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The first Pershing tactical missile system was delivered to the Army in
1962. Since then, our Martin division
has manufactured and delivered
scores of them. The highly mobile
Pershing has performed so successfully on duty with the Army that a
major improvement effort is now under way to increase its rate of fire and
reliability.
The Pershing tactical missile system is perhaps the most remarkable
big weapon the Army has. lt consists
of a 34-foot missile with an atomic
warhead and a completely mobile
transpo1t and launching system.
Four tracked vehicles, which can
travel as fast as 40 mph, carry the missile, its portable launching pad and
fire control center, a communications
center and a power station. The specially trained Pershing crews can thus
range far and wide over extremely
rugged terrain, keeping always in
communication with their headquarters, yet avoiding enemy surveillance.
Once deployed and set up, the twostage, inertially-guided missile can be
fired in minutes over ranges of up to
400 miles. lt gives the Army a fast,
mobile nuclear capability to support
battlefield operations. Pershing is now
on duty in Europe.
Martin and the Army Missile Command led the Army-industry team
which designed and built the Pershing. lt chalked up the best tactical
missile development record ever seen
at Cape Kennedy. At the same time,
military an d industry managers
worked hard to produce an effective
missile system at the lowest possible
cost, while adhering to rigid quality
and reliability standards. Since production began in 1960, for example,
Martin has reduced its share of the
missile's cost 54 per cent.
Now, with Pershing successfully
deployed in the field, the Army has
assigned Martin to make major improvements in the missile system. A
program is under way to increase rate
of fire and reliability. lt centers on a
new mobile fire-control center and a
new erector-launcher. In a parallel
program, improved components are
being developed for the missile itself.
The improvements now planned
will permit Pershing to assume an
even greater role in support of the
Army's mission.
The several divisions of Martin Marietta
produce a broadly diversified range of produ cts, including missile systems, space
launchers, nuclear power systems, spacecraft, electronic StJstems, chemicals and construction materials. Martin Marietta Corporation, 277 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y.
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INERTIAL GUIDANCE
MASS PRODUCTION
Unified facilities turn out stable platforms in volume for Pershing, cut lead time
20%-also offer advanced inertial guidance experience in design and engineering
Knowmanship in Action
I nertial guidance capabilities at E-P ext.end across
three fronts- design , e n gineering, and production. Our
prod uction efficiency is proved by the fact t hat we are
now mass-producing complete iner tial guidance systems, including higbly - precise air-bearing gyros heart" of inertial guidance-for Pers hing. We are
a ble to d o this, and save 20 % in normal lead time,
because of advanced techniques, and most modern
facil ities, coupled with most efficient manageme nt.
We ha ve developed space-age techniques t h at enable
us to machine su c h a difficult material as beryllium to
tolerances as fine as 10-millionths of an inch. Our
specially-developed "super-clean room" maintains perfect conditions for assembly, test, and calibration of
de cate inertia l guidance components on a uolume basis.
E-P KNOWMANSHIP also offers practical advantages
in inertia l guidance d esign and engineering. We have
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Eclipse-Pionee r advanced inertial gu idance systems give
m issiles, boosters and space vehicles unerring "target
instinct" whatever the mission. Proof?
Take the Pershing, Army's " shoot and scoot " m issile.
Flight tests have demonstrated th e flawless accu racy of the
inertial guid ance system- bu ilt by E-P-wh ich utilizes our
ultra-sensitive air-bearing gyros and accelerometers. Per-
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in Ecl ipse-Pioneer's ability to solve the difficult and complicated problems associated with the science of inertia l
guidance. When it comes to state-of-the-art in manufacturing
tech niques, E-P takes th e lead . For example, tolerances of
10 millionths of an inch and one second of arc are constantly
maintained in our own Beryllium prod uction machining
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