Milford chronicle., 1961-05-12
Armed Forces Day
Program AT Aberdeen

display or weapons, missiles ana
other combat equipment, the first
public showing at Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground of the Nike-Zeus ami
missile missile. and open houses,
will highlight the Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground. Md. observance of the
18th annual Armed Forces Day.
Saturday. May 20. from 8 am. to
pm.
To insure that the thousands of
expected visitors will all have an
opportunity to see the weapons fir
ing demonstrations conducted by
the us. Army Ordnance Corps
Development and Proof Services.
two shoots" have been scheduled.
the first at 1880 am, the second
at 1880 pm.
Static displays of weapons and
equipment will range from the NJ
Ia rifle to the giant 2S0mm atomic
cannon. and will include seven
missiles and rockets from the at
Nike Zeus. other combat equip
ment will range from the mech
anical mule" to huge tank trans
porters.
The Nike-Zeus to be shown here
is the type that has already been
successfully fired in tests at White
Sands Missile Range, Nm.
Visitors will be invited to in
spect barracks. medical. recreation
al and religious facilities, brand
new troop dining hall, and the
Proving Grounds water filtration
plant. They will also see displays
prepared by post engineer. quart
ermaster and other agencies. and
special scientific exhibit of the A
rmy Ordnance Corps Ballistic Re-
search Laboratories.
Among the weapons to be fired
on the Proving Grounds famed
main Front" will be the Army's
new MIA rifle; the multi-barreled
Air Force Vulcan" 2Omm cannon
which fires up to 5000 rounds a
minute: 80 and 106mm recoilless
rifles firing at moving targets; the
$50 antitank rocket, also firing
at a moving target; mortars and
grenades; the Walker Bulldog"
and Patton" tanks, firing at NOV
ing targets; the Army's new M-60
main battle tank; flamethrowers;
salvos of As inch rockets. and new
amphibious, air transportable, al
minimum artillery.
The Is Sabre Jets of the 142nd
Tactical Fighter Squadron of the
Delaware Air National Guard will
begin their Commute demonstra-
ton at pm. with IL aerial events
scheduled These will range from
participation by all 16 planes in
precision maneuvers at $50 miles
per hour, to aerobatics at speeds
up to 500 miles per hour.
Among the weapons to be on
display in the exhibit arranged by
the Army Ordnance Training Com
mand and Ordnance School, will
be complete families of small arms
automatic weapons. mortars, re-
coilless rifles, towed and self-pro-
PEELED artillery. and combat vehicl-
es Visitors will also be able to
"fire" an $50 anit-tank missile
using an electronic simulator.
The missile and rocket display
will include the Little John and
Honest John rockets, each capable
of firing atomic or high-explosive
warheads; the Nike-Ajax and Nike
Hercules air defense missiles,
which are on site and operational
in the US. and overseas: the Nike
Zeus; the SS-1O and the huge Cor
poral missile.
The Army Ordnance Corps Ball
oh n q
planned elaborate displays of sci
entific and research and develop
ment equipment These will include
a mock up of a nuclear reactor;
displays of the evolution of COM
puter technology. including COM
ponents OF the worlds first elect
ronic computer; displays of PEN
etration of armor plate by shaped
charges: a display of a Ballistic
Research Laboratories high-speed
camera taking pictures at one
tenth of a millionth of a second
exposure: and a display showing
the method of measuring the speed
of a projectile while IL Is still in
the barrel of the weapon.
The Army Ordnance Corps Mus
cum. housing the biggest known
collection of foreign and American
Ordnance equipment will be open
throughout the day. Visitors to the
museum will be able to see. for
example. the entire family" Of
German tanks from the Mark | of
1888 to the 1945 King Tiger; Russ
ian tanks tested here during World
War III and Russian T-34s captur-
ed from the North Korean Com
munists in 1852. during the Korean
War. and shipped here; a complete
German w rocket. "granddaddy
Of all American and Russian miss
lies and rockets of today, a vi
and other earlier German rock
cts: Japanese and Italia n
tanks. Russian and Czech artillery
and every tank and self-propelled
gun developed by the us. Army.
Rations from the salt pork and
beans of the Revolutionary War to
the newest battle and survival
packs OF today's Army will be dis
played by the Proving Ground
Quartermaster Branch. which will
also present live and static dis
plays OF dress. work and battle
uniforms.
Amateur and professional photo
graphers will be invited TO "shoot"
everything and anything they see
here on Armed Forces Day, a de-
parture from the normal Proving
Ground ban against photography.