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    Pershing Cable
    56th Field Artillery Brigade
    May 1980
    ~ol. 19, No.

    Supportlq lbt 141st, 1-llst, J.Ntli Field ArlllleriH ud i . MUI lmutry

    Welcome to the 56th Bde


    . and Germany

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    Wdccme III U. S6CI FW11 Ar1illlry lnga4h. Yoa irre a fttf illlportant I.: a lk
    succeuful acc:omplilhmcnt ol oar lllleaiaa.
    Your tour will be challcnaing and 1rill domand the utmoat ol Ille lkllll JI* line lleee
    taught and acq11ired.
    Ptnhina, u a ...._ al NATO, ._ a
    demandinj milliclft
    uailta ill bepi
    (ICaCC ia .Eurape and indeed, the
    Each lirina 11.ttcry .-Ill ,pend about one
    fOllrtb ol each year 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'action, pride and accomplishment.

    icb

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    ( . . .) aacl tllree nmote 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
    time and
    *rilll
    I _ , . . Y011 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. ,.,._, ftlto tbc S6tll Ftcld Anillery Brigade
    1111d cnjoyyour tour.
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    ve.

    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: Ila
    tioned bi ioutbera Germany Clll eipt JCa.

    Pershing:

    -.

    RICHARD D. BOYLE
    Major ae-al. USA
    Commandins

    over s~xt~en years in service for


    the defense of the free world

    Followins years of post WWII 111iaile


    development on May 16, 19S8 trooi,e of the
    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 improved 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.

    included imprOemeDIS to the program


    mertal 11ation, a i.ttery control central
    and U1 Improved ercctorlauncha. Abo
    t.bc aystan wu mounted oa wbecb b:,.
    llad ot tracb to ~ PenhiDa to tbc
    firina lite r.ter ud with fewer mainte-

    ~ t a . Penhlns
    .-med tbe QRA role prepared to ocrvc
    a aactear dct1cmlt in IAlpport or
    NATO well u pcnonn ita buic misaiqa ol 111"1Widi111 -.i-.e fuq,ower in
    support ,# the fleld utillay.
    Once tbe system u developed and
    tated there . . the problem of aupplyiag
    tbe 1roop1 in tho ~ with t.bc ._. scar
    ud remainlq comi.t ready.
    S. l"'1 1"8, Mar1ill Marietta
    ...... rill ... vs ,...., Mlaalle

    ,....., __...., ...

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    .. 1958.

    lldllCle M..a. A.-,


    1'llt c.....-.e ...........

    wei1W 10.088 ,._..


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    ... llrllla .... ~ . , . . .
    luc .is.He

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    .._._ ~ . . . . . . . Craalpclrt

    ... ~ Ille lllillile; lftll1'9-

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    t1o11 r. eleetrbl , . . . ea .._.
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    carrilr.
    By Janury 1960 the r1n1 "Penbina"
    ns ready ror launcb. On Feb. 2s, the tat
    vehicle wu fired on a 30-mile njoctory
    rrom Cape Canavcnl oat flfft the Atlantic 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 launched in Fcbnwy 1961
    and auccasl'ully demonstrated ill incrtiaJ.
    pidancc system. Penhing tranW down
    nnge .00.miles cm:r tbe Atlantic in Jan11.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 September I961 to receive I 6 ccb ol training
    ill 12 different Pcnhina specialilic:a.
    1 - IMJ, die W ........
    .... ArtllerJ ... lint p......
    a.ttalloa lldnat.cl at F.t SIi. Oclollff 13, CM mt ,__.., . .

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    Pershing
    Cable

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    ta

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    dlallce' .. FlodilWai wllen die -

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    llriq lites la Westtra C....y.

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    Air r - QO reciahd ... PI-

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    -.......
    SWAPdot
    i,ropaa

    lt.eceady, two improelllCIIIJI .-ere


    added. Tlac ADIOmatic R.elermce System
    ud the Sc,qnential Launch

    (SI.A). Tbe AJts deccrmined an


    accurate flrina azimuth. TIie SLA proTided t.bc pla._ loader tho capalnlity o(
    acqneotialfy COIIDtin& alld lauocllin& up to
    t11ree ~ witJa a aingle PTS and PS
    without ,-blhta between individual ftr-

    mrtartina
    witll IOlld buic
    Im bcea coalillwiDy improoed in
    ')'It.em ......

    bcpiq with tlle ._. role& ud advance-

    lDCDl Iii tecfmolocy. The PerabiJ1a II, in


    t.bc ~ t siaae, is a hattlclicld

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    nmmender . . . . . o..rtment of " " Armt.

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    support miDile, which ...,. radar and a


    computer to .it targets u rar u 400
    milea away. AD tbac yeen for tbe do, _ ol tbe
    Id.

    rree ....

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