Pershing 1a Missile (1977)

[disamjisa]

Pretty cool to see all these Pershing soldiers on here. I was only born 5 years after Pershing 2 came into service.

Also pretty cool to see original footage detailing how the system works

[TxKimberly]

Many moons ago this was my career. If you think watching the thing load it's paper tape in memory was painfull, you should try troubleshooting and repairing the damn thing.

[disamjisa]

@TxKimberly Haha, well said.

[tribler58]

Back in those days we were the deterant to the Soviet SS120s you people may not know of these but we did ; thats why we did what we did!!!!!!!!!!!

[StiviGun1]

It takes so long to be made ready to fire that it can be destroyed long before it is made ready to fire. The Russians always made better tactical ballistic missile (and ICBMs for that matter) than the US. The Scud, the TR-1 Temp, Oka, Tochka and now Iskander M, they all need a fraction of the time of this missile to be made ready to fire.

[Taimak77]

My blackberry could have launched 50 of those missiles in 6 seconds...

[chiduce]

Yeah! "We Gave Peace A Chance"! Proud to be a Pershing Professional.

[bestamerica]

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come on american,,,

american can make many pershing missiles and can hit destroy all iran missiles, china missiles, north korea missiles, ussr russia missiles

[ShitFromTransASS]

@bestamerica no they can't. It would violate treaties.

[bestamerica]

ShitFromTransASS,

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who is THEY,,,

come on america,,,

america can make it many missiles / rockets, arms weapons,,,

look at north korea, iran, china, ussr russia, india, pakistan has alot of building missiles / rockets,,,

are countries breaks the treaties,,,

ussr russia is the worse break the treaty from america,,,

ussr russia did break the united nations rules and ignore america treaty

[ShitFromTransASS]

@bestamerica

You speak like angry arrogant kid who knows nothing about cold war history who knows nothing about Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty who knows nothing how many SS-4 SS-5 SS-12 SS-20 were honestly destroyed according to this treaty in USSR who can't give an example of even single treaty broken by USSR, but still claims bullshit who talks like 5 year old "USSRussia is bad evil bad copy steal buy bad China Russia"

[bestamerica]

ShitFromTransASS,

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thank explain,,,

dont use a word - YOU - on me,,,

who is WHO,,,

let explain about the country,,,

not me,,,

i am not interesting ussr russia

[ShitFromTransASS]

@bestamerica

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

[ShitFromTransASS]

@ShitFromTransASS

no, they can't. It would violate Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

[WinchesterRanger]

So that final stage was purely ballistic, no terminal guidance whatsoever, just spin-stabilization?

[NoTorr2000]

Programming, repairing, and maintaining this monster was my first career. (MOS 21G)

I just returned from Ft Sill where I saw one of the few Pershing 1A and Pershing 2's left in the world. :-)

[Evan20008]

I was on the BMRI Team 1974-76. Spent most of my time traveling from Kaserne to Kaserne inspecting unit's readiness in the field, on Sites, and in Kaserne's. Lived off-post and was always on TDY. Great assignment and worked with a great bunch of guys... General Robert Hankins was an awesome Commander.

[tramvaj12]

So this is the famous missile S-300 V build up to fight against it. Cool

[gus23a]

i´ve seen one of these at the lufwaffenmuseum in berlin gatow.



[RaiderEd92201]

74th USAFAD 78 to 80 A 3/9 and SVC 3/9 FA 80 to 82, My team went down range to fire about the time i was PCSing, when i got to Sill, My new Battery was firing with my old team, I fucken missed both!!! All we did was party our ass off, did a lot of QRA action at Ochsenhof, with the Rads!!! didnt realize how serious this shit was until I got out! had a hell of a time, Seen a P2 in the Smithsonian!!

[cwalls420]

I was one of the guys in this movie. The ARU operator to be sure none of it was too much fun. I was also one of the guys riding shotgun one one of the launchers. We called orrselves missile monkeys and cable humpers. Yes the were heavy. I also got to run the power station. That thing had a helcopter motor in it. A batry 3/9 F/A Ft. Sill, OK. 3rd patoon 76-78

[radioxdeath]

nukem til they glow then shootem in the dark

[bigcomcast]

I was in the 1/81 field artillery delta battery in 1981 to 1983 as an infantry guard. I remember being on the CAS site guarding the missiles with our magazines duck taped shut and our magazine pouches wired shut because some kid shot up a missile on the missile site a year before I got there! Remember those giegermiesters?

