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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    attack submarine USS Grayback while carrying an actual atomic weapon, a W54 SADM.: 102  Green Light Teams wore fatigues without military markings or...
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    (1961–1966) W31/ADM (1960–1965) W45/Medium Atomic Demolition Munition (1964–1984) W54/Special Atomic Demolition Munition (1965–1989) Missile and Rocket warheads...
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    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...
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    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)...
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    device, which became the W54 warhead, was closer to a sphere, only 38 centimetres (15 in) long. One of the applications of the W54 was the Davy Crockett...
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