Bendix Guidance Computer

[Joe R.]

  It's for the later model Pershing I missiles. A number of these were
given the Germans after the USA started switching to the Pershing IIs. That
explains it's presense in Germany.

   Joe (x-Pershing II engineer)


At 03:23 PM 10/12/05 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi everybody!
>
>Firstly, if anybody tried contacting me in the last month, please forgive me
>for being absent. I'm still catching up on my e-mail backlog since I had a
>math exam on 10th of October that was quite important to prepare for.
>
>Next, we've received quite an interesting donation at the University Museum
>yesterday: what looks like an electromechanical guidance system for a
>missile. A few photos are on 
>
>http://www.iser.uni-erlangen.de/anzeigen.php?inventarnummer=I1062
>
>(click on small one for bigger version, click "Weitere Infos" (further
>information) for two pictures of the innards (front and back)).
>
>I'm asking here because we'd like to acquire some background information on
>this unit, what type of missile it came from and so on. According to its
>former owner, it was purchased from a scrapper in the mid-70s.
>
>A small metal nameplate above the connectors reads:
>
>| U.S. | Guidance Computer | G&C |
>| PART NO.10586600-39 |MOD NO.4  |
>| SER NO.   614       |WT. 55.75 |
>| MFD BY THE BENDIX CORP E-P DIV |
>| CONTR.NO.DA-01-021-AMC-11344 Z |
>|     ARMY MISSILE COMMAND       |
>
>Below that is a sticker reading "SA PROGRAM" with four boxes, the first one
>stamped "T2". The small dial between the connectors (two of which are
>covered with adhesive tape) is an hours run meter with two hands, indicating
>a run time of 157 hours. Next to that is a sticker with "Pueblo Army Depot"
>and a large "R" in a box. There is also a material tag of the Bundeswehr
>(German armed forces) stuck onto one lid.
>
>On the inside, there are eight (!!) subassemblies of mechanical calculating
>gear, as follows:
>CR/SA DISPLACEMENT MODULE, 2x
>CR/SA VELOCITY MODULE, 2x
>PROGRAM GEN. MODULE
>SR VELOCITY MODULE
>SR INTEGRATOR MODULE
>SR DIPLACEMENT MODULE.
>
>The last three are linked via gear trains, the first five only have electric
>I/O. There are lots of Autosyn Transmitters, precision potentiometers,
>switches, small relays and motors on those!
>
>As far as electronics go, we have:
>SERVO AMPLIFIER MODULE 5x
>INT MOD & PREAMP MODULE 2x
>CUTOFF NULL DET. MODULE
>ROLL ARMING MODULE
>ELECTRICAL MODULE
>VOLTAGE MONITORING MODULE.
>
>There was no documentation whatsoever with it, so if it is declassified by
>now (I hope so), any information (or pointer to) is welcome.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>-- 
>Arno Kletzander
>Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen
>www.iser.uni-erlangen.de
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