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10-22-2008, 04:52 PM | #11 |
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What's funny is that it's the HAWK Missile.
Hawk was named after the missile system his weapon, that he came on, was based on. That's pretty interesting.
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10-23-2008, 08:21 AM | #12 |
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Awww man. Marines qualify with the M-16 at ranges out to 500 meters. That is 5 football fields without the use of optics, just plain old iron sights. So, please go easy on Private Pyle. Also he was a Cpl in the picture and In Kauai for a missile shoot. Have you ever been to kauai for a missile shoot? Pyle has JK.
I loved my MMS as a kid and still have it. I loved the first series of weapons as their colors designs made them seem as if they had a real world counterpart or were somewhat plausible. OD is my favorite color.
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10-24-2008, 03:09 PM | #13 |
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I wonder if they would release a new MMS? The VAMP and RAM have been released. The FLAK and MOBAT are coming out. It would be great to get a new MMS, HAL and Jump Jet pack with stand. This would round out all of the original vehicles and wepaon systems we got when we were kids.
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10-24-2008, 04:49 PM | #14 |
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I assume thing thing does not have a control panel that is tethered to the launcher?
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10-24-2008, 05:59 PM | #15 |
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Very cool. I figured the MMS was based on a real weapon.
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10-24-2008, 06:19 PM | #16 |
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The MMS as most probably know was based on the HAWK missile used by the Army and marine Corps I worked on the actual Hawk Surface to Air Missile systems in the 90's. It was a much more involved sytstem than just the launcher. MIM-23 Hawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was one of my first Joe toys when I was a kid. Always my favorite. This is what the real launcher looked like I am also on active, but don't get access to ADA like you have. Second of all, these are awesome photos and I appreciate you posting them. Last, you are right about GI Joe and Cobra getting it right in the good old days. Their vehicles and weapon systems were more down to earth, realistic and acceptable, but when things like the Cobra "Septic Tank" and GI Joe "Battle Wagon" hit the stores, I knew that it was probably gonna come crashing down sooner or later. Thanks again for sharing with us. |
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10-25-2008, 07:43 PM | #17 |
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Thanks for the possitive responses. Those pictures were in 1996 and I finished 6 years in 1998. Hawk was deactivated in the fall of 98 from the Marines and the army had gotten rid of earlier in the 90's. There was actually a lot more equipment to a HAWK battery than just a singl launcher.
A Battery consisted of 4 launchers, 2 engagement radars (HIPIR), 1 aquisition radar (CWAR), and a Battery Command Post (BCP). Just too big for todays Corps. Makes me miss the Cold War all over again:(
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10-26-2008, 03:26 PM | #18 |
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Awesome pics dude.
Seems we were in the Corps during the same time frame. The Hawk was also the first GI Joe set I got as a kid. |
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10-26-2008, 03:40 PM | #19 |
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the guy in the photo looks like hes gonna snap
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10-26-2008, 03:45 PM | #20 |
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If you had 3 huge highly destrucitve missles on a launcher you controlled you could snap at any point too! And I would not blame you, MAN the booom those would probabley make....especially if they had 4 shooting them off at the same time.
I suppose they gave way to the MLRS systems and the newer satellite controlled Howitzers? |
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