Pershing missile displays

There are a number of Pershing missile displays of inert missiles in the U.S, Germany and Russia. The Pershing systems were eliminated after the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988.[1] The treaty allowed for a total of fifteen Pershing II and GLCM missiles for display and seven Pershing IIs were retained. A number of Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a missiles are also on display.

Current displays

Redstone Arsenal

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama played an important role in the development, fielding and management of Pershing. The United States Army Missile Command managed the system and technicians were trained at the United States Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School.

A Pershing 1 missile was originally located in front of Newhall Hall near Gate 10 until 2010.[2] It is now located at Pershing Park on Honest John Road and is mounted on a pedestal. The plaque with a launch photo is mistakenly a PGM-11 Redstone launch.

A Pershing 1a and a Pershing II that were once on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are in storage on the arsenal.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Test launches of the Pershing were performed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Air Force Space and Missile Museum has a Pershing II on erector launcher in an outside display.[3] The History Center has a Pershing 1 warhead and guidance and control section that was removed from a missile that was on display in the Rocket Garden and damaged in a hurricane.

White Sands Missile Range

Test launches of the Pershing were also performed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The White Sands Missile Range Museum has a Pershing II on erector launcher and a Pershing 1 in the outdoor display.

Fort Sill

The United States Army Field Artillery School was located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The school trained Field Artillery officers and enlisted crewman for Pershing. The United States Army Artillery Museum has all three types of Pershing on their launcher.

Fort Lee

The United States Army Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama was renamed to the Ordnance Munitions and Electronic Maintenance School in 2002 and moved to Fort Lee (Virginia), Virginia in 2011. The United States Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland was moved to Fort Lee in 2010 and is now the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center. The OTHC has a Pershing 1 on transporter erector launcher located at Ordnance Circle. The air fins, thrust reversal port covers, cable mast and retaining band are missing and the sign misidentifies the missile as a Pershing II.

Virginia Air and Space Center

The Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia has a Pershing II in an indoor display.[4]

National Air and Space Museum

Two Pershing II missiles and one launcher were donated to the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC. One missile was traded to the Central Armed Forces Museum for a Soviet SS-20 Saber. The erector launcher is in storage. The Pershing II and SS-20 are in an indoor display.

Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow

The Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Germany has a German Air Force Pershing 1a on erector launcher with Magirus-Deutz Jupiter 6x6 truck. The work platform has been removed from the erector launcher and the missile is blocked at a display angle.

Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum

The Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany has an outdoor display of a German Air Force Pershing 1a on erector launcher and a programmer test station and power station on MAN 630L2A truck.[5] A console from the programmer test station is on display inside the museum.

Central Armed Forces Museum

The Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow, Russia has a Pershing II in an outdoor display. It was received from the National Air and Space Museum in exchange for a SS-20.

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Pershing II

Former displays

Orlando, Florida

The Martin Company gave a Pershing 1 to the Orlando Sentinel in the 1960s and it was displayed in front of the offices. It was donated to VFW Post 4287 at Goldenrod Road, Orlando, Florida sometime after 1973. It was damaged in a storm and repaired. The missile was removed for repairs to the waste system. It was in bad shape and planned to be scrapped. it was given to Kim Kline who stored it at his home for four years before he donated it to the Special Operations Memorial Plaza in Jackson, Missouri for refurbishment and display in 2010.[6]

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Displayed in front of the Orlando Sentinel office
At the home of Kim Kline

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama had all three variants of Pershing on their launchers. The three display missiles were removed from the outdoor display around 2008. The Pershing 1 was donated to the U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center where it was refurbished and is now on display. The Pershing 1a and Pershing II are in storage at Redstone Arsenal.

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Pershing II
Pershing 1

U.S. Army Ordnance Museum

The U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland had a Pershing 1 on outdoor display. It was removed when the museum moved to Fort Lee in 2010.

NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen

NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Flugplatz Teveren, West Germany was the home of Missile Wing 2, West German Air Force. A Pershing 1 was on display as late as 1985.

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Pershing 1

Wiley Kaserne

1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment at Wiley Kaserne, Neu-Ulm, West Germany had a Pershing 1 displayed in front of the headquarters building from at least 1969 but removed by 1983.

References

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