I like that one with the triangular set of wheels XD

Just posted the photo of that piece.

Atomic Artillery for when that bastard just cant live to see tomorrow

I remember running past one of these most days at Ft. Sill. I wish we could bring it back to active service - missiles are pretty easy to shoot down these days, artillery shells not so much.

One of the 8 on display!!

Problem with big pieces like the 65 is manpower, placement, transport and weight.

A MLRS can do the same, at greater range, less cost and quickly leave the area.

Of coarse the sound of a huge shell coming in on your sorry ass is psychologically devastating!!

MLRS and HIMARS are pretty nifty, but I dunno about some of the rest. A HIMARS does a lot more damage and I know each rocket costs a pretty penny vs. a standard 155, though compared to an atomic shell I have no idea. Also standard cannons can be much more precise these days than HIMARS, being able to strike a single building in a city. Rockets are cool if you want to level a city block, but we seem to get yelled at for that kind of thing. I may be a bit biased to cannons though, HIMARS made my job obsolete.

However I don't think anyone will argue that the sound of arty ripping through the air is anything but sheer terror on the receiving end.

the other on is at Aberdean proving Grounds still on the trailer with the truck.

The only one with its tractors, all the others are just the gun itself.

i was gona say it was moved around by dual rigs on either end

If you ever get the chance Rabbi-Tom, watch the documentary "Trinity And Beyond."

They put together American, Russian and Chinese atomic test footage, including a test firing of "Atomic Annie."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?d.....8483406479718#

I wanna see it.

Kaboom! The first test of Annie ("Upshot-Knothole Grable") was also the first actual test of the Hiroshima gun-type bomb. The Big Brains at Los Alamos were so sure it would work they didn't test it before dropping it.

I didn't know any of the Atomic Annies survived. The only worse Idea I think I have seen was the Davey Crockett.

I had heard about this before. very cool piece of history about the atomic age.

I rember the good old days when th US had nuke/atomic weapons. Now everyone and there grandmother has one

Looking at the carriage isn't that a railroad gun?

No, it actually used a duel tractor system as seen here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M.....ic_canon_1.jpg

I'm glad some of these old weapons have survived. I got to see the one up at Ft. Sill's arty museum.

Im from australia and going to this place is on my bucket list, alongside:
Seeing the Missouri,
Driving a tank ( place in eastern europe rents out tanks to drive),
see the queen mary (ocean liner that sunk a german u-boat by ramming it),
visiting arlington cemetary and paying respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice,
See the only remaining Tiger tank in existence,
and visit Coney island

Theres actually a few Tigers still in existence. The French Armor museum at Saumur has a running one, The Brits have one at Bovington, The US have a few at Aberdeen and Ft Knox, Plus In Germany and Russia, and theres several in the Normandy area.