[disamjisa]

@ 7:10 Holy crap, the guys who made this movie know how to make compelling film.. a whole minute watching some guy pressing buttons on some crappy beeping 70s computer, whilst James Bond music plays in the background as if something exciting is happening.. lolling so hard

[zomfuqerrolflazrdor]

@disamjisa

On the contrary, it's freaking amazing to see how far we've come in 40 years!

[disamjisa]

@zomfuqerrolflazrdor I don't disagree. I'm constantly amazed and sometimes I feel like I'm living in the future (as paradoxical and silly as that sounds).

I'm constantly amazed that a little over ten years ago, we were playing snake on Nokia 5110s, now I couldn't imagine not having internet access on a smart phone, google maps, youtube (which didn't even exist ten years ago, and is now almost an institution)

[disamjisa]

@ 4:36 Fuck, that is excruciating, watching that 70s computer load for like two minutes

[Grumpyoldgeek100]

@disamjisa

Yeah, maybe a crappy film, but a bad-ass missile that seriously intimidated the Soviet Union and helped bring down the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall. 

[disamjisa]

@Grumpyoldgeek100 No doubt; the Pershing was a pretty impressive system. Just loling at the jaunty, nerdy hard-on the makers have for the bleeps and bloops of a hard-drive on wheels.

[JDkrazzzy]

I was in the 1st Bat / 81st FA. in New Ulm Germany 82-84 I was ARU Op then made SGT and was a Crew Chief it would Gen take about 3hrs to have these set up ready to fire, But To have everything up, it would be 6-8 hrs. it wasnt no picnic in the field. it was cold,wet,and muddy, not to mention the foot of snow in the winter.alot of Field Grade Art 15s was issued. they went from tracks to the trailer for the Speed the M757 would run around 65mph and cold be set up on Logging roads.

[TheFlwebwzrd]

I was 3/84 in Neckarsulm and 3/9 in Ft Sill. Worked on PII and trained German AF in White Sands, NM. Was also ARU and made e-5 early. Worst, yet somehow best years of my life. I am today what was required of me then.

[Wotbulb]

@JDkrazzzy I was there in Ulm in 71-72 ....... Great memories.

You're right ...... "alerts" out in the field were no picnic. Well described brother.

[ssgrock3]

the wheeled truck/trailer increased deployment time and capability. Tracks are slow. Wheeled vehicles can hit the autobahns and be across the country in hours. Other specifics you will have to ask a Missile tech. I was infantry support. I can tell you they can move these things pretty darn fast. A lot of times, they wouldn' t be too far behind us when we were clearing the next emplacement in the field.

[rodimus48prime]

Crap!!! It was suppose to be " 1st Battalion / 41st FA " Pershing I was in Alpha Battery 3rd Platoon...There was Pouncey -Road Dog-Sgt Mannigault-Foster-Kelly-Tin Man- Shakey Jake..Spent many a Cold Days out there with that Missile!!! Oh yeah!! Can't forget about B-More

[elviraups]

wow brings back memories, my husband was stationed at nelson barracks 579th ord co. 76-80. anybody out there

[rodimus48prime]

A-Btry 1st Bn / *1st FA (PERSHING ) ( 3rd Herd One More Time ) We say " Nuke em' til' they Glow then shoot em' in the DarK " I was there from 11/77 - 12/79

[ssgrock3]

with Cco 2/4inf in Heilbronn from 87' to 90'

any tower rats here?

[zootallures08]

I was in Wiley (Neu Ulm) "B" Battery 1st/81st from 11-71 til 5-73; "Best of times . . Worst of times. . . "

[PavelZ23]

Can you tell any targets in Czechoslovakia of your battery?

[JuanCarlosJones]

74th USAFAD @ Lagerlechfeld. '76-'78

[sneakers53]

I was stationed @ Wiley from 75-77.

Two, four, six, eight ,,, who do we obliviate?

Nuke em, nuke em, nuke em

[rodolphesimon]

Wow, such a happy ending.

[blaCKStrIPPA]

i live near heilbronn and i know the stories about the pershing missiles there^^

[dlprobert]

I served with Pershing in Heilbronn from 79-82...B battery 3/84 FA....this really does bring some memories!

[sbflash311]

You just missed me. I was at headquarters from 1973-78.

[PFW23]

At Wiley Barracks, Ulm, Germany 1971-72 ....Man, THIS brought back memories. EXCELLENT !!! FTA and the Herbies too ...yeah, man !!

[bones24inf]

"an infantry battalion was authorized and formed to provide additional security for the system; and, the 56th Artillery Group was reorganized and redesignated the 56th Field Artillery Brigade."

