Self-Propelled Hawk patch 1970

[RDUNE]

Picked this up yesterday and haven't been able to find another example. Any idea what DSP stands for on the bottom, or the 6/60 in the middle? 

Thanks,

-Ryan

[Proud Kraut]

Could it be 6th Bn 60th Air Defense Artillery and Defense Standardisation Programm? I think the unit served in Germany during cold war.

[RDUNE]

1 hour ago, Proud Kraut said:

Could it be 6th Bn 60th Air Defense Artillery and Defense Standardisation Programm? I think the unit served in Germany during cold war.

That sounds like a perfectly logical explanation. Thanks for your input, I will focus my research efforts in that direction 🙂

-Ryan 

[gwb123]

DSP apparently was some form of data processing.

 

"* AN/MPQ-62 (Phase III)Some changes to the signal processing allow the radar to determine the targets' range and speed in a single scan. A digital DSP system is added which allows a lot of the processing work to be done on the radar directly and forwarded directly via a serial digital link to the PCP/BCP."

 

 PCP: Platoon Command Post

BCP:  perhaps Battery Command Post?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-23_Hawk

 

I later found it referred to as part of the Defense Support Program, which integrated data that detected missile launches.  

 

http://www.bits.de/NRANEU/BMD/documents/BMDO95.pdf

 

There are other references to the DSP being a physical building, probably where this data was received and analyzed.  

[vzemke]

My vote is for Direct Support Platoon, which was an actual type of unit that provided…. Direct Support… to a Hawk Missile Battery. 

[gwb123]

Yes Vance, an Ordnance Office would think that!  LOL!