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Transporter, Reentry Vehicle, Mark 4

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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum, it is either on loan or in storage.

Transporter, Reentry Vehicle, Mark 4

 

  • Summary

Country of Origin: United States of America

Dimensions:
3-D Test: 355.6 x 152.4 x 121.9cm (11 ft. 8 in. x 60 in. x 48 in.)

Materials:
Metal

This is a ground transporter for the Mark 4 reentry vehicle (RV). These RVs were used on U.S. Air Force Titan I and Atlas E/F intercontinental ballistic missiles that were deployed in the early 1960s, and they carried a W-38 nuclear warhead with a yield of about 3.75 megatons. Ground transporters were used to securely move the Mark 4 RVs, and with the missile in a horizontal position they were used to mate them to the missile. Both the manufacturer and donor are unknown.

Unknown donor


Inventory number: A19660029001