Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Army fired a nuclear weapon from its atomic cannon for the first and last time 69 years ago. The cannon, initially named ...

You might rest better at night thinking the U.S. Military has a good handle on what is and what isn't a bad idea in a combat setting. Should America and its NATO allies start wrestling in the mud with ...

Summary: The M65 280mm Motorized Heavy Gun, known as “Atomic Annie,” was a Cold War-era nuclear cannon capable of firing a 15-kiloton nuclear shell. -Introduced in 1952, it was transported by two 4×4 ...

The 2B1 "Oka" is Soviet Union's answer to the US' Atomic Annie gun. They were falling behind technologically, which is why they decided to make their own version. It was developed at the height of the ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. The US Army successfully test-fired an atomic cannon exactly 69 years ago Tuesday. It was the first and only time the US ...