AN/MSQ-18 Battalion Missile Operations System

Control console

Test panel in CDG

Digital computer of CDG (TSQ-38)

The Raytheon AN/MSQ-18 Battalion Missile Operations System ^[1] (AN/TSQ-38 for the helicopter-transportable variant) ^[2] was a Project Nike command, control, and coordination system for "each associated missile battery" to control a Nike missile as directed from a Raytheon AN/MSQ-28 at the Army Air Defense Command Post. ^[3] Raytheon Company ^[4] constructed the AN/MSQ-18 as 2 separate subsystems:

• the AN/MSQ-18's operations central in a trailer van with 2 "Surveillance and Entry Consoles" and serving as "the tactical command post of the air defense battalion ... capable of either monitoring the engagement or actually making assignments of targets to its batteries", ^[5] and
• the AN/MSQ-18's coder-decoder group (CDG) as the trailer van at each battery to "decode the digital data coming to the battery [for use] by the guided missile system." ^{[5] [6]}

In accordance with the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), the "AN/MSQ-18" designation represents the 18th design of an Army-Navy electronic device for ground mobile special combination equipment. The JETDS system also now is used to name all Department of Defense electronic systems.

See also

• Electronics portal

• List of military electronics of the United States

References

1. "Battalion Missile Operations System AN/MSQ-18" (youtube video of Army film). United States Army Research and Development - Progress Report Number Two. 1961. Retrieved 2012-06-30. minutes 7:15-10:00 for AN/TSQ-18
2. "Chapter 3: Army Air Defense Control Systems" (PDF). U. S. Army Air Defense Digest (PDF). Hillman Hall, Fort Bliss, Texas: U. S. Army Air Defense School. January 1965. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
3. FM 44-1: U.S. Army Air Defense Employment (PDF). Headquarters, Department of the Army. 11 October 1965. Archived from the original (Field Manual) on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2011. The FDS AN/MSG-4 (Missile Monitor) (fig. 3) utilizes standard military vehicles. It is composed of the AADCP AN/MSQ-28 and up to four FDS's AN/MSQ-18. ... The FDS AN/MSQ-18 is that portion of Missile Monitor consisting of a battalion fire distribution center (BFDC) and battery terminal equipment (BTE) for each associated missile battery. The electronic search central AN/GSS-1 provides local radar data at the battalion level.
4. "Miscellaneous Communication Equipment". NSNLookup.com.
5. US Army Air Defense School, Student Outline, March 1966
6. TM 11-5895-262-25 Organizational, DS, GS, and depot maintenance system manual : operations central AN/MSQ-18 and coder-decoder group OA-1593/MSQ-18 (Technical Manual), Department of the Army, 1994, OCLC   30691342 (link to WorldCat page)

External links

• US Army Germany - 2-56th Arty MSQ-18 van internal view