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Field ArTillery - US Army Center Of Military History

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384 The OrganizaTiOnal hisTOry <strong>Of</strong> field arTillery<br />

Missiles—Continued<br />

development of, 189, 207, 209–10, 211, 242<br />

guided, 210n4<br />

Helicopter-launched fire and forget missile<br />

system (HELLFIRE), 316<br />

Hermes project, 210<br />

Joint Chiefs on development of, 211, 224<br />

Jupiter, 218, 219. See also Redstone.<br />

Jupiter-C, 219, 220. See also Redstone.<br />

Lacrosse, 222–26, 234<br />

circular error probable, 224<br />

declared obsolete, 226<br />

deployed, 225<br />

development, 222–24, 250<br />

and Marine Corps, 222, 223, 225,<br />

230n51<br />

missions of, 222–23, 230n51<br />

and Mod I system, 224–25<br />

nuclear, 225<br />

organization of, 225–26<br />

problems with, 224, 225<br />

range, 224, 225<br />

reclassified, 224<br />

solid propellant, 224<br />

specifications of, 223–24<br />

Lance, 226, 234–38, 239<br />

and Corps 86, 306<br />

deployment, 236, 237, 240<br />

development, 234<br />

dual capability of, 236<br />

extended-range Lance (XRL),<br />

234–35<br />

mobility, 234<br />

nonnuclear, 236<br />

nuclear, 235, 236, 242<br />

organization of, 236, 237, 240, 296<br />

prepackaged liquid fuel, 234<br />

range, 236<br />

replacement, 237–38, 240, 242<br />

to replace 175-mm. gun, 295<br />

to replace Honest John, 228, 234, 292<br />

to replace Lacrosse, 234<br />

to replace Little John, 234<br />

to replace Sergeant, 228, 234–35<br />

Nike project, 210<br />

objectives of, 214<br />

Patriot, 237<br />

Pershing, 230–34, 242<br />

deployment of, 231–32<br />

as deterrent, 238<br />

equipment of, 232–33<br />

missions, 232<br />

model Ia (tracked to wheeled), 232–<br />

33, 240<br />

under NATO’s Central <strong>Army</strong><br />

Group, 232<br />

nuclear warhead, 231<br />

organization, 231, 232, 233–34<br />

QRA mission of, 232, 234<br />

range, 231<br />

replaces Redstone, 217, 230, 231<br />

under Supreme Allied Commander,<br />

Europe, 232, 240<br />

“shoot ’n scoot,” 231<br />

solid propellant, 217, 230, 231<br />

specifications of, 230–31<br />

Pershing II, 238–40<br />

circular error probable, 239n74<br />

and cruise missile, 239<br />

deployment of, 240<br />

and earth-penetrating warhead, 239<br />

eliminated under INF Treaty, 240<br />

range, 238, 240<br />

under Supreme Allied Commander,<br />

Europe, 238, 240<br />

“surgical strike,” 238<br />

Polaris, 218, 230<br />

Private, 214<br />

Redstone, 216–20. See also Jupiter,<br />

Jupiter-C.<br />

activated, 217<br />

and field artillery missile group,<br />

217, 221<br />

inertial guidance system, 216<br />

influence on missile technology,<br />

218<br />

and Jupiter, 218<br />

liquid fuel, 216, 230, 234<br />

and Mercury program, 220<br />

missions of, 216–17<br />

modified as Jupiter-C, 219<br />

nuclear, 216<br />

organization, 217<br />

range, 216, 218<br />

replaced by Pershing, 230, 231<br />

Sergeant, 226–28<br />

and automation, 228<br />

deployment, 226, 228<br />

flaws, 226–27<br />

inertial guidance system, 227<br />

nuclear, 216, 227<br />

objectives, 227<br />

organization of, 226, 227–28<br />

production schedule and, 226–27<br />

replaces Corporal, 214<br />

replaces Lacrosse, 226<br />

replaced by Lance, 228, 234–35, 237<br />

solid propellant, 226, 227

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