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 May 27, 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, Alabama
External images
Pershing 1 on pedestal
Located at Pershing Park on Honest John Road; Formerly located in front of Newhall Hall near Gate 10 until 2010[2]
Dedication plaque
Description plaque
The photo is mistakenly a PGM-11 Redstone launch
Air Force Space & Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Pershing II on erector launcher
Pershing 1 warhead and guidance and control section located in History Center
Removed from missile that was on display in the Rocket Garden and damaged in a hurricane
White Sands Missile Range Museum, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Pershing II on erector launcher
Pershing 1
U.S. Army Artillery Museum, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Pershing II on erector launcher
Pershing 1a on erector launcher
Pershing 1 on transporter erector launcher
U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center, Fort Lee, Virginia
Pershing 1 on transporter erector launcher
Located at Ordnance Circle
The air fins, one thrust reversal port cover, cable mast and retaining band are missing
External images
Sign
The Pershing 1 is misidentified as a Pershing II
Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia
External images
Pershing II
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
Pershing II with Soviet SS-20 Saber
Two Pershing II missiles and one launcher were donated to the Smithsonian; one missile was traded to the Central Armed Forces Museum for the SS-20; the launcher is in storage
Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Germany
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, Sinsheim, German
German Air Force Pershing 1a on erector launcher[3]
Pershing 1a Programmer Test Station and Power Station on MAN 630L2A truck
Dismounted Programmer Test Station console in museum
Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow, Russia
External images
Pershing II
Exchanged for a SS-20 now on display at the National Air and Space Museum

Former displays

Orlando, Florida
Jackson, Missouri
Pershing 1[4]
  • Given to the Orlando Sentinel by The Martin Company in the 1960s
  • Donated to VFW Post 4287 at Goldenrod Road, Orlando, Florida sometime after 1973; damaged in a storm and repaired; planned to be scrapped
  • Given to Kim Kline who stored it at his home for four years
  • Donated to the Special Operations Memorial Plaza in Missouri for refurbishment and display.
External images
Displayed in front of the Orlando Sentinel office
At the home of Kim Kline
U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
The three display missiles were removed from the outdoor display around 2008
External images
Pershing II on erector launcher
Pershing 1a on erector launcher
External images
Pershing 1 on transporter erector launcher
U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland
Pershing 1; removed when the museum moved in 2010
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Flugplatz Teveren
External images
Pershing 1
On display as late as 1985
Wiley Kaserne, Neu-Ulm, West Germany Displayed in front of Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment from at least 1969 but removed by 1983

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