Army·Doctrinal shift·In Memoriam
Davy Crockett Crewman
M28 / M29
Served: 1961–1971
Crewed a tripod- or jeep-mounted recoilless gun that fired the smallest nuclear weapon the US ever fielded — a 51-pound W54 warhead with a ~20-ton TNT yield.
The Story
Two live nuclear shots from a Davy Crockett were actually conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1962 — Little Feller I and Little Feller II. Robert F. Kennedy and General Maxwell Taylor watched Little Feller I in person.
Epitaph
“Smallest nuke. Shortest range. Largest unforced error.”
Sources
- Army History Foundationarmyhistory.org
- Wikipedia — Davy Crocketten.wikipedia.org