Keywords: Pershing 1 (17 April 1963).png en Perfect Pershing ” Pershing artillery missile blasts off on start of successful 190-mile flight after it was bounced on it carrier vehicle over rugged terrain to simulate battlefield conditions This Pershing was the first fired by an all-Army crew which had to use an age-old battlefield tool ” a sandbag ”before it could be launched Sandbag was placed under one side of carrier vehicle when concrete benchmark on which it rested was out of line 1963-04-17 Scan of photo U S Army other versions PD-USGov Pershing missile launches |