Nord SS.10
Also known as MGM-21, SS.10
The Nord Aviation SS.10 was a MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile designed by the French engineer Jean Bastien-Thiry. In American service, the missile was called the MGM-21A. The missile entered service in 1955 with the French Army. It was used briefly by the US Army in the early 1960s. The missile ceased production in January 1962 after approximately 30,000 missiles had been built.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.image
- Nord SS.10 Swedish Navy 001.png
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- SS.10 Missile (designated Robot 51 in Swedish service), housed in the Swedish Naval Museum
- Weapon.name
- SS.10
- Weapon.type
- Anti-tank missile
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.launch_platform
- Individual, Vehicle
- Weapon.designer
- Jean Bastien-Thiry
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Nord Aviation
- Weapon.design_date
- 1948–1955
- Weapon.production_date
- 1955–1962
Article
11 sectionsContents
- Development
- History
- Description
- General characteristics
- Models
- Prototypes
- Production versions
- Operators
- Former operators
- References
- Notes
The Nord Aviation SS.10 was a MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile designed by the French engineer Jean Bastien-Thiry. In American service, the missile was called the MGM-21A. The missile entered service in 1955 with the French Army. It was used briefly by the US Army in the early 1960s. The missile ceased production in January 1962 after approximately 30,000 missiles had been built.
==Development== Development began in France in 1948, when the ''Arsenal de l'Aéronautique in Châtillon sous Bagneux'' began looking at the possibility of further developing the German X-7 missile, a design dating back to WWII. The missile was designed to be cheap: in 1955, the missile cost 340 FRF and the control box 1,750 FRF. The first units were test fired in 1952. Development was completed in 1955 and the missile entered service with the French Army under the designation SS.10 ("Sol-Sol" French for "Surface to Surface").