![]() The two transporters are required to move the gun, with one in back and one in front. ![]() Size was also a major factor, as it can fit inside landing craft, turn street corners of an amazingly small radius and travel as fast at 35 mph. As a result, it is light enough to be carried by trucks and cross bridges without collapsing them. Liberal use of aluminum and other light-weight metals kept the weight of the gun and both transports to about 85 tons, which is not much more than the largest conventional gun of WWII. Far from being 'just another giant gun', the M65 was carefully designed to be a very mobile and versatile weapon. ![]() Development first began in 1944 before the first atomic weapon had been tested. The amazing M65 280mm atomic cannon originally started life as a conventional artillery piece. There is one small factory tape litho pull on the upper long side which measures 1/2" x 3/8". However, it does have light to moderate general shelf wear as shown, mainly on the edges. There are no tears, no price tags or tag marks, no tape or tape marks (other than the factory sealing tape), four solid corners, no repairs and no fading. The instructions are in 'very good++' condition with very light wear and typical yellowing as the only flaws. The decals are absolutely flat and in 'Good++' condition with the typical yellowing and a very light stain as the main flaws. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the factory sealed bags the parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete. The model is very highly detailed for that time and features transporters with movable wheels, towing yokes, fully detailed cab interiors & complete suspension, elevating and swiveling machine guns the Atomic Cannon itself can be configured for firing or towing positions, the barrel elevates by real operating gears, the carriage rotates 360 degrees on platform and it actually fires 2 "Atomic" shells. The Atomic Cannon was the Army's 20 mile range gun that could fire shells that contains small atomic bombs. Classic Cold-War kit from the late 1950s.
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