Background
The GAM-63
RASCAL is a supersonic Air-to-surface missile that was developed by the Bell
Aircraft Company. The RASCAL was the United States Air Force’s first nuclear
armed standoff missile. The RASCAL was initially designated the ASM-A-2, then
re-designated the B-63 in 1951 and finally re-designated the GAM-63 in 1955.
The name
RASCAL was the acronym for RAdar SCAnning Link, the missile’s guidance system.
The RASCAL project was cancelled in September 1958.
GAM-63
Missile Development Program [39 Pages, 11.22mb]
HQ
USAF Logistics Concept, GAM-63 Weapon System [20 Pages, 600kb]
The
History of the RASCAL Missile, 1952-1958 [158 pages, 58mb]
Missile
Logistics, Volume 1: Text (Historical Study No. 328) [115 pages, 5.7mb]
Project
RASCAL / Project Shrike, 31 March 1953 [88 Pages, 14.5mb]
R&D
Information Report, Missile Logistics, 1951-1959 [18 Pages, 1.71mb]
RASCAL
(Project MX-776), September 30, 1968 [76 Pages, 12.49mb]
RASCAL
(MX-776B) [130 Pages, 51mb]
RASCAL:
Air to Ground Guided Missile [94 Pages, 35.45mb]
RASCAL Weapon
System (Project MX-776) [80 Pages, 11.65mb]
RASCAL
Weekly Test Reports [220 Pages, 44.15mb]
System 112A
System
112A – Rascal Missile System, 1 May 1959 [96 Pages, 36MB]
System
112A – Flight Test Summary – 1 July 1958 [63 Pages, 13.3MB]
System
112A – Quarterly Progress Report, 31 March 1957 [80 Pages, 41MB]
System
112A – Quarterly Progress Report, 30 June 1957 [70 Pages,
10.5MB]
