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Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (MADM) was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. It was an atomic demolition munition (ADM), a combat engineering device for demolition of structures and for battlefield shaping.
The Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (MADM) was a tactical nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. They were designed to be used as nuclear land mines and for other tactical purposes, with a relatively low explosive yield from a W45 warhead , between 1 and 15 kilotons .
Internal components of the Medium Atomic Demolition Munition setup. W45 warhead is to the right of the casing. The W45 was a multipurpose American nuclear warhead developed in the early 1960s, first built in 1962 and fielded in some applications until 1988. It had a diameter of 11.5 inches (290 mm), a length of 27 inches (690 mm) and weighed ...
SADM in its carry bag SADM hard carrying case A U.S. Army Special Forces paratrooper conducts a high-altitude low-opening military freefall jump with an MK–54 SADM. The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), also known as the XM129 and XM159 Atomic Demolition Charges, [1] and the B54 bomb [2] was a nuclear man-portable atomic demolition munition (ADM) system fielded by the US military ...
Soldiers trained to carry “special atomic demolition munitions” thought they were readying for suicide missions. What It Was Like To Carry the U.S. Military's Cold War Backpack Nuke Skip to ...
Atomic Demolition Munitions W7/ADM-B (c. 1954–1967) T4 ADM (1957–1963) Gun-type; W30/Tactical Atomic Demolition Munition (1961–1966) W31/ADM (1960–1965) W45/Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (1964–1984) W54/Special Atomic Demolition Munition (1965–1989) Missile and Rocket warheads. W4 for SM-62 Snark cruise missile (cancelled 1951)
The T4 was produced in 1957 from recycled W9 fissile components [1] and was in service until 1963, when it was replaced with W30 Tactical Atomic Demolition Munitions and W45 Medium Atomic Demolition Munitions. The weapon weighed 160 pounds (73 kg) and could be broken down into four 40 pounds (18 kg) sections for transport by a four-man crew. [1]
Underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain World War II-era munitions including anti-submarine weapons and smoke devices, marine researchers announced Friday. A survey of the known ...