tactical nuclear weapon

A tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) or non-strategic nuclear weapon (NSNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on a battlefield in military situations, mostly with friendly forces in proximity and perhaps even on contested friendly territory. Generally smaller in explosive power, they are defined in contrast to strategic nuclear weapons, which are designed mostly to be targeted at the enemy interior far away from the war front against military bases, cities, towns, arms industries, and other hardened or larger-area targets to damage the enemy's ability to wage war. No tactical nuclear weapons have ever been used in combat.

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TNW; non-strategic nuclear weapon; tactical nuclear bomb; tactical nuke
nuclear weapon, 

8U69, B57, B61, Blue Peacock, Davy Crockett Weapon System, Mark 5 nuclear bomb, nuclear artillery, nuclear weapon, suitcase nuke, Violet Club, W82, WE.177, weapon type, 

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  8U69 ⓘ
  type of atomic bomb

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  B57 ⓘ
  nuclear unguided aerial bomb

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  B61 ⓘ
  unguided aerial bomb with a thermonuclear warhead

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  Davy Crockett Weapon System ⓘ
  nuclear-armed recoilless gun of American origin

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  suitcase nuke ⓘ
  type of nuke

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  W82 ⓘ
  low-yield tactical nuclear warhead

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  WE.177 ⓘ
  military designation of a former range of tactical and strategic nuclear bombs

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  nuclear artillery ⓘ
  class of artillery using munitions with nuclear warheads

Frameless

Hardtack II Socorro test

Four soldiers carrying the T4 Atomic Demolition Munition

Tactical nuclear air-to-air rocket Douglas AIR-2A Genie

• Enhanced-Radiation Weapons / Fred M. Kaplan. - (1978) - scientific article published in May 1978, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		8U69	tactical nuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		B57	tactical nuclear weapon, aerial bomb, unguided bomb	Wikidata
class	weapon		B61	unguided bomb, tactical nuclear weapon, thermonuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		Davy Crockett Weapon System	recoilless rifle, tactical nuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		suitcase nuke	tactical nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		W82	tactical nuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		WE.177	strategic nuclear weapon, tactical nuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon	1952	nuclear artillery	tactical nuclear weapon, artillery	Wikidata
commons	image		Hardtack II Socorro test		Commons
commons	image		Four soldiers carrying the T4 Atomic Demolition Munition		Commons
commons	image		Tactical nuclear air-to-air rocket Douglas AIR-2A Genie		Commons