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Both recoilless guns proved to have poor accuracy in testing, so the shell's greatest effect would have been its extreme radiation hazard. The M-388 would produce an almost instantly lethal radiation dosage (in excess of 10,000 rem) within 500 feet (150 m), and a probably fatal dose (around 600 rem) within a quarter mile (400 m).[3]

The warhead was tested on July 7, 1962 in the Little Feller II weapons effects test shot, and again in an actual firing of the Davy Crockett from a distance of 1.7 miles (2.72 km) in the Little Feller I test shot on July 17. This was the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada Test Site.

Production of the Davy Crockett began in 1956, with a total of 2,100 being made. The weapon was tested between 1962 and 1968 at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi island, with 714 M101 spotter rounds (not live warheads) that contained depleted uranium.[4][5] The weapon was deployed with US Army forces from 1961 to 1971. It was deactivated from US Army Europe (in West Germany) in August, 1967.[6]

Versions of the W54 warhead were also used in the Special Atomic Demolition Munition project and the AIM-26A Falcon.

Mk-54 (Davy Crockett) — 10 or 20 ton yield, Davy Crockett Gun warhead
Mk-54 (SADM) — variable yield 10 ton to 1 kiloton, Special Atomic Demolition Munition device
W-54 — 250 ton yield, warhead for AIM-26 Falcon air-to-air missile
The 55th and 56th Infantry Platoons, attached to the Division Artillery of the US 82nd Airborne Division, were the last units equipped with the M-29 Davy Crockett weapons system. These two units were parachute deployed and, with a 1/2 ton truck per section, (3 per platoon) were fully air droppable. The units were deactivated in mid-1968.

 

Kids, what can you do?

 

Green beer - so fun....

 

my tuner is a Nuke!

 

Tac air, Death on call

 

Yes, she is blowing some tea...

 

Hey Chello, Suck it up down under...lol

 

Chuck who???













It may be Chucklehead Norris's birthday....but Chuck ain't the only bad@ss in town.

 

Yeah, middleweight karate world champion six years in a row, 8th degree Grand Master in Tae Kwan Do. I bet he's just shaking at the thought of actors, administrators, and cranky chefs...

 

Go ahead. Dis this MF.

 

Mosin - best flashlight evaH!

 

or not. Who needs bullets when you have Russian Iron?

 

yessir, yes they are!