The W54 (also known as the Mark 54 or B54) was a tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States in the late 1950s. The weapon is notable for...

recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile, armed with the W54 nuclear warhead, that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War...

semi-active radar homing. The GAR-11 used a sub-kiloton (250 ton) yield W54 warhead shared with the "Davy Crockett" M388 recoilless rifle projectile...

as nuclear weapons with destructive yields of 10 tons of TNT (e.g., the W54 warhead design) might be used more willingly at times of crisis than warheads...

attack submarine USS Grayback while carrying an actual atomic weapon, a W54 SADM.: 102  Green Light Teams wore fatigues without military markings or...

several different types of lightweight nuclear devices. The main one was the W54, a cylinder 40 by 60 cm (about 16 by 24 inches) that weighed 23 kg (50 lb)...

projectile fired by the portable Davy Crockett recoilless gun. The M-388, a W54 nuclear warhead variant, weighed less than 60 pounds (27 kg). At the projectile's...

(1961–1966) W31/ADM (1960–1965) W45/Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (1964–1984) W54/Special Atomic Demolition Munition (1965–1989) Missile and Rocket warheads...

device, which became the W54 warhead, was closer to a sphere, only 15 inches (38 cm) long. One of the applications of the W54 was the Davy Crockett XM-388...

17, 1962 as part of Operation Sunbeam. They were both tests of stockpiled W54 warheads, the smallest nuclear warheads known to have been produced by the...