Pershing missile models

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There are a number of Pershing missile models of the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile Systems and of the Pershing II Weapon System.

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Scale models

I Love Kit

Modelcollect

Tetra Model Works

Arsenal M

Monogram

Monogram released several kits with multiple missiles on a base. All have been discontinued. [9]

H&K-87

H&K-87 specialized in 1:87 military models. The company was sold to United Fun in 1988. All Pershing models have been discontinued. [10]

Pershing 1

Pershing 1a

Pershing 1a; mistakenly listed as Pershing II

United Fun

United Fun purchased H&K-87 in 1988. They carried the Pershing 1a series for a time but they are now discontinued. [11]

Martin Marietta

Martin Marietta's Engineering Prototype Laboratory created a model in the 1970s. Discontinued. [12] One of these models was held by the CIA. [13]

Shizukyo

Marco's Miniatures

Flying model rockets

The Launch Pad

Polecat Aerospace

Polecat produced the Pershing II from 2008 to 2010. [16]

Estes

Estes Industries produced the Pershing 1a from 1974 to 1983

Boyce Aerospace Hobbies

Neubauer Rockets

Presentation models

Topping

Topping Models produced several versions of Pershing for presentation use. Several examples are in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. [18] [19] [20]

Model and Pattern Works

Model & Pattern Works is run by Pershing veteran Steve Mackay who produces high quality wooden models. [21]

Gaming models

Shapeways

Shapeways has several small scale models mainly intended for gaming. [22]

Other

Martin and Martin Marietta built large-scale models as demonstrators and as training aids for the military. [23] A Pershing 1a model is in the collection of the U.S. Army Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. A Pershing II model was built for the East German Spetsnaz for training.

References

  1. "M1001 w/M790 Erector Lanucher Trailer". I Love Kit. 63527.
  2. "USA M983 HEMTT Tractor With Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher". Modelcollect. UA72077.
  3. "U.S. Army M1001 tractor and Pershing II tactical missile, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, Wiley Barracks, Neu Ulm". Modelcollect. AS72101.
  4. "U.S. Army M983 Hemtt tractor and Pershing II tactical missile". Modelcollect. AS72110.
  5. "Nato M1001 MAN Tractor & Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher". Modelcollect. UA72084.
  6. "1/72 USA M983 Tractor w/Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher Detail up set (for Model collect)". Tetra Model Works. ME-72007.
  7. "1/72 NATO M1001 Tractor & Pershing II Missile Launcher Detail-up Set (for ModelCollect)". Tetra Model Works. MME-72010.
  8. "MGM-31 Pershing II auf TEL, komplett neues RP-Modell". Arsenal M.
  9. "Deadly Missile Arsenal: 1:144 Scale Cold War Nuclear Killers from Monogram". Scale Model News. 25 May 2013.
  10. "H&K-87". 87thscale.info.
  11. "Pershing 1A - KHD Tractor + Launcher Trailer XM657 (1/87)". United Fun.
  12. "Almost One of a Kind 1/32 Pershing 1A Tractor & Launcher". Fine Scale Modeler. 28 November 2007.
  13. "Three-Dimensional Model Announcement" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017.
  14. Kodera, Craig (2015). Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits. Specialty Press. p. 85.
  15. "Pershing". The Launch Pad.
  16. "Pershing II". Polecat Aerospace.
  17. "Micro Pershing 1A Kit". Neubauer Rockets.
  18. "Model, Missile, Pershing I, 1:48". National Air and Space Museum.
  19. "Model, Missile, Pershing I". National Air and Space Museum.
  20. "Model, Missile, Pershing I, 1:24". National Air and Space Museum.
  21. "Model & Pattern Works".
  22. "Pershing". Shapeways.
  23. "Modelers at Work in Aviation, Space and Electronics". American Modeler. Condé Nast. August 1962.