M2 Corporal

The display reads:

 

The surface to surface, 46 long Corporal Missile was the Army's first liquid-fueled, rocket powered, ballistic weapon.

 

The Corporal was deployed by the U.S. and British armies in the mid-1950's to engage the enemy's rear areas in any weather. Targets as far as 85 miles from the launching site could be destroyed. A missile battalion was comprised of 250 troops and technicians, a lightweight launch pedestal, a hydraulic erector, ground-based guidance equipment and support vehicles. Two batteries, each with five launchers, were assigned to a field battalion. The missile and all of its launching equipment were highly mobile.

 

Launch preparations took six to seven hours, and no more than two missiles could be fired in one day, limiting the choice of targets. The Corporal was tracked in flight by ground-based radar, and steering commands were transmitted by radio. The Corporal Missile System was replaced by the Sergeant Missile System in the early 1960's.

 

Length: 46 ft. (14 meters)

Weight: 12,000 lbs. (5,443 kg.)

Range: 85 miles (120 km.)

Warhead: Nuclear or Conventional

 

Museum Acc. # 84.69.11

 

Taken June 6th, 2011.

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