MGM-31 Pershing
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The MGM-31A Pershing was the missile used in the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a field artillery missile systems. It was a solid-fueled two-stage theater ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Mari
Thiokol solid-propellant motor
Pershing missile (34.6 feet length, 460-mile range) and Redstone missile (69.3 feet length, 201-mile range)
West German Erector Launcher with ballistic shields
Pershing II
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The Pershing II Weapon System was a solid-fueled two-stage medium-range ballistic missile designed and built by Martin Marietta to replace the Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System as the United
MGM-31 Pershing
…fired in 1960, the Pershing 1 system deployed in 1963 and the improved Pershing 1a deployed in 1969. The U.S. Army replaced the Pershing 1a with the Pershing II Weapon System in 1983 while the German Air Force retained Pershing 1a until all Pershings were eliminated in 1991. The U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) managed the…
Pershing II test flight, February 1983
RV showing radar section (left), warhead section (center), and guidance and control/adapter (right)
W85 thermonuclear warhead
Protest against the deployment of Pershing II missiles, The Hague, Netherlands, 1983