 Davy Crockett (nuclear device)

The Davy Crockett was a man-portable nuclear weapon developed by the United States during the Cold War. It was designed in the 1950s and was intended as a tactical nuclear weapon, primarily for use on the battlefield. The Davy Crockett system consisted of a recoilless rifle that could launch a small nuclear warhead, with a yield typically around 10 to 20 tons of TNT equivalent.