It's a story that few people know about, but in 1974-75, the soviet tested a canon to defend their space station in orbit.
They launch Saliout 3 equipped with a 23mm canon (see photo) and tested it in space. The model was a R-23M.
they fired around 50 shots to test the canon and the thrusters...
This is one of only 3 surviving M65 cannons. The rounds were 280mm in diameter and flew 20 miles. The most famous of this series of cannon was known as Atomic Annie. It fired the world's first nuke cannon shell at White Sands Test Range. @ of the survivors are at Ft. Sill OK and this on over...
Finnish Army WWII. Heavy anti-aircraft battery Taivas (Sky) in Helsinki shooting a barrage in Taivaskallio sector with 75mm Itk27 cannon at night in September 1942.
Winter War. This Russian heavy fortress and siege cannon from 1877, was difficult to move cross-country and only one artillery battalion in Finnish Army (Rask.Psto 5) was armed with it. The Barrel weight was 120 pood (app. 1 980 kg)
the Business of a vulcan 20mm cannon The M61A1 Vulcan cannon is a six-barrel 20mm gun capable of firing 6,600 rounds per minute. Its operation is based upon the principle used in the rapid-firing gun invented by Richard J. Gatling in the 1860s. The six rotating barrels, firing one at a time...
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