M65 atomic cannon

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The M65 atomic cannon, often called Atomic Annie, was an artillery piece built by the United States and capable of firing a nuclear device. It was developed in the early 1950s, at the beginning of the Cold War; and fielded between April 1955 and December 1962, in West Germany with the 7th US Army, South Korea with the 8th US Army, and on Okinawa, Japan.

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280 mm gun M65; Atomic Annie; M65 Atomic Cannon
nuclear artilleryUnited States


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