The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel, surface-to-surface missile developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

President John F. Kennedy attended the fire power demonstration at White Sands New Mexico.

[9] Flight tests began in early 1956 resulting in significant design changes,[10] By July 1961 the Sergeant weapon system had numerous deficiencies including check out, repair ease, standby readiness, reliability and low temperature storage limits.

Sergeant was to be ready on time but fell miserably short of meeting the goal of being the weapon originally envisioned.

[14] Activated by the US Army in 1962 to replace the MGM-5 Corporal, it was deployed in Europe and South Korea by 1963, and to German units by 1964.

[17] Sergeant Missile Systems were usually assigned to the field army with the mission of "general support to a corps.

It avoided the Corporal's liquid-fuel-handling drawbacks, but still requiring extensive setup and checkout before launch, together with a train of semi-trailer support vehicles.