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The 280mm Atomic Cannon - Nuclear Artillery Test

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Excerpt from recently updated Operation Upshot-Knothole From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Picatinny Arsenal was tasked to create a nuclear capable artillery piece in 1949. Robert Schwartz, the engineer who created the preliminary designs, essentially scaled up the 240mm shell (then the maximum in the arsenal) and used the German K5 railroad gun as a point of departure for the carriage. (The name “Atomic Annie“ likely derives from the nickname “Anzio

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