page_title: MGM-18 Lacrosse
hierarchical_section_title: MGM-18 Lacrosse
caption_attribution_description: MGM-18 Lacrosse
context_page_description: The MGM-18 Lacrosse was a short-ranged tactical ballistic weapon intended for close support of ground troops.
  Its first flight test was in 1954 and was deployed by the United States Army beginning in 1959, despite being still in the development stage. The program's many technical hurdles proved too difficult to overcome and the missile was withdrawn from field service by 1964.
context_section_description: The MGM-18 Lacrosse was a short-ranged tactical ballistic weapon intended for close support of ground troops.
  Its first flight test was in 1954 and was deployed by the United States Army beginning in 1959, despite being still in the development stage.  The program's many technical hurdles proved too difficult to overcome and the missile was withdrawn from field service by 1964.
caption: MGM-18 Lacrosse on an XM-398 Launcher
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