The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to the United States Army. The missile's warhead was
MGM-52C Lance missile erected for launch from the tracked M752 self-propelled launcher.
M688 tracked transporter/loader vehicle (shares the same chassis as the M752) transferring missiles from a utility truck.
A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon, is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast whil
MGM-52 Lance
…variety of conventional munitions. The W70-3 nuclear warhead version was one of the first warheads to be battlefield-ready with an "enhanced radiation" (neutron bomb) capability. The W70-3 warhead became available after 1982, and only to US forces. Conventional munitions included single conventional shaped-charge…
U.S. Army M110 howitzers in a 1984 REFORGER staging area before transport. This dual capable system could fire nuclear artillery shells.
A wooden framed house photographed during a 1953 nuclear test, 5 pounds per square inch (34 kPa) overpressure, full collapse.