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FLIGHT, 4 November 1960 719 TACTICAL MISSILES Blue Water Caisseur ... Corporal ... Honest John Lacrosse ... Little JohnTM-76B Mace Malaface ... Matador ... Nord S.S.12Pershing ... Redstone ... Robot 315...Sergeant ... Tigercat ... Propulsion Solid rocket internal ramjet 20,0001b RFNA + A rocket Solid rocket Solid rocket Solid rocket5,2001b turbojet RFNA/Furaline rocket 5,2001b turbojet Solid rocket2-stage solid rocket 75,0001b LO2 + alc. rocket Resonant ductSolid rocket Solid rocket Range (n.m.) 55 74 13 17 51,200 22 500 3.5 300 +215 1074 — Launch wt. (Ib) 2,200 11,000 5,800 2,300 76015,500 3,500 12,500 150 10,000 61,000 3.000 8,500 — Length (ft) 25 11.5 46 27.2 19 14.544.1 20.7 39.6 6.25 351 632 24 36 59.9 Span (in) 81 118 84 109 108 23 274 344 32 144 84 71 25.6 Body D (in) 24 30 30 20.5 12.5 54 54 38 70 31 7.5 Speed (m.p.h.) _ 605 2,300 1,250 800 1,000+ 600 600 600 450 3,000+ 3,300 600 2,300 — Warhead h.e. or N 5511b h.e. or N (20kT>) h.e. or N <20kT>) h.e. or N (5kT!)h.e. h.e., N or TN 1,000lb +h.e. or N 60lb? N (20kT!) N (TN possible) 1,0001b?h.e. or N (20kT>) h.e. 1, without extended nosecone; 2, later versions have length of 69ft. complete, the weapon will be available to theUnited Kingdom, warheads remaining in American control. The missile is scheduled tobecome operational next year. Honest John Spin-stabilized artillery rocket US ARMY, AND ARMIES OF WESTERN GERMANY, JAPAN, BRITAIN AND SEVERAL OTHER NATIONS DETAILS of this heavy artillery rocket werecontained in our 1957 review. Essentially it consists of a 23in-diameter motor attached toa variety of conventional or nuclear 30in war- heads. It is aimed by steering the wheeledlauncher to the correct bearing and elevating for the desired range. At least 20,000 roundshave been delivered. Lacrosse B Guided artillery missile for mobile deployment US ARMY AND CANADIAN ARMY AN outline to the background of this battlefieldbombardment weapon was contained in our 1957 review. Originally the programme wassupported by the Marine Corps, but this ser- vice dropped out at an early stage and CornellAeronautical Laboratory and JHU/APL con- tinued development for the Army. The basicmissile is an aluminium-alloy tube, housing a Thiokol solid motor, to which are attached aguidance section and any of a variety of con- ventional or nuclear warheads, four fixed sweptwings and four movable tail controls. The missile is fired from a 2J-ton truck and isguided by a radio-command system, which can function in all weather conditions as was out-lined in the 1959 review. Prime contractor is Martin's Orlando Divi-sion, and although there has never been any suggestion of a crash programme, productionhas continued steadily since August 1957. Battalions have been trained at Fort Sill, andat the time of writing at least eight have been activated. Several have been deployed overseas,and the first to reach operational status in Western Germany gave a demonstration atAschaffenburg in August. Late in 1958 the Canadian Army announced their intention ofpurchasing Lacrosse, partly for deployment in Europe. . Little John Spin-slabilized artillery missile US ARMY AFTER a progressive series of refinementsstarting in 1956, the final Little John 4 is almost combat-ready. It is a much moreslender higher fineness ratio than the first test missiles, and the fins are rectangular and ofgreatly reduced area. Little John's develop- ment has been managed by the Army Rocketand Guided Missile Agency; airframcs arc made by Emerson Electric and boost /sustainerpropulsion is by Hercules Powder Co. The missile is carried on a single-axle trailer ona launcher rail which is steered in azimuth and elevated manually to give the required range.The missile and launcher can be lifted in any combat transport aircraft or helicopter. Opera-tional battalions, each with four launchers, are nearing service. ' ' "Little John is regarded as a corps or divi- sion general-support missile. For the futurethe US Army is striving to find the answer to the problem of providing an entirely new,optimized family of weapons having the lowest possible weight and maximum range andaccuracy, with miniaturized nuclear heads. Most Army commanders are anxious not tohave to introduce guidance systems, and much work is in hand finding the best way of launch-ing a small weapon on a ballistic trajectory. Little John is, with Lacrosse and Honest John(in its present form) scheduled to be replaced bv a new missile called Missile B (seeMissile A, overleaf). This would probably weigh about 1,2001b, have a range of 3,000to at least 50,000yd, have solid propellant of very high impulse and any of a variety offorms of spin stabilization. Mace Subsonic-cruise bombardment missile for mobile or hardened deployment US AIR FORCE (OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT), FRENCH AIR FORCE, WEST GERMAN AIR FORCE DEVELOPED from the earlier Matador, Maceis a far more effective weapon; its payload/ range performance is greater, its method ofdeployment is improved and it overcomes the line-of-sight limitation, and susceptibility tocountermeasures, of the earlier missile's guid- ance system. Superficially it differs only inhaving a smaller wing and bigger body; it is similar in being fabricated largely from metal-honeycomb panels and shipped in packaged sections for assembly in the field. After launch by a Thiokol booster of approxi-mately 100,0001b thrust, cruise propulsion is provided by an Allison J33-A-41 turbojet ratedat 5,2001b. All portions of the system are air- portable and mounted either on the Trans-launcher (Goodyear) or Teracruzer (Four Wheel Drive Auto Co). After reaching a suit- Afcove is depicted a Lacrosse of the US Army about to explode on its target at White Sands; below is the launch, on September 21 last, of a US Air Force Mace from a prototype hard shelter able location the complete system can be readyfor firing in about an hour and held at a reaction time of a few minutes. Alternativelythe weapon can be launched from fixed hardened bases. The first version of Mace is the TM-76A,with a range of "over 650 statute miles" and guidance by the Goodyear Atran system whichcompares the terrain below with the pro- grammed flight path plotted over a strip map.This version was deployed to West Germany last year with the 38th Tactical Missile Wing.The data below refer to the longer-range TM-76B, guided by an AChiever inertialsystem by AC Spark Plug. This variant is now in full production at Baltimore, at acost (including Government-furnished engine, booster and guidance package) of no more than$250,000 per copy. USAF squadrons are to b: deployed in Europe and Okinawa. At least100 TM-76Bs have been purchased by the Federal German Government for the Luft-waffe, a further quantity, supplied under MDAJP, will arm a squadron of the ler Catacof the French Air Force, and the Japanese have expressed their desire to buy some.
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