MGM-52 Lance

4 Operators[3][4]

The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile eld artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (SRBM) system used to
provide both nuclear and conventional re support to the
United States Army. The missiles warhead was developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It was
replaced by MGM-140 ATACMS.

United States
US Army
1st Bn, 12th Field Artillery Regiment 19731992 Fort Sill[2]

1st Bn, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment 19751991 Hanau, Germany

Deployment

6th Bn, 33rd Field Artillery Regiment 19751987 Reag as 6th Bn, 32nd Field Artillery
Regiment 1987-91 Fort Sill[5] (One Btry was
Forward Deployed to South Korea)[6]

The rst Lance missiles were deployed in 1972, replacing (together with the US-Navys nuclear-tipped RIM2D & RIM-8E/B/D) the earlier Honest John rocket and
Sergeant SRBM ballistic missile, greatly reducing the
weight and bulk of the system, while improving both accuracy and mobility.[2]

2nd Bn, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment 19741987 Reag as 4th Bn, 12th Field Artillery
Regiment 1987-1991 Crailsheim, Germany

A Lance battery (two re units) consisted of two M752

launchers (one missile each) and two M688 auxiliary vehicle (two missiles each),[2] for a total six missiles. The
ring rate per unit was approximately three missiles per
hour.

3rd Bn, 79th Field Artillery Regiment 19741986 Reag as 2nd Bn, 32nd Field Artillery
Regiment 1986-? Giessen, Germany
1st Bn, 80th Field Artillery Regiment19741987 Reag as 3rd Bn, 12th Field Artillery
Regiment 1987-1991 Aschaenburg, Germany

Payload

1st Bn, 333rd Field Artillery Regiment 19731986 Reag as 3rd Bn, 32nd Field Artillery
Regiment 1986-? Wiesbaden, Germany

The payload consisted either of a W70 nuclear warhead

with a yield of 1-100 kt or a variety of conventional munitions. The W70-3 nuclear warhead version was one of the
rst warheads to be battleeld-ready with an enhanced
radiation (neutron bomb) capability. Conventional munitions included cluster bombs for use against SAM-Sites,
heat seeking Anti-Tank Cluster munitions or a single unitary conventional shape-charged warhead for penetrating
hard targets and for bunker busting. The original design
considered a chemical weapon warhead option, but this
development was cancelled in 1970.

2nd Bn, 377th Field Artillery Regiment 19741987 Reag as 2nd Bn, 12th Field Artillery
Regiment 1987-1992 Herzogenaurach, Germany
United Kingdom
British Army
50th Missile Regiment Royal Artillery
Israel

Deactivation

Israeli Defence Force

With the signing of the INF Treaty in 1987, the United
States Army began withdrawing Lance missiles from Europe. By 1992, all United States Army Lance warheads
were in storage awaiting destruction. Following its deactivation, surplus rockets were retained to be used as targets
for anti-missile systems.

Netherlands
Netherlands Army
129th Artillery Battalion 1979-1992
1

Belgium
Belgium Army
3rd Artillery Battalion
Italy

EXTERNAL LINKS

7 External links
Video of Lance missiles being launched by British
Army in 1992 - #1
Video of British Army Lance launches in 1992 - #2
Video of British Army Lance launches in 1992 - #3
Redstone Arsenal History - Lance

Italian Army
3rd Missile Brigade Aquileia (up to 1991,
then from 1992 to 2001, 3rd Missile Rgt)
Germany
German Army
150th Rocket Artillery Battalion
250th Rocket Artillery Battalion
350th Rocket Artillery Battalion
650th Rocket Artillery Battalion

See also
Sea Lance, a similarly named, but unrelated
submarine-launched missile.
List of military aircraft of the United States
List of missiles
M-numbers

References

[1] Lance Missile (MGM-52C)", U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost

Study Project, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution,
August 1998, retrieved October 11, 2011.
[2] Ripley, Tim. The new illustrated guide to the modern US
Army. Salamander Books Ltd. pp. 9293. ISBN 086101-671-8.
[3] http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/FieldArtillery/
Org%20Charts_Lance1.htm
[4] http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/FieldArtillery/
Org%20Charts_Lance.htm
[5] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/
6-32fa.htm
[6] http://wiley2-5fa.com/favorite.htm#lance

Herzobase.org - Lance Missile base in Germany

Designation Systems Article
Brookings Institution photos and data

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