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Related Links Cruise Missile U.S.A.F. M.A.N. Truck and Cruise Missile Transporter-Erector-Launcher The M.A.N tractor was a design built by the Maschinenfabrik Augsberg-Nurnberg company in Germany to support the USAF Ground-Launched Cruise missile program. It towed either 4 Gryphon cruise missile housed in the Transporter-Erector Launcher (TEL) or 2 launch control officers housed in the Launch Control Center (LCC). This 8-wheel drive tractor was the ultimate off-road vehicle with the 2 front axles being steerable to provide excellent maneuverability.The V-24 diesel engine gave the M.A.N. tractor awesome power and it's crews became attached to them just like the bomber crews of World War II to their airplanes; often naming their tractors, placing the names on the cab windshields. More Information Purchase Information Folder of ONE size only and INCLUDES the both the launcher and the tractor to pull it..  'TEL' Hunter Killer: The Transporter Erector Launcher, or TEL, Hunter Killer concept was conceived to provide a difficult to spot mobile cruise missile launching system ansd was the first Air Force weapon to be eliminated by the treaty. These were called " GLCMs" or Ground Launched Crise Missiles" used to modernize NATO's intermediate range missile forces (IMF). What people say...   Here's something for all you Cruise Missile enthusiasts.. Four sheets in all, with great instructions and it measures in at 9.5 " long, 2.5 " hign, and 2" wide...it's a real clean model and fairly easy to build..This is the first model from our newest designer, Ron Caudillo who promises many more in the near future.. More views here

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Related Links Home Page Cruise Missile Transporter-Erector-Launcher Cruise Launcher Main Page Ron has spent a lot of time and effort getting some great assembly drawings together and we thank him for all his work on this model. A lot of effort went into it. It's available on the FG AC CDrom. Ron writes...'The poster was produced by General Dynamics for the Ground Launched Cruise Missile program. I download it from an unofficial history website (as were all of the other pictures' (basically, it was about being proud to be part of the NATO Missile Defense Treaty   Construction Hints (from Saul Jacob's review 12/02) Start by cutting and forming the three pieces of the frame and the cab out. Fold the pieces and glue using the tabs together. Build the auxiliary equipment box and glue to the frame. Make the air cleaner and spare tire and glue to the frame. Build the camouflage box and 5th wheel assembly and glue to frame. Build the fuel tank and storage box and glue to the bottom of the frame. Build the eight tires, four suspensions and four axles. Glue the suspension to the bottom of the frame, the axles to the suspension and finally the tires to the axles.