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M65 Atomic Cannon — America’s Atomic Annie
With only 20 M65 guns built, that allowed for the fielding of three battalions, each with 6 guns, two per battery, and one battery based at Fort Sill for training and evaluation. Two battalions went to Germany; one went to the Pacific (Korea/Okinawa). Here is a battalion of M65s lined up... -
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M65 Atomic Cannon — America’s Atomic Annie
Annie was NOT the "the only nuclear-capable artillery piece ever deployed by the United States"... She was only the first, as well as the only cannon to actually fire a live nuclear projectile. With the development of additional models of projectiles, both the U.S. 155mm and 8-inch howitzers...