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The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal. [ notes 1 ] Originally designated Artillery Rocket XM31 , the first unit was tested on 29 June 1951, with the first production rounds delivered in January 1953.
50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery (sometimes nicknamed '50 Miserable' [1]) was an artillery regiment of the British Army.From the late 1950s it was stationed with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany, at Northumberland Barracks, Menden, equipped with 8-inch towed howitzers, the Honest John, and, from 1976, the MGM-52 Lance surface to surface missile.
The Honest John was a short-range surface-to-surface tactical ballistic rocket used by the US Army. Three yield variants, also apparently 2, 20 and 40 kilotons, were deployed on Honest John missiles from 1959 to 1987. A total of 1,650 Honest John W31 warheads were produced. [3]
The flight of the Honest John is stabilized by a spin that is imparted to the rocket by spin rockets after the round leaves the launcher. The XM51 Little John rocket flight is stabilized by applying spin to the rocket while on the launcher, just before firing. This manual method of stabilization was called "spin-on-straight-rail" (SOSR). [1]
John Battersby, councillor in Glasgow and trade union leader; John Bowen (alderman), High Sheriff of Worcestershire John Fielden, British politician; Mad Jack Fuller, British politician who preferred to be known as "Honest John" Fuller
The M65 atomic cannon, often called Atomic Annie, [6]: 92 was an artillery piece built by the United States and capable of firing a nuclear device. It was developed in the early 1950s, at the beginning of the Cold War; and fielded between April 1955 and December 1962, in West Germany, South Korea and on Okinawa.
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In the September 1970 Order of Battle – USAREUR/7th Army Non-divisional Artillery, the 3rd MSL Bn, 21st FA (Honest John) was included in VII Corps Artillery, 72nd Field Artillery group, Fiori Bks, Aschaffenburg, Germany. The unit was inactivated 30 September 1974. [6]