The Soviets Built A Giant Gun That Could Shoot Nukes

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The insanity of the early Cold War manifested itself perfectly in the Atomic Cannon, built by the US in the early '50s to shoot nukes out of artillery. It turns out that the Russians built a nuclear gun, too.

It was called Objeckt 271, also referred to as 2A3 Kondensator 2P. It hails from the Soviet's Stalinist era, known by military historians as the 'my tank is bigger than yours' period. Put simply, the Kondensator 2P was a huge self-propelled howitzer with a gigantic barrel made to shoot nukes.