NATO Nuclear Artillery Units

Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdomin provided artillery units trained in the correct handling and operation of nuclear weapons and in some cases specialist logistic and security units. Their allocated nuclear weapons were in the custody of US Army Artillery Groups with subodinate US Army Artillery Detachments assigned to the national artillery units. The Groups were part of the 18 Ordnance Brigade.

At various times these artillery units operated:

MGR-1 Honest John free flight rocket
MGM-5 Corporal missile
MGM-29 Sergeant missile
MGM-52 Lance missile
8-inch (203mm) howitzer M1, M15, M110, M110A1, M110A2
155mm howitzer M109, M109A1, M109A2 and M109G.
MGM-31 Pershing 1A missile was operated by the German airforce.
Italy. Nuclear artillery was provided by Artillery Groups equipped with the MGR-1 Honest John free flight rockets, MGM-52 Lance missiles and 8-inch (203mm) howitzers.

The Italian units were:

3ª Brigata Missili "Aquileia":
3° Gr.Msl. Gruppo Missili "Volturno"
1° Gr.A.Pe. Gruppo Artiglieria Pesante "Adige"
9° Gr.A.Pe. Gruppo Artiglieria Pesante "Rovigo"
27° Gr.A.Pe.Smv. Gruppo Artiglieria Pesante Semovente "Marche"

French Nuclear Artillery Pluton (missile)

The Pluton missile was a French nuclear-armed short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) system launched from a transporter erector launcher (TEL) platform mounted on an AMX 30 tank chassis. It was designed to provide the tactical part of French nuclear deterrence during the Cold War.

The Pluton came in replacement of the U.S.-built Honest John missile. It had an operating range between 17 and 120km, with a CEP of 150 m. This short range only allowed strikes on targets in West Germany or within France itself, which led to the development of the longer ranged Hadès missile.

The system was relatively light-weight, which allowed its deployment in difficult conditions. A CT-20 drone was available to provide last-minute information about the target before launch, making the Pluton system battle-capable.

There were five Pluton regiments in the North of France, each having six launchers:

3rd Artillery Regiment in Mailly
4th Artillery Regiment in Laon
15th Artillery Regiment in Suippes
32nd Artillery Regiment in Oberrhoffen
74th Artillery Regiment in Belfort
A project for an updated version, called Super-Pluton, was dropped in favour of the Hadès project, and the aging Pluton was gradually discarded until completely retired in 1993.

USSR Nuclear Artillery

The First soviet projectile "capacitor" for 406-mm of the gun SM-54 (2А3) was released in 1956. Also mortar shot was made in 1957 for 420-mm smoothbore mortar 2B2 Oka - "transformer". After test essential defect were revealled beside both systems for use in combat condition and was an accepted decision not to put them on production in series.

In 1965 in USSR was accepted on arms first ingenious nucleus amunition ZBV3 consisting on arms of the Russian Army. Hereto time USA already possessed the broad nomenclature different nucleus artillery systems. It Is Caused this was that that main stress USSR did on missile technology and direction specialized nucleus artillery was considered not perspective. When making unified projectile under already existing technology required certain embedding and original decisions.

The particularity of the russian approach to nucleus artillery is that atomic amunitions unified in standard straightedge combat kit and do not need for specialized adaptation for their use.

Nucleus projectiles to USSR

406-mm nucleus projectile "capacitor" for gun SM-54 (2А3). (experimental never go in series)

420-mm nucleus mine "transformer" for mortar 2B2 Oka (experimental never go in series)

Consist on arms

152-mm nucleus projectile ZBV3 to 2S19 Msta-S, 2A65 Msta-B, 2S3 Acacia, 2S5 Giatsint-S, 2A36 Giatsint-B and towed gun D-20. The Power of the nucleus charge 1 kt , range of the shot 17,4 km. Are designed RFYAC-VNIITF im. academician E. I. Zababahina in town Snezhinsk.
180-mm projectile ZBV1 for 180-mm of the gun S-23, MK-3-180 (coast artillery earlier flot), range of the shot before 45 km
203-mm projectile ZBV2 to SPG 2S7 Pion, howitzer B-4M, range of the shot from 18 km before 30 km
240-mm mine ZBV4 for mortar M-240 and selfpropelled 2S4 Tulip Range of the shot in usual performance 9,5км in actively-reactive 18 km.

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