Description
Supersonic, bomblet loaded, surface-to-surface missile designed to provide toxic offensive capability.
The M212 nonpersistent GB gas guided missile warhead section was designed to provide a GB weapon for the Sergeant artillery guided missile system.
The M212 was a surface-to-surface munition powered by a solid propellant rocket motor that burned to completion on each flight. The warhead was cone shaped with an aluminum skin, and was loaded with 330 bomblets (i.e., M139 [E130R2]) for GB or 720 bomblets (i.e., E143) for VX. The fuze was in the nose section.
Since the warhead compartment was volume limited, the fore and aft dividers were eliminated. Four longitudinal non-load carrying detonating cord back up bars were held tightly against the inside skin surface by clips, and recessed into the forward and aft bulkheads. Detonating cord was also located circumferentially in these bulkheads.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Source(s)
Old Chemical Weapons and Related Materiel Reference Guide (2018)
