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MGM-5 Corporal

Missiles And Guided Munitions

The MGM-5 Corporal was an American short range, nuclear armed tactical surface to surface ballistic missile, and the first guided weapon the United States authorized to carry a nuclear warhead. As a guided tactical ballistic missile it could deliver a nuclear fission, high explosive, fragmentation or chemical warhead to a range of about 75 nautical miles, or 139 kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Tactical ballistic missile 1
Introduced Year
1954 1
Source infobox service-history field reads 1954 to 1964 (deployed to Europe from 1955, replaced by MGM-29 Sergeant in 1964).
Introduced Year
1955 2
Classification
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
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British Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: MGM-5 Corporal
United States Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: MGM-5 Corporal
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1. Wikipedia: MGM-5 Corporal
Wikipedia
  • Introduction, first paragraph
    The MGM-5 Corporal missile was an American short-range, nuclear-armed tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missile. It was the first guided weapon authorized by the United States to carry a nuclear warhead.
  • service-status
    service = 1954-1964
  • Operated By: United States Army, Infobox, used by and service fields
    Infobox lists: United States Army
  • Operated By: British Army, Infobox, used by and service fields
    Infobox lists: British Army
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2. Wikidata: MGM-5 Corporal
Wikidata Q31852, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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