MGM-13 Mace

The Martin Mace (designated as TM-76 tactical missile until 1963 then as MGM-13 for mobile-launched and CGM-13 for container-launched versions) is a tactical surface-to-surface missile developed from the MGM-1 Matador. Development began in 1954 with first launch in 1956. Mace was launched from a mobile trailer or a hardened bunker using a solid fuel booster rocket for initial acceleration and an Allison J33-A-41 turbojet for flight.

* 29 April 1974 – A USAF Martin MGM-13 Mace of the 4751st ADS, crashed in a wooded area of Eglin AFBmarker, Florida, approximately ~1.1
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Made by Glenn L. Martin Company.

It is the successor of the MGM-1 Matador .

to the longer ranged MGM-13 Mace missile soon after its arrival.3
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Predecessor
MGM-1 Matador
Diameter Alt
1.4 m
Length Alt
13.6 m
Speed Main
650 mph
Lists
* List of military aircraft of the United States* List of missiles
Range Main
1
400 mi
Launch Mass Main
18000.0
Altitude Alt
12
000 m
Introduced
1959
Status
Retired
Developed From
MGM-1 Matador
Warhead
Conventional or nuclear
Thrust 2 Main
5200
Retired
1970.0
Unit Cost
452000.0
Thrust 1 Main
100000
Height Main
292.1
Diameter Main
137.16
Thrust 2 Alt
23.0
Primary user
United States Air Force
Span Alt
6.99 m
Stage
1
Launch Platform
mobile trailer** CGM-13B
Manufacturer
Glenn L. Martin Company
Speed Alt
570
First Flight
1956
Launch Mass Alt
8200.0
Span Main
698.5000000000001
Thrust 1 Alt
445.0
Length Main
1356.3600000000001
Sequence
CIM-10 - PGM-11 - AGM-12 - MGM-13 - MIM-14 - RGM-15 - CGM-16-HGM-16* B- sequence
Range Alt
1200
Related
* MGM-1 Matador
Altitude Main
up to 40
000 ft
Category
Cold War cruise missiles
Cold War nuclear missiles
Nuclear cruise missiles of the United States

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