The Davy Crockett was fielded. A friend of mine, a retired Artillery Lt Col
commanded a battery of them when they were fielded. I don't recall him
having much good to say about the survivability due to their own nuclear
effects, but he has never bad-mouthed the system itself.
Relatively small yield tactical nukes have been the domain of the Field
Artillery for several years. With the conventional forces Europe (CFE)
and the drawdown, the Artillery has lost its nuclear mission. Don't think
anyone has cried about that as the nuclear surety and control was a
pain. I recall the day the mission went away.....a cheer went up across
the battalion!
If you are really interested, I might be able to get some more specific
information out of my friend on the Davy Crocket.....at least what he
might recall.
As for they system, I've seen a couple of Davy Crockett equipped
M38A1s for sale in the past couple of years, neither of which was
restored. If memory serves me, Daryl Bensinger had one recently
adverstised.
Jim Rice
Fort Sill, Oklahoma--Fire Support Center for the Free World
'43 GPW
'67 M151A1
>>> "Todd Paisley" <paisley@erols.com> 04/23/98 11:21pm >>>
I was at a car show today and picked up an interesting DOD photo of a
M38A1
with the caption "DAVY CROCKETT, a two-man field gun that can fire
atomic
warheads. This is one of a whole new "generation" of small
A-weapons now
being held back because present designs waste atomic materials.
Officials
say this waste can be "drastically" reduced by tests and redesign."
Interesting photo dated 1960. I take it that further tests were not done? I
think I have seen everything a Jeep can do now....
Todd Paisley
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