2B1 Oka Nuclear Artillery

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2B1 Oka, currently at the Artillery Museum in Saint Petersburg

Introduction:

Nights after the US experimented and began production with its M65 280mm “Atomic Annie” nuclear artillery system in 1963, USSR is in talks of acquiring something similar. In the winter of 1955, USSR launched the work of a similar project: large-caliber artillery that is able to carry a nuclear warhead. Expect… It is bigger… Much bigger. 420mm in caliber to be precise. In context, that is larger than most battleship cannons.

Weaponaries
2B1 Oka