I served in A CO 2nd battalion 4th infantry attached to the 56 FA from 82-83.

[airraideagle]

Hi.

How powerful of a nuclear warhead did

Pershing carry?

It was a tactical warhead right?

[Legend813a]

The first models had a 300 kiloton warhead.

Later models had a dial-a-yield anywhere between 8 kt and 80 kt

[tiefmesser]

Pershing Ia had three warhead yields (that we had to physically change out using the H4211B and crane): Y1 = 60kt, Y2= 220kt, and Y3= 400kt. At PII training at Canaveral they told us about the select yield warhead. As I recall there were four settings of 1.5kt, 15kt, 30kt and 60kt. This gave the capability of taking out anything from a shopping mall to a large city. I also liked the simplicity of E.D. in that its nuclear capability was rendered useless by bashing the side of the warhead!

[Nater245689]

@airraideagle The Pershing I/IA had 60, 200, and 400 kiloton warhead options. I'm not sure if this was a dial-a-yield warhead or three different warhead configurations. The Pershing II had a dial-a-yield warhead of 5 to 80 kilotons and was far more accurate. There was also a planned earth penetrating warhead that was never deployed. I don't know if this was due to cost or due to the INF treaty.

[chacken69]

810 me

srry

[chacken69]

go to 7: 45 in the time

[chacken69]

as long communications are in order the old transformers type music is groovy enough.

[karlkcfi]

I served with Pershing 1A & 2 from 1983-1985 at Badenerhof Kaserne in Heilbronn. This brought memories of my training at Fort Sill and service in Germany.

[StiviGun1]

How much time was needed to emplace and get the Pershing missile ready for firing? Was it also capable of firing a non nuclear warhead, or just a nuclear warhead? How fast its TEL was?

[PzGreni362]

Die Pershing2 warn bei uns in der Nähe stationiert. Heilbronn Waldheide

[PershingPictures]

Awesome Video! Whoever found this and uploaded it nice find. Blackjack would have loved this missile system.

[dynmicpara]

Why does anything have to be "glamorous"? If something valid doesn't create enthusiasm its on YOU for not having imagination to see its aspects in creative ways. I'll give you a clue; compare the Pershing's SPEED to any aircraft flying today.

[Odie2fine]

B Co 55th mnt BN

Nu Ulm Germany

83 to 85

[generalderpanzer]

Thanks for the video.

[jeanpierre3930]

Hi,Youtube!

Is there any movie concerned about "Pershing 2 Missile"?

I'd like to see the movie concerned about "Pershing 2 Missile".

Please do me a favor(Pershing 2 Missile).

(not Pershing missile)

[goobectomy]

Sam Bell 1st, 81st 1985 where are you?

[mudylafeet]

very nice video,thanks for uploading

[chipman2269]

I served with P1A from 1970 to 1973. Not quite as glamorous as this video would indicate but the system was deadly accurate and was staffed by some of the best soldiers available at the time.

[Taterdawg63]

Yep they made it look glamorous but it wasn't. I was a Electronics Repairer 21L on this thing

[spec5army]

@Taterdawg63

I was a 21L20 from 1971-73 on Hardt in Schwabisch Gmund.

[Grumpyoldgeek100]

@spec5army

Me too. 71-72 at 578th in Neu Ulm.

[spec5army]

@Grumpyoldgeek100

Did you know Joe Kershen (sp)

[disamjisa]

@spec5army Were you guys told where your Pershings were targeted? Did it have a target already loaded in, or would you receive an order by radio telling you to insert tape x into machine, and it would load the targeting data?

[spec5army]

@disamjisa I was in support not a firing battery. I repaired the Guidance Sections and the PTS and other support equipment. So the answer is no in my role.

[disamjisa]

@spec5army Props to you for doing that. I hope it doesn't sound grandiloquent or obsequious to say that people like you ensured that Western Europe remained free, so that people like me can live in a free-market democracy like the UK now.

[spec5army]

@disamjisa I enjoyed my time with Pershing and played my small role. Thanks for your courteous reply. I did spend time in England on leave with my uncle, aunt and cousin. We want to go back to Europe within the next few years.

[Aberdumbie]

Holy cow.... I used this video to train new Pershing crewmen in the late 70's at the Army's field artillery school. This video certainly makes it look glamorous. NOT!

[doraipeich]

thank you for share this video!! i'm very interested in "old" electronics, for example, how can this missiles hit their tatget without GPS...