GLCM in the U.K. — Flight Detail

Some details of the flights equipped with BGM-109G Gryphon ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) that you won't find in official documents.

sectionc/s*rolevehicle
Advance Echelon60AADVON 1M1026 + trailer
60BADVON 2M1026 + trailer
60ATOCComms Blazer + generator
Cell 1 (critical element 1)Cell 2 (critical element 2)
sectionc/srolevehiclec/srolevehicle
Criticals65ATEL 1transporter-erector-launcher65CTEL 3transporter-erector-launcher
65BTEL 2transporter-erector-launcher65DTEL 4transporter-erector-launcher
66ALCC 1launch control center66BLCC 2launch control center
Command64DFCBlazer69FLCBlazer
Defense Force61COVW 1M1026 + trailer62COVW 2M1026 + trailer
61ALEAD 1M1026 + trailer62ALEAD 2M1026 + trailer
61BINTER 1M1026 + trailer62BINTER 2M1026 + trailer
61TRAIL 1M1026 + trailer62TRAIL 2M1026 + trailer
Supply601SV1M925 + fuel bowsers + generator602SV2M925 + fuel bowsers + generator
603SV3M925 + container + trailer604SV4M925 + container + trailer
605SV5M925 + container + trailer (TOC)606SV6M925 + container + trailer
607SV7M925 + tenting + water608SV8**M925 + field kitchen + trailer
Maintenance609WRECKER 1recovery vehicle

* callsigns begin with a digit indicating the flight to which the vehicle belongs, 1 = A flight, 2 = B flight etc. Those here would be for F flight.

** At the start of deployment, flights had only seven M925 'SVs'. Echo Flight introduced SV8, the field kitchen (or 'chuck wagon' in American terminology). When three flights were stood down after the signing of the ISRM Treaty, the surfeit of suitable vehicles allowed this innovation to be implemented by the remaining flights.

This was compiled from memory 34 years after operations ended, so no doubt I've made a few errors.

Some photos in the GLCM Gallery