"Atomic Annie" Topic

For those who might need a little really heavy artillery;

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For when you want to hit ALL the T55.. and a few of the M60 nearby too :)

Wasn't there a nuclear capable mortar made, with a firing range right around the same as the area of effect?

Probably the "Davy Crockett".

Davy Crockett, my favorite 'fifties weapon.

I have a manual on Atomic Annie, shows them trying to drive the thing through a German town, easily jack-knifed.

Yes, the Davy Crockett although I think actually the beaten zone was slightly less than its maximum range.

Modern heavy artillery of course nuclear capable, only time I'm ever sat in the gunners seat of a nuclear delivery system:)

"Probably the "Davy Crockett".

You gotta love a nuclear weapon that uses a .50 cal to ensure you are on target before you fire the weapon.

Atomic Annie used the FADAC (Field Artilery Digital Automatic Computer) to calculate fire settings. The box weighed about 200 pounds and was obsolete by the time I used it in the late 70's. It was used by the 155mm and 8 inch artillery units but we also used the slide rules (most often) and firing tables (rarely) developed during WWII.

They were testing out the Tacfire System (also obsolete by the time we were testing it) and offered to put a box on the front of it's console that could do everything the FADAC could do.

Command Decision has an Atomic Annie for the 15mm gamers.