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
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
A U.S. Army Special Forces paratrooper with the Green Light Teams conducts a high-altitude low-opening military freefall jump with a MK54.
The AGM-62 Walleye is a television-guided glide bomb which was produced by Martin Marietta and used by the United States Armed Forces from the 1960s-1990s. The Walleye I had a 825 lb high-explosive wa
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…of the SADM it was proposed that it be given its own unique mark designation. A later development was the W72, which was a rebuilt W54 used with the AGM-62 Walleye guided bomb. The W72 was in service until 1979. Interest in a lightweight, low-yield weapon for the Falcon and Davy Crockett began in 1958. The weapon…
AGM-62 Walleye loaded onboard an aircraft.
An A-6E SWIP Intruder releasing a Walleye II during testing at NAWC Pax River, 1994.
AA407, an F/A-18C from VFA-81 carrying an AGM-62B Walleye II on 1 February 1991 during Desert Storm.