Stock Photo - Mar. 03, 1959 - It did not thunder on the Thunder Mountain.: when on March 19th soldiers of the artillery school on the Donnersberg (Donnersberg - Thunder-Mountain) near Eschweiler/Germany showed an 'Honest John rocket' to the press. The learner group 'D' of the German Atillery School which has been educated at the 762 milli-metre rocket which is about 8 metres long and weighs 2500 kilogram, on Thursday showed the putting together and putting up of one of these missiles. But none of the missiles was launched because the rocket has a range of 8 to 25 kilometres . Until now, the Bundeswehr (German army) has bought 288 of these rockets, one of which costs, without detonator - head , about 60,000 DM (about 5 500 pounds) (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)