The M28 or M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that was deployed by the United
A Davy Crockett at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1961
Stowage of the Davy Crockett weapon system in an M113 carrier
The weapon's mushroom cloud, July 17, 1962
The Little Feller I nuclear test site in 2008.
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The W54 was a tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the late 1950s. The weapon is the smallest nuclear weapon in both weight and yield to have entered US service. It was a compact
Davy Crockett (nuclear device)
…The M28 or M29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. It was the first project assigned to the United States Army Weapon Command…
The W54 nuclear warhead was used in the man-portable M-388 Davy Crockett projectile. The unusually small size of the warhead is apparent.
The SADM (B54) demolition charge version of the W54 in its carry bag
SADM hard carrying case
A U.S. Army Special Forces paratrooper with the Green Light Teams conducts a high-altitude low-opening military freefall jump with a MK54.