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2B1 Oka, (Russian: "2Б1 Ока" - "Oka River"), is a Soviet 420 mm (17 in) self-propelled heavy mortar. 2B1 is its GRAU designation. It was designed to deliver tactical nuclear payloads, however it was plagued by technical issues caused by the sheer size of the gun and the massive recoil during firing.
It was developed as a lightweight cannon that could equal or surpass the capabilities of the 120 mm M256 mounted on the M1A2 Abrams while being mounted on a much lighter vehicle. To achieve this the XM360 combined technologies such as Electrothermal-chemical technology (ETC), a gun tube with composite overwrapping and a modular recoil mechanism ...
Pages in category "420 mm artillery" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2B1 Oka;
Astro Bot releases on the Sony PlayStation 5 on Sept. 6. Here's what Metacritic and IGN had to say.
57 mm kan M/89 (Maxim-Nordenfelt 57 mm fast shooting naval gun L/48 model 1889) Sweden-Norway: 1890s - World War I 57 mm (2.2 in) 57 mm kan M/89B (Finspång 57 mm fast shooting naval gun L/55 model 1889) Sweden-Norway: 1890s - Modern 57 mm (2.2 in) 57 mm kan M/92 (Maxim-Nordenfelt 57 mm fast shooting naval gun L/48 model 1892) Sweden-Norway
High-explosive shells for the 420 mm howitzer. The 42 cm L/15 Küstenhaubitze M. 14 (42 cm, 15 caliber, Coastal Howitzer Model 14) was a superheavy siege howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I and by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The 42 centimetre kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (short naval cannon), or Minenwerfer-Gerät (M-Gerät), popularly known by the nickname Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer built by Krupp AG in Essen, Germany and fielded by the Imperial German Army from 1914 to 1918.
With the fall of Antwerp, KMK Battery 2 was attached to the 4th Army to aid in its capture of the Channel ports, and occasionally shelled Nieuport, Ypres, and Diksmuide. [21] On 27 February 1915, KMK Battery 1 arrived on the Eastern Front with the 8th Army and joined the ongoing attack on Osowiec Fortress. Although the fortress was made of ...