Pershing Ia

Gilson Butte - Pershing IB and Pershing II RR
... Pershing IB was a single stage, reduced range version of Pershing II with the same range as the Pershing IA ... The Pershing II launcher was designed so that the cradle could be easily repositioned to handle the shorter missile body ... The intent was to replace the German Air Force's Pershing IA systems with Pershing IB, since SALT II limited the range of German-owned missiles ...

Gilson Butte - Pershing IA - Women
... (46N, Ordnance Branch) graduated from the Pershing course at Redstone Arsenal in 1974 ... The first female enlisted Pershing missile crewmembers (15E, Field Artillery) graduated in 1978, as did the first female Field Artillery officer ...