Pershing missile displays

There are a number of Pershing missile displays of inert missiles in the U.S, Germany and Russia. The Pershing systems were eliminated after the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988.^[1] The treaty allowed for a total of fifteen Pershing II and GLCM missiles for display and seven Pershing IIs were retained. A number of Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a missiles are also on display.

Current displays

Redstone Arsenal

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama played an important role in the development, fielding and management of Pershing. The United States Army Missile Command managed the system and technicians were trained at the United States Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School.

A Pershing 1 missile was originally located in front of Newhall Hall near Gate 10 until 2010.^[2] It is now located at Pershing Park on Honest John Road and is mounted on a pedestal. The plaque with a launch photo is mistakenly a PGM-11 Redstone launch.

Pershing 1
Dedication plaque
Description plaque

A Pershing 1a and a Pershing II that were once on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are in storage on the arsenal.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Test launches of the Pershing were performed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Air Force Space and Missile Museum has a Pershing II on erector launcher in an outside display.^[3] The History Center has a Pershing 1 warhead and guidance and control section that was removed from a missile that was on display in the Rocket Garden and damaged in a hurricane.

Pershing II
Pershing 1

White Sands Missile Range

Test launches of the Pershing were also performed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The White Sands Missile Range Museum has a Pershing II on erector launcher and a Pershing 1 in the outdoor display.

Pershing II
Pershing 1

Fort Sill

The United States Army Field Artillery School was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The school trained Field Artillery officers and enlisted crewman for Pershing. The United States Army Artillery Museum has all three types of Pershing on their launcher.

Pershing II
Pershing 1a
Pershing 1

Fort Lee

The United States Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama was renamed to the Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School in 2002 and moved to Fort Lee (Virginia), Virginia in 2011. The United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland was moved to Fort Lee in 2010 and is now the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center. The OTHC has a Pershing 1 on transporter erector launcher located at Ordnance Circle. The air fins, thrust reversal port covers, cable mast and retaining band are missing and the sign misidentifies the missile as a Pershing II.

Pershing 1

Virginia Air and Space Center

The Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia has a Pershing II in an indoor display.^[4]

National Air and Space Museum

Two Pershing II missiles and one launcher were donated to the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. One missile was traded to the Central Armed Forces Museum for a Soviet SS-20 Saber. The erector launcher is in storage. The Pershing II and SS-20 are in an indoor display.

Pershing II with Soviet SS-20

Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow

The Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Germany has a German Air Force Pershing 1a on erector launcher with Magirus-Deutz Jupiter 6x6 truck. The work platform has been removed from the erector launcher and the missile is blocked at a display angle.

German Air Force Pershing 1a

Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum

The Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany has an outdoor display of a German Air Force Pershing 1a on erector launcher and a programmer test station and power station on MAN 630L2A truck.^[5] A console from the programmer test station is on display inside the museum.

Pershing 1a
Pershing 1a programmer test station and power station

Central Armed Forces Museum

The Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow, Russia has a Pershing II in an outdoor display. It was received from the National Air and Space Museum in exchange for a SS-20.

External image
Pershing II

Former displays

Orlando, Florida

The Martin Company gave a Pershing 1 to the Orlando Sentinel in the 1960s and it was displayed in front of the offices. It was donated to VFW Post 4287 at Goldenrod Road, Orlando, Florida sometime after 1973. It was damaged in a storm and repaired. The missile was removed for repairs to the waste system. It was in bad shape and planned to be scrapped. it was given to Kim Kline who stored it at his home for four years before he donated it to the Special Operations Memorial Plaza in Jackson, Missouri for refurbishment and display in 2010.^[6]

External images
Displayed in front of the Orlando Sentinel office
At the home of Kim Kline

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama had all three variants of Pershing on their launchers. The three display missiles were removed from the outdoor display around 2008. The Pershing 1 was donated to the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center where it was refurbished and is now on display. The Pershing 1a and Pershing II are in storage at Redstone Arsenal.

External images
Pershing II
Pershing 1

U.S. Army Ordnance Museum

The U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland had a Pershing 1 on outdoor display. It was removed when the museum moved to Fort Lee in 2010.

Pershing 1

NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen

NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Flugplatz Teveren, West Germany was the home of Missile Wing 2, West German Air Force. A Pershing 1 was on display as late as 1985.

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Pershing 1

Wiley Kaserne

1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment at Wiley Kaserne, Neu-Ulm, West Germany had a Pershing 1 displayed in front of the headquarters building from at least 1969 but removed by 1983.

References

↑ "The Pershing Weapon System and Its Elimination". United States Army.
↑ Hawkins, Kari (19 June 2013). "Post Opens Heart of Customer Service". The Redstone Rocket.
↑ Yakubov, Vladimir. "MGM-31 Pershing II on the M790 Erector Launcher Trailer, Air Force Space and Missile Museum". Cape Canaveral, Florida.
↑ Yakubov, Vladimir. "MGM-31 Pershing II, Virginia Air & Space Center". Hampton, Virginia.
↑ Waffensystem Pershing 1A im Technikmuseum Sinsheim.
↑ Weiner, Jeff (29 January 2010). "Historic missile launches Orange County man on a quest to find home for it". Orlando Sentinel.

Pershing missile

Systems	Pershing 1 Field Artillery Missile System Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System Pershing II Weapon System

56th Field Artillery Command	4th Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment 266th Chemical Detachment 55th Support Battalion 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 193rd Aviation Company 38th Signal Battalion

59th Ordnance Brigade	41st Ordnance Company 579th Ordnance Company 74th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment 82nd U.S. Army Missile Detachment 85th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment

German Air Force	Missile Wing 1 Missile Wing 2

214th Field Artillery Brigade	2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment

1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade	2nd Missile Battalion, 79th Artillery Regiment 251st Ordnance Detachment

United States Army Missile Command	Pershing Project Manager's Office

United States Army Europe	Pershing Operational Test Unit

Treaties	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Equipment	AN/TRC-80 Radio Terminal Set M474 Carrier M656 Ford Truck M1001 MAN Truck

Other	Applied Physics Laboratory Pershing missile bibliography Pershing missile displays Pershing missile launches Pershing missile models Pershing Professionals Badge Pershing tab Deutschland 83

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