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[edit] Pershing

	Pershing I	Pershing 1A	Pershing IB	Pershing II
Designation	MGM-31A
Launcher	TEL	Erector Launcher
Prime Mover	M474 Tracked Carrier	M757 Tractor	M983 HEMTT (units in the US) MAN Tractor (units in Germany)
History
Contractor	Martin Marietta
Date of design	1958–1963
Production	1960–1969			1981–1989
Service
Operators	US Army, German Air Force		German Air Force (proposed)	US Army
Number built	754		0	276
Specifications
Diameter	1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)		1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)
Length	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)		8.1 m (320.25 in)	10.6 m (34 ft 9.7 in)
Weight	4655 kg (10,262 lb)		4,830 kg (10,649 lb)	7,490 kg (16540 lb)
First stage	Thiokol TX TX-174 solid rocket 115 kN (25,900 lbf) 38.3 s		Hercules
Second stage	Thiokol TX-175 solid rocket 85 kN (19,100 lbf) 39 s		none	Hercules
Speed	Mach 8		Mach 8+
Max boost	77.3 seconds
Steering	Jet vanes, air vanes		Steerable nozzles, air vanes
Guidance	Eclipse-Pioneer Inertial		Singer Kearfott inertial; Goodyear Aerospace active radar
Range	740 km (460 mi)			1,770 km (???? mi)
Accuracy			30 m (100 ft) circular error probable
Warhead	W50		W85 W86 earth penetrator (canceled)
Yield	1.7 PJ (400 kt)		variable yield ?.? PJ (5-50 kT)
Warheads produced	280		variable yield ?.? PJ (5-50 kT)
Ground Support Equipment
			Reference Scene generation Facility Platoon Contol Central Battery Control Central

[edit] Pershing I

Pershing I Test Flight

MGM-31A Pershing

Type

Suface-to-Surface

Nationality

United States of America

Era

Cold War

Launcher

TEL

Target

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History

Contractor

Martin Marietta

Date of design

1958–1963

Production

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Service

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Operators

US Army
German Air Force

Variants

none

Number built

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Specifications

Type

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Diameter

1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)

Length

10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)

Weight

4655 kg (10,262 lb)

First stage

Thiokol TX
115 kN (25,900 lbf)

Second stage

Thiokol TX
85 kN (19,100 lbf)

Max boost

77 seconds

Steering

Jet vanes
Air vanes

Guidance

Inertial

Range

740 km (460 miles)

Payload

Warhead

W50

Yield

1.7 PJ (400 kt of TNT)

[edit] Pershing II

Pershing II
Pershing II test flight
Type	Guided Missile, Nuclear
Place of origin	United States of America
Service history
In service	1983–1991
Used by	United States of America
Production history
Designer	Martin Marietta
Designed	1973–1981
Manufacturer	Martin Marietta
Produced	1981–
Variants	Pershing Ib (not deployed)
Specifications
Weight	7,490 kg (16,540 lb)

Effective range	1,770 km