page_title: Davy Crockett (nuclear device)
section_title: Launcher
hierarchical_section_title: Davy Crockett (nuclear device) / Launcher
caption_attribution_description: Picture taken by myself, Mark Pellegrini, at the United States Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD) on August 14, 2007.
context_page_description: The M-28 or M-29 Davy Crockett Weapon System was the tactical nuclear recoilless gun for firing the M-388 nuclear projectile that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War. It was one of the smallest nuclear weapon systems ever built, with a yield between 10 and 20 tons TNT equivalent.
  It is named after American folk hero, soldier, and congressman Davy Crockett.
context_section_description: The M-388 could be launched from either of two launchers known as the Davy Crockett Weapon System(s): the 4.7-inch (120 mm) M28, with a range of about 1.25 miles (2.01 km), or the 6.1-inch (150 mm) M29, with a range of 2.5 miles (4.0 km). Both weapons used the same projectile, and were either mounted on a tripod launcher transported by an M113 armored personnel carriers, or they were carried by a Jeep (the M-38, and later the M-151).
  The Jeep was equipped with an attached launcher for the M28 or the M29, as required, whereas the Davy Crockett carried by an armored personnel carrier was set up in the field on a tripod away from the carrier. Weapons assigned to infantry units were carried in M113s, those allocated  to airborne units were carried on Jeeps.
  The Davy Crocketts were operated by a five-man crew, the squad consisting of a Commander, Gunner, Assistant Gunner, Loader and Computer. It was possible to break the smaller M28 weapon into five loads that could be carried by the crew. Operating the M28 or M29 versions of the weapon with a three-man crew was also possible.
  In the 3rd Armored Division in Germany in the 1960s many Davy Crockett Sections (all of which were in the Heavy Mortar Platoons, in Headquarters Companies of Infantry or Armor Maneuver Battalions) received what became a mix of M28 & M29 launchers [e.g., one of each per D/C section].  Eventually, the M28s were replaced by M29s, so that both the armored personnel carriers and the Jeeps carried the M29.
caption: A Davy Crockett casing preserved in the United States Army Ordnance Museum
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