Editing MGM-31 Pershing (section)

===Ground equipment===
The Pershing 1 firing platoon consisted of four [[M474]] tracked-vehicles manufactured by [[FMC Corporation]]— by comparison, Redstone needed twenty vehicles. The transporter erector launcher (TEL) transported the two stages and the guidance section as an assembly and provided the launch platform after the warhead was mated. It used a removable erector launcher manufactured by Unidynamics.  The warhead carrier transported the [[warhead]], the missile fins and the [[azimuth]] laying set used to position the missile. The PTS/PS carrier transported the programmer test station (PTS) and power station (PS). A fourth vehicle transported the Radio Terminal Set. The four vehicles were known as the land train.

The PTS featured rapid missile checkout and countdowns, with complete computer control, and automatic self-test and malfunction isolation. Additionally, the PTS would perform tests that simulated airborne missile operation, programmed the trajectory of the missile and controlled the firing sequence. Plug-in micromodules increased maintainability and allowed the PTS operator to perform 80% of all repairs at the firing position. A turbine driven Power Station mounted behind the PTS, provided the primary electrical and pneumatic power and conditioned air for the missile and ground support equipment at the firing position.

[[Rockwell Collins|Collins Radio Company]] produced the [[AN/TRC-80 Radio Terminal Set]] specifically for the Pershing system. The "Track 80" used an inflatable [[Parabolic antenna|dish antenna]] to provide [[Line-of-sight propagation|line-of-sight]] or [[Tropospheric scatter|tropospheric-scatter]] voice and [[teleprinter]] communications between missile firing units and higher headquarters. The erector-launcher, PTS, PS and RTS could be removed from the carriers and air-transported in fourteen [[CH-47 Chinook]] loads.<ref name="tupper"/>