Gimlet (rocket)

Gimlet
Six-round Gimlet rocket launcher on a F2H Banshee
TypeUnguided rocket
Place of originUnited States
Production history
Designed1954–1956
ManufacturerNaval Ordnance Test Station
Produced1956–1957
No. built15,000
Specifications
Diameter2 inches (51 mm)

PropellantSolid fuel
Guidance
system
Unguided

The Gimlet was an unguided air-to-air and air-to-surface rocket developed by the United States Navy during the early 1950s. Although it proved successful in testing and was ordered into large-scale production, the arrival of the guided missile as a practical and reliable weapon resulted in the cancellation of the Gimlet rocket in 1957.