MGM-29 Sergeant | |
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![]() Launch of a MGM-29 | |
Type | Tactical ballistic missile |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1962–1979 |
Used by | United States Army German Army |
Production history | |
Designer | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Designed | 1955 |
Manufacturer | Sperry Utah |
No. built | ~500 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 10,100 lb (4,600 kg) |
Length | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Diameter | 31 in (79 cm) |
Warhead | W52 (M65) nuclear |
Blast yield | 200 kilotons of TNT (840 TJ) |
Engine | Thiokol XM100 200 kN (45,000 lbf) |
Propellant | Solid fuel |
Operational range | 75 nmi (139 km) |
Boost time | 34 sec |
Guidance system | Inertial |
The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The missiles were built by Sperry Utah Company. The Sergeant was the third and last in a series of JPL rockets for the US Army whose names correspond to the progression in Army enlisted ranks, starting with Private and Corporal.