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* Not only dangerous to the operators, but to friendly forces in the vicinity; thank God it was never deployed.
** It's the FALLOUT that was larger than the range. And when they tested it, they tried to brush the radiation off the soldiers. With BROOMS.
* The theft of a Davy Crockett and some warheads drive the plot of [[Metal Gear Solid]] 3: Snake Eater. It also served as the inspiration for the Fat Man tactical nuclear catapult that appears in ''[[Fallout 3 (Video Game)|Fallout 3]]'' and ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout: New Vegas]]''.
* There was a small, man-portable version of the thing, using a version of the same W-54 warhead, which was designed as an atomic demolition munition. It was known as the SADM, for "Special Atomic Demolition Munition;" it was designed to be deployed by special forces in the event of war. It's the closest thing widely known to the fictional notion of a suitcase nuke.
* [[Shout -Out|Referred to]] in the [[Battle Tech|BattleTech]] rules, where a 'Davy Crockett' is a tactical nuclear weapon small enough to be delivered by 'Mech-portable artillery. A more literal equivalent, also specifically referred to by name, features and is in fact used in the novel ''Ideal War''. {{spoiler|It's fired into a more traditional battle between 'Mech forces for control of the planet by local guerillas notionally allied with one side...causing both sides to promptly concentrate their fire on ''them''.}}
 
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The first US guided nuclear missile, with a maximum range of 139 kilometres. First deployed in Europe in 1955, they were withdrawn in 1964. The missile was also sold to the UK.
 
* A stolen warhead from a Corporal is acquired by Auric Goldfinger in the original ''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]'' novel to be used to blow open the doors of Fort Knox. OK...
 
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