Re: [MV] Atomic Annie - questions about them

From: Henrik Teller (henrik_teller@vip.cybercity.dk)
Date: Mon Aug 08 2005 - 08:47:44 PDT


On 8 Aug 2005 at 11:27, Mike Davidsen wrote:

> A couple questions about "Atomic Annie"s, the 280mm mobile artillery
> piece that was designed after WWII and deployed during the 1950s
> during the Cold War.
>
> First, how many of the guns were built?
>
> Second, what was the service life (range in years) of the operational
> status of the Atomic Annies?
>
> Third, how many of the behemoths survive, and where? A friend of mine
> in the service said that there may be several in storage in Europe or
> Korea, for EMERGENCY use in the event TSHTF.
>
> Thanks, any websites would be helpful too.

Hi !

Try this link:
http://www.lanl.gov/history/hbombon/pdf/Atomic%20Annie.pdf

 
Have a nice day :-)

Henrik Teller
DK - 6270 Toender
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