"Memo to self: Javelin Anti-Tank Missile" · Les AuCoin Collection

Title: "Memo to self: Javelin Anti-Tank Missile"
Description: A two page document titled "Memo to self: Javelin Anti-Tank Missile" by former US Congressman Les AuCoin, describing the origins of and his connection to the Javelin infantry anti-tank weapon. The opening paragraph states: "I am the author of a legislative amendment requiring the U.S. Army to conduct a shoot-off between the three alternative technologies under consideration as replacements for the infamous Dragon infantry anti-tank weapon. My amendment specificed that operator survivability had to be an essential criterion for determining the winning technology. Out of this process came the Javelin infantry anti-tank weapon, which has had a transforming effect on the relationship between infantry and armor in the field of battle."; This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Identifier: PUA_MS147_553
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: 2005
Date Created: June 11, 2005
Spatial Coverage: United States
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Antitank weapons--History.
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Type: Text