FM 6-11: The Pershing II Firing Battery (Final Draft)

FM 6-11 The Pershing II Firing Battery (Final Draft)

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FM 6-11

The Pershing II Firing Battery (Final Draft)

Army · FM · Jan 1984 · 191 pages

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CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Pershing II (PII) is a ground-mobile, surface-to-surface, nuclear weapon system. It is a solid-propellant missile with ground support equipment (GSE) mounted on wheeled vehicles. The missile may be launched quickly and is an effective weapon against a broad spectrum of targets. FIRST STAGE SECOND STAGE PROPULSION SECTION [PROPULSION — REEN TRY VEHICLE LS _ _ SF M ZTSRS Figure 1-1. Pershing II missile. 1-1. MISSILE CHARACTERISTICS The Pershing II missile, with the normal configuration of first and second stage propulsion sections and the reentry vehicle (fig 1-1), weighs more than 16,000 pounds, is about 10.6 meters long, and has a range of 1,000 miles (1800 km). A kit is available with which the erector launcher can be converted to adapt to a single stage missile, if required.

DesignationFM 6-11

EditionJan 1984

StatusSuperseded

Pages191

FunctionFires

EchelonBattery

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 26

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