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The M474 was in the 1960s in the United States developed missile launch vehicle based on a modified M113 chassis, which for the start and transport of the Pershing I was conceived.
Conception
The Pershing I (MGM-31) was the US forces’ first short-range ballistic missile to be deployed outside the US. According to the operational doctrine of the MGM-31, the system should be mobile and be able to act largely autonomously. The Pershing-I system alongside the USA, only by the missile squadrons of Air Force used.
Four M474s were used in the first version of the MGM-31. One M474 carried the missile, another the warhead and two more M474s acted as the "Guidance and Control Section" (G&C) and as a generator.
- Technical data of the M474
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Transport vehicles :
- Speed: 65 km / h
- Driving range: 200 km
- Length: 5.5 m
- Width: 2.4 m
- Mass: 5.4 tons
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Start vehicle (TEL) :
- Developer: Thompson Ramo Wooldridge
- Speed: 65 km / h
- Driving range: 200 km
- Length: 6.0 m
- Width: 2.1 m
- Height: 2.7 m
- Mass: 2.6 tons
Web links
Commons : M474 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Brief introduction of the Pershing system illustrating the various roles M474 (English)
- Brief introduction of the M474 (English)