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Show ''! - "'w, . . - ,1 MZe - . i i " j ' I r JA Y" ' ' ' " $ . ; . ; " x ' l V . . . vv ;j A long convoy of Army vehicles passed through Moab Monday and Tuesday escorted escort-ed by City Police. The convoy represents troops from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma who have been supporting the German firings of the two-stage Pershing missiles, maneuvers which ended August 7. The troops have been stationed at Gilson Butte south of Green River. The fall series of missile firings will resume in mid- October. (T-l Photo) Gilson Butte Missile Firings Over For How, Troops Rturn to Base ; WHITE SANDS MISSILE Range, N. M., Aug. 8 Pershing Pl-A completed its service test firing series last Wednesday with two successful succes-sful launches from Gilson Butte, Utah, impacting on the range. U. S. Army troops of the 2nd Battalion, 44th Artillery, Ft. Sill, used the new ground support equipment equip-ment in launching the missiles. mis-siles. i Wednesday's firing also concluded the current Pershing Persh-ing series from Gilson Butte. A total of nine missiles were launched since June 20. ' Although the missile remains re-mains unchanged in the Pl-A the system's four tracked vehicles give way to wheels for all ground support equipment. equip-ment. The highly - mobile, fast - responding reactorH-launcher reactorH-launcher carries the complete com-plete two-stage missile on a single carrier towed by an eight-wheeled prime mover, a variation of the five-ton M656 truck developed for the Army by Ford Motor Co. Other systems improvements improve-ments center on the programmer prog-rammer test station and a completely new battery control con-trol central linked by communications com-munications to higher headquarters. head-quarters. The Fersning launches Sjrved as annual service practice for the firing units and furthered testing of the system's capabilities. 1 White Sands Missile Range personnel and equipment provided ground and flight safety, data collection and recovery of missile components. |