Tuesday, October 20, 2009

MGM-5 Corporal Missile by DINKY TOYS

No. 666 Corporal Missile Erector Vechile and Launcher




















The American-made MGM-5 Corporal missile was the first Guided Weapon authorised by the US to carry a nuclear warhead. A surface-to-surface guided missile, the Corporal could deliver either a nuclear fission or high-explosive warhead up to a range of 75 nautical miles (139 km).

The first U. S. Army Corporal battalion was deployed in Europe in 1955 and remained in service till 1964 -
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