MGM-18 Lacrosse
US nuclear-capable tactical missile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The MGM-18 Lacrosse was a short-ranged tactical weapon intended for close support of ground troops.[4] Its first flight test was in 1954 and was deployed by the United States Army beginning in 1959, despite being still in the development stage. The program's many technical hurdles proved too difficult to overcome and the missile was withdrawn from field service by 1964.
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MGM-18 (M4) Lacrosse | |
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Type | Tactical ballistic missile |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1959–1964 |
Used by | United States Army |
Wars | Cold War |
Production history | |
Designer | Johns Hopkins University, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory |
Designed | 1947–1956 |
Manufacturer | The Glenn L. Martin Company |
Produced | 1959–1964 |
No. built | Nearly 1200[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 2,300 pounds (1,000 kg)[2] |
Length | 19 feet 2.4 inches (5.852 m)[2] |
Diameter | 20.5 inches (520 mm)[2] |
Wingspan | 9 feet (2.7 m)[2] |
Maximum firing range | 12 miles (19 km)[2] |
Warhead | Explosive or Nuclear |
Warhead weight | 540 pounds (240 kg)[2] |
Blast yield | Explosive or 1.5–10 kt Nuclear using the W40 nuclear warhead [3] |
Propellant | Thiokol XM10 or XM10E1 solid-fuel rocket[2] |
Maximum speed | Mach 0.8[2] |
Guidance system | Radio Command guidance |
Launch platform | XM-398 transporter/launcher truck[2] |
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