TRAINING BASE TACTICAL RESOURCES, ~2000

Truck Mounted: AN/MSQ-116.  The ICC shelter is mounted on a 5-ton, 6x6, M927/M927A2 truck.  The ICC is the control center of all battalion activities.  It also coordinates fire platoon (FP) actions and collects Engagement Control Station (ECS) signals from within the battalion.

Truck Mounted:  An/MSQ.  The ECS shelter is mounted on a 5-ton, 6x6, M927/M927A truck.  The ECS is the control center of all fire platoon (FP) activities.

Quantity on hand:

2 - Configuration 2

2 - Configuration 3

Quantity on hand:

6 - Configuration 2

4  - Configuration 2+

Semitrailer Mounted:  AN/MPQ-53. The RS is a radar, mounted on an M860 semitrailer, and towed by an M983 10-ton truck tractor. The RS detects, tracks, and identifies targets.  The RS also directs missiles in flight to their targets.

Semitrailer Mounted:  M901.  This LS is a mobile tactical unit, mounted on an M860A1 semitrailer, and towed by an M983 10-ton truck tractor. The LS is used to transport, aim, and launch guided missiles (GMs).  When unmanned, the LS can be controlled via data link terminal (DLT) communications from the Engagement Control Station (ECS).

2 - Configuration 2

5 - Configuration 2+

3 - Configuration 3

11 - Configuration 2

  4 - Configuratiojn 3 (ELES)

Truck Mounted:  OE-349/MRC.  The Antenna Mast Group (AMG) is mounted on a 5-ton, 6x6, M942 truck.  The AMG is an amplifier unit which acts as a communications relay for voice and data transmission betwen associated Engagement Control Station (ECS), Informations and Coordination Central (ICC), and Communication Relay Group (CRG) shelters.  The AMG also extends the range of the communications network.

The M983 tractor which tows the M860 semitrailer on which the Launcher Station (LS) or Radar Set (RS) is mounted, the M977 Large Repair Parts Transporter (LRPT) and M985 Guided Missile Transport (GMT).

The guided missile transporter (GMT) is a modified M985E1 cargo truck of the HEMTT series.  With a capacity of four guided missiles, the GMT is used to deliver and load the GMs.  The modified truck has an integral crane to transfer GMs from the truck to the launcher.