The AN 51 was a French tactical nuclear warhead used on the Pluton short range missile, the Pluton system was retired in 1992–93. The warhead was based upon the

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(''charge tactique commune'' - common tactical warhead)

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, with the same

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package as used in the AN 52 bomb. It had two yields; 10 and 25 kt.

References

*Norris, Robert, Burrows, Andrew, Fieldhouse, Richard ''Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume V, British, French and Chinese Nuclear Weapons'', San Francisco, Westview Press, 1994, Nuclear warheads of France French Army Military equipment introduced in the 1970s {{nuclear-weapons-stub