Designed to replace the Redstone, the Pershing I, Ia and II missiles served for three decades as the U.
It contains descriptions of System equipment, missions and firing roles, battalion organization and deployment, and mainten.
Originally created in 1986, this Pershing II operator\'s Manual provides an overview of the weapons system.
Fifteen were preserved for display purposes, with the rest destroyed in compliance with the treaty.
In October of 1988, after the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Pershing II missiles were withdrawn from service.
The presence of the Pershing II incentivized strategic negotiations between the Soviet Union and the USA.
It was deployed to Europe and fully operational by 1985.
Equipped with a self-orienting guidance system, the Pershing II could be delivered to any surveyed site and launched at a target within minutes.
It carried the W86 bunker-busting nuclear warhead (5-50 kilotons).
The follow-on Pershing II System used active radar guidance and a maneuverable re-entry vehicle for enhanced accuracy.
This included a new TEL capable of tilting a horizontal missile to launch position in a mere nine seconds.
First deployed in 1969, the improved Pershing Ia featured enhanced electronics and faster support vehicles, allowing it to fulfill a quick reaction alert role.
Once the warhead was mated, the TEL served as launch platform.
The most important was the transport erector launcher (TEL), which transported the missile and guidance sections, and a carrier that transported the warhead.
While Redstone required up to twenty fuel and support vehicles, the Pershing System featured only four.
Pershing I\'s solid-fueled design offered much greater flexibility and safety than Redstone, and much faster launch response.
Three years later, three missile battalions deployed to West Germany. 0 flight, Pershing I first flew in 1960.
A solid-fueled, two-stage missile capable of Mach 8.
Army\'s primary nuclear-capable, theater-level weapon.
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Designed to replace the Redstone, the Pershing I, Ia and II missiles served for three decades as the U
