From: l51940@aol.com
Date: Mon Aug 08 2005 - 10:41:30 PDT
88 tons on 4 axles, my neighbors would bitch about that. I had an
atomic cannon toy when I was a kid (late 50's). I t was about 3 feet
long and it shot a nuclear plastic projectile about 10 feet. We played
with that thing alot. It was made by Remco or Marx, I believe. I wish
I had it back.
Dave McConnell
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From: M151 <m151@cox.net>
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Sent: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:38:21 -0500
Subject: Re: [MV] Atomic Annie - questions about them
There is one at Fort Riley, Kansas which is next to the town of
Junction City. Back in the 70's I stood guard over it on several
occasions while it was in the rail yard storage. It is now on top of a
hill opposite of the Marshall Airfield. When you are driving on I70, it
is directly across the highway from the field. There was a practice
shell welded to the after portion of the gun mount. Believe it or not,
it was found in a creek that runs through the base, next to the
airfield. There was always some goofy stuff showing up in the creek.
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David Brubaker
MVPA # 18115
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Owner - M151A2
http://members.cox.net/~m151/
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possit materiari?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Davidsen"
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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:27 AM
Subject: [MV] Atomic Annie - questions about them
>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.
>
> Mike
>
>
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