was developed in the USA in 1956 since when it has been continually updated. Today, 50 years later, it has the ability to meet the demands of a modern combat field. Initially, it was introduced as BASIC HAWK and later on, through HIP modernisation programme (HAWK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM), it went under different phases (Phase I, Phase II, Phase II RAM, Phase III, Phase III mobility improvement). At the same time, some European countries (Germany, France, Netherlands etc) followed their own system improvement programme (HELIP HAWK EUROPEAN LIMITED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM).
History of Hellenic HAWK Battalions
Operational and technical personnel of the first Hellenic HAWK Battalion (180 HAWK Guided Missile Battalion) was initially trained in the USA in 1964.
In 1965, equipment was received and organisation was completed, while in 1966, the Battalion was deployed in Attica and Euboea, where it is actually stationed.
In 1973, the second HAWK battalion was organised in Athens (181 HAWK Guided Missile Battalion) and in 1974, it was transferred to Thessalonica where it is actually stationed.
HAWK system was initially introduced in Greece as BASIC HAWK, in 1976 it was upgraded to IMPROVED HAWK PHASE II and in 1990, to PHASE II RAM.
In September 1999, its upgrade to PHASE III started and was completed in July 2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­Το σύστημα HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) αναπτύχθηκε στις ΗΠΑ το 1956 και από τότε συνεχώς βελτιώνεται και συμπληρώνεται, ώστε σήμερα μετά από 50 ολόκληρα χρόνια να είναι σε θέση να ανταποκρίνεται στις απαιτήσεις ενός σύγχρονου πεδίου μάχης. Αρχικά εμφανίστηκε σαν BASIC HAWK και στη συνέχεια μέσω του προγράμματος εκσυγχρονισμού HIP (HAWK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM) πέρασε από διάφορα στάδια (Phase I, Phase II, Phase II RAM, Phase III, Phase III mobility enhancement). Παράλληλα ορισμένες ευρωπαϊκές χώρες (Γερμανία, Γαλλία , Ολλανδία κλπ) ακολούθησαν το δικό τους πρόγραμμα εξέλιξης του συστήματος (HELIP HAWK EUROPEAN LIMITED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM).
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Το επιχειρησιακό και τεχνικό προσωπικό της πρώτης Ελληνικής Μοίρας ΧΩΚ (180 ΜΚ/Β «ΧΩΚ») εκπαιδεύτηκε αρχικά στις ΗΠΑ το 1964.
Το 1965 παρέλαβε το υλικό και ολοκλήρωσε την οργάνωσή της ενώ το 1966 αναπτύχθηκε στις περιοχές του λεκανοπεδίου Αττικής και Ευβοίας όπου βρίσκεται μέχρι σήμερα.
Το 1973 παραλήφθηκε και η δεύτερη Μοίρα ΧΩΚ (181 ΜΚ/Β «ΧΩΚ»), η οποία οργανώθηκε στην Αθήνα και μεταστάθμευσε το 1974 στην Θεσσαλονίκη όπου βρίσκεται μέχρι σήμερα.
Το σύστημα ΧΩΚ αρχικά ήρθε στην Ελλάδα σαν BASIC HAWK, το 1976 βελτιώθηκε σε IMPROVED HAWK PHASE II και το 1990 σε PHASE II RAM.
Από το Σεπτέμβριο του 1999 ξεκίνησε η αναβάθμισή του σε PHASE III η οποία ολοκληρώθηκε τον Ιούλιο του 2006.

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[maxxhouston]

what is the name of the song??? i love it!

[d71p]

Drowning Pool--> Love & War

[maniacostremar]

greek power

[paparologos300]

Very nice weapon, it was a great experience training and operating them (but not serving the greek army)back in '97 (97 E' ESO) at the Aigaleo launch site and also at Varnavas military base and launch site for the 180 MKB Hawk infatry

[psilkakos]

5* * * * * (favorite)

[fabriciobrisola1]

widely used by the Navy missile 'effective against ships'

[arcteryxxx]

I was at NAMFI in June, 1991, firing a NoAH missile (Norwegian Adapted HAWK). Awesome!!!

Still remember catching scorpions at the NAMFI site during lunchtime;-)

[kelnology]

@340wbymag Hello there!!can i know can the i hawk be used as a anti missile's missile?

[hotrod4you2]

love that tune

[340wbymag]

I was a HAWK missile and launcher technician in 69-71, though the truth is I was a really piss-poor Marine. It was a great missile.

[Lemnos4ever]

@d71p 8eiko songadi. kai pl wraio binteo.

[JIMY45GR]

anti aircraft misiiles hellenic land forces GAI-D01 (2 x 20mm) 50 Rh-202 Mk.20 (2 x 20mm) 300 AΝΤΙΑΡΜΑΤΙΚΑ Kornet-E (152mm) 0 προμήθεια 80 εκτοξευτών και 800 βλημάτων Konkurs-M (135mm) 72 ΑΤ-5B Spandrel-B TOW I/II (152mm) 413 48 διπλοί σε οχήματα AMV, 365 μονοί σε 156 οχήματα M-113 TOW και 209 τροχοφόρα MILAN (125mm) 392+ με θερμικές διόπτρες MIRA M-72A2 LAW (66mm) 40.000+ μίας χρήσης RPG-7 (40mm) 4.996 μίας χρήση

[73mandala]

@StormbringerRuler Yes they're in the same boat as Ireland,Portugal,Spain. In the financial markets they refer to the 4 countries as "the pigs" not a very nice term but it's talking about their financial situation. I see the IMF came and bailed out Ireland with over a 100 billion, they still need to make the interest payments though on that bailout, i hope it all works out. I think some court cases should be had for the ppl who rort the system and have brought these countries to the brink also

[StormbringerRuler]

@73mandala And ok we're not a superpower but we're not in such a bad spot. Memeber of the EU, and we do have a good economy. Greece IS making money. They're just being spent in stupid things and of course, most of it is stolen by politicians, big companies etc etc. But like i said, to me that's not a weird thing. It's just how capitalism works. Maximizing the profit of the big heads while the others get poorer. Exactly what happens to Greece today.