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Pershing able

56th

Field Artillery Brigade

May

1980

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Welcome t the 6th Bde

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Pershing:

Followins years of post WWII

111iaile

development on May 16,

19S8

trooi,e

of

he

40th Artillery Group succaa ully flrod the

US Army'

•

fi11t

major mobile

tactical

picled

missile system - Redstone. ·

Nccdins

a

smaller,

more mobile

aystem

• ith

increased range,

the

us Army eam .

tic

Missile Agency bcpn

-wort on u

im

proved weapon to

replace

Redstone. The

new weapon would

have a 'MIP twice that

ol Redatone. It wu umed l'albing.

Se,e.

ral impnwclllCIIII to tbil

millile

proridcd

greater

handling

cue and

incrcued

n,lia.

bility and mobility.

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lldllCle

M..a. A.-,

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luc .is.He wei1W 10.088

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lllillile; • l f t l l1 9-

 

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f llpt; a ._

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lllilllle;

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carrilr.

By

Janury

1960 the r1n1 "Penbina"

n s

ready ror launcb. On Feb. 2s, the

ta t

vehicle

wu

fired on a 30-mile njoctory

rrom Cape Canavcnl

oat

l t the Atlan

tic Test Range. for a saa:eufnl flighL

Four IIIOdified tradCld Yeblclca

tnlJII.

ported the cqulpmcnL

June I 960, another suc:cad'ul launch

lated erratic motlon pros111mmed

into

the missile'• flight path

IO

prove ttability.

Penhina •u

aunched in Fcbnwy 1961

and

auccasl'ully demonstrated ill incrtiaJ.

pidancc

system. Penhing tranW down

nnge

.00.miles

cm:r

tbe Atlantic in Jan-

11.U)' 1962 ror lta lint

flail

flighL The teat

program ended

ID I 963.

During teatina at the Cape,

2.SO

key

military pmoc,nel from Redatone Aneaal

and Fort SW

armed

in Orlando Septem

ber

I961

to receive

I6

•ccb ol training

ill

12 different

Pcnhina

specialilic:a.

1

IMJ,

die W . . . . . . . .

. . . . ArtllerJ . . . * lint p . . . . .

a.ttalloa

lldnat.cl

at F. t SIi. Oc

lollff 13, CM mt - ,__ . . , ..

palze,I ... Dr. n.. J

. . . . . . . .

Seaeary el

. . . , . , . , ,

Pershing

Cable

Wdccme IIIU . S6CI FW11 Ar1illlry ln

ga4h. Yoa

irre

a f t t f lllportant I . : a l k

succeuful acc:omplilhmcnt ol oar lllleaiaa.

Your tour

will

be challcnaing and 1rill do

mand the utmoatol lle kll l l

JI* l ine

leee

taught

and

acq11ired.

Ptnhina, u a ...._ al NATO, ._

demandinj milliclft

••icb

uailta ll bepi

(ICaCC ia .Eurape and

indeed,

the _.,,:f

Each lirina

11.ttcry

.-Ill ,pend a

bout one

fOllrtb ol each yea r at a .mnote lirin1

Iii&.

Tbc

remaiadcr of the

year

the

unill

main-

.

tain equipment and train

fOI'

our ..nhne

million. Ftcld training Qercila are held

throupout tbe year. A

jolt well

done will

give

you a tmnendoua feelina: ol llllsl'ac

tion, pride and accomplishment.

To

accompliah our mission we have

twee

Pmhi11g

battaliom and an inf1ntry 11.ttaJ.

ion. The 2d Battafion, 4th I.Jlfaotry

pnMdes

IICQnty far the Pmhing b ttalims.. We are

autborized CM:I' SOOO soldiers

ud

an: I la·

tioned bi ioutbera Germany Clll eipt

JCa.

- (

. . .

aacl tllreenmote

l'irias aitcl.

Orilian

echtc:ational

epportunitia, IOlm

throughout Gennuy

and Europe,

and

•many other mcana ol reluation and indi·

l'idaal Clll'idmlent will be in military

CIOllllllunity.

O.rin1

yoor

off/:;

ime

and

*ri l l l

•ve.

I _, . .

011

to

1111,umi:re

tbe -

al

yow educational fadlilioo ud

roc:rcation aa,,icc:a lacilitiea.

I am certain . . wil diocover la to lie

both

illtcnstl111

and enjoyable. . . _ f t l

-

to tbc

S6tll

Ftcld Anillery Brigade

1111d

cnjoy·your

tour.

RICHARD D. BOYLE

Major

ae-al .

USA

Commandins

over

s~xt~en years

in service for

· he

defense of

the free world

Separated yet

unified

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to the

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mer•tal 11ation, a i.ttery control ce

and U1 Improved

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t.bc

aystan

wu

mounted

oa

wbecb

l lad ot tracb

to

PenhiDa to

firina

l i te r.ter

ud with

fewer ma

 

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tbe

QRA

role prepared to o

• a aactear

dct1cmlt

in

IAlppor

NATO• well u pcnonn ita

buic

aiqa

ol

111 1Widi111 - . i - . e

fuq,owe

support ,#

he

fleld

utillay.

Once

tbe system •u

developed

tated there.. he problem of aupp

tbe 1roop1 in

tho with t.bc ._ .

u d

remainlq com i.t

ready.

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impro¥elllCIIIJI

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added. Tlac

ADIOmatic R.elermce Sys

=.. ud the Sc,qnential Lau

(SI.A).

Tbe

AJts

deccrmine

accurate

flrina

azimuth. TIie SLA

Tided t.bc p la ._ loader

tho

capalnlit

acqneotialfy COIIDtin& alld lauocllin& u

t11ree witJa a aingle PTS and

without ,-blhta

between

individua

mrtartina witll •

IOlld buic

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Im

bcea coalillwiDy

improoe

bc p iq with tlle ._ . role u d adva

lDCDl

Iii tecfmolocy. The PerabiJ1a II

t.bc

~t

iaae, is a hattlc

support

miDile, which

...,.

radar

an

computer

to

. it

targets

u rar u

milea away. AD

tbac

yeen for

tbe

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