MGM-13 Mace

Infobox Aircraft
name=Martin CGM/MGM-13 Mace


caption=CGM-13 test launch from at Cape Canaveral. Photo USAF Museum Photo Archives
type=Surface-to-surface tactical missile
manufacturer=Glenn L. Martin Company
designer=
first flight=1956
introduced=1959
retired=Early 1970s
status=Retired
primary user=United States Air Force
more users=
produced=
number built=
program cost=
unit cost=$452,000
developed from=MGM-1 Matador
variants with their own articles=

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. Deployment began in 1959 with the missile remaining in service until the early 1970s. Some missiles were used as target drones because their size and performance resembled aircraft.

Variants

* Mace A - equipped with ATRAN (Automatic Terrain Recognition And Navigation) terrain-matching radar navigation.
* Mace B - inertial navigation system, increased range.

urvivors

Below is a list of museums which have a Mace missile in their collection:
*National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
*Air Force Space & Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
*Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
*Museum of Aviation, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia MGM-13A Serial #58-1465 [ [http://www.museumofaviation.org/aircraftCollection/missiles_drones/09-mgm13a.htm Museum of Aviation Website] ]

pecifications

rocket specifications
span main=22 ft 11 in
span alt=6.99 m
diameter main=4 ft 6 in
diameter alt=1.4 m
length main=44 ft 6 in
length alt=13.6 m
height main=9 ft 7 in
empty mass main=
empty mass alt=
launch mass main=18,000 lb
launch mass alt=8,200 kg

stage1=1× Thiokol solid fuel booster rocket
thrust1 main=100,000 lbf
thrust1 alt=445 kN
stage2=1× Allison J33-A-41 turbojet
thrust2 main=5,200 lbf
thrust2 alt=23 kN

guidance=
launch platform=
** MGM-13A: mobile trailer
** CGM-13B: silo

speed main=650 mph
speed alt=570 kn, 1,000 km/h
range main=1,400 mi
range alt=1,200 nmi, 2,300 km
altitude main=up to 40,000 ft
altitude alt=12,000 m

warhead=Conventional or nuclear
fuzes=

ee also

aircontent
related=
* MGM-1 Matador
sequence=
* "M-" sequence: CIM-10 - PGM-11 - AGM-12 - MGM-13 - MIM-14 - RGM-15 - CGM-16/HGM-16
* "B-" sequence: GAM-72 - XSM-73 - SM-75 - TM-76 - GAM-77 - SM-78 - GAM-79
lists=
* List of military aircraft of the United States
* List of missiles

References

External links

* [http://www.mace-b.com/38TMW/Missiles/History.htm Part One - The Development of the Matador and Mace Missiles]
* [http://www.mace-b.com/38TMW/Missiles/mace.htm Part Two - History of the Matador and Mace Missiles]
* [http://www.mace-b.com/38TMW/Missiles/flight.htm Part Three - Matador and Mace Missile Guidance and Flight Controls]
* [http://www.SembachMissileers.org Sembach Missileers]