I have two of the missiles below in my "parts stash", and they seem "ideal" to use for a future whif. I know I have had these missiles since the mid-1960's. They were made by Monogram, and part of a US missile set. I looked up the set on Google, and could identify my mystery missile among the set, but the description/name was too blurry/faint to see on even the best example. I *THINK* it may be a "Dart" missile (but Googling "Dart Missile" didn't come up with anything useful). I *THINK* I remember them on a small ground-launch bracket mount.
Can anyone help me identify this missile?
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi681.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv173%2Fsequoiaranger%2FUnknownMissile.jpg&hash=ab1f71fbfb825eb4316605a72b0fdb4ca7ea22dc)
Dart is right. Mid '50s ATGM project. I guess the grandpappy of the TOW system.
(https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.warwheels.net%2Fimages%2Fm38a1wdARTHAUGH2.jpg&hash=075dd0d9d3db585c60d76c84bb3aa6c503a57861)
Read here-
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/dart.htm (http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/dart.htm)
Yup, that's a Dart. Seems to be missing a pair of forward wings, though. I remembered there was a pic of one in the Aviation Fact File book on the AH-1 Cobra, calling the Dart "a lesson on how NOT to design an ant-tank missile". :lol:
CLICKY #1! (http://www.postwarv2.com/dart/)
CLICKY #2! (http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/systems/Dart.html)
Now, in whif world, this could look pretty decent as a UAV.
BlackEagle and Scoot---Thanks! Yes, it looks like it is missing a pair of wings, but the lack of them is OK for what I want it for---actually a large aircraft-carried Air-to-Air missile like the German Rurhstahl X-4 (though that had four wings, too, and later developed as an AT missile). I like the fact that the pictures showed a more pointed nose than my examples (I had intended to do that to my missiles, but didn't know if that was the way they were--now I do!). My use will be as a Japanese stand-off AA missile under the wings of my twin-Shinden (whenever I get around to it).
Just goes to show how this forum helps "develop" whifs through knowledge and encouragement.
Thanks again!