M65 280mm Atomic Cannon Design Challenge

**John Wagenseil** · #1 02-01-2011, 12:20 AM

http://www.theatomiccannon.com/home

This site has everything you wanted to know about modeling the Atomic Cannon in pl*st*c and is also the point of sale for an affordable set of plans that could be used as the basis of a paper model.

The price of an unopened Renwal Kit from the late 1950's is now pushing $1000.00.

I bet every guy here over the age of 45 regrets not having bought a couple or three of these, and stashing them away for the future, one to build and one to trade for a lifetime supply of the rarest and most expensive paper models.

Any designers willing to take up the challenge? This would be a good open source co operative project, or a team design and build.

**SJPONeill** · #2 02-01-2011, 12:49 AM

If GPM can do the K5 Leopold 280mm gun then I guess there's no reason why Atomic Annie couldn't be designed in paper...I'm one of the lucky ones who has one in the box and two built that I rescued from a load destined for the tip from second-hand dealer...

**nothing** · #3 02-01-2011, 06:43 AM

i have pictures of it i took from Aberdeen.

**SJPONeill** · #4 02-01-2011, 05:44 PM

From memory, most of the shapes are pretty simple, just cylinders and slabs...the most complex would probably be the tires but we could always just farm them out to the Bomarc 'And They Said It Couldn't Be Done In Paper' machine...

**KCStephens** · #5 02-01-2011, 10:18 PM

Looks like it would be quite a nightmare, A combination of the Dragon Wagon, the Leopold rail gun and the Skud launcher all rolled into one! I'll bet if it was designed Greg, (Modelperry), could and would build it!

**airdave** · #6 02-02-2011, 07:32 AM

are you kidding me? 35 mile max. range? to fire a nuke?

haha I wouldn't be pressing the fire button...
I'd be stealing a Jeep and risking a courtmartial!

**Fishcarver** · #7 02-02-2011, 09:29 AM

But Dave: it was only a "small" nuke.....

**airdave** · #8 02-02-2011, 09:43 AM

theres no such thing as a "small nuke"
...only slightly less casualties.

**billy.leliveld** · #9 02-02-2011, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by airdave

are you kidding me? 35 mile max. range? to fire a nuke?

haha I wouldn't be pressing the fire button...
I'd be stealing a Jeep and risking a courtmartial!

Going my way,by accident, can I hop in?

**Mr. Hawley** · #10 02-02-2011, 09:57 AM

Quote:

are you kidding me? 35 mile max. range? to fire a nuke?
haha I wouldn't be pressing the fire button...
I'd be stealing a Jeep and risking a courtmartial!

Ah we had no idea what we were messing with at the time. Do you know the plan was to lob one of those into a city, and then send in infantry to "mop up" any remaining resistance. This was, of course, a battle plan made up by military persons who had never seen the results of any of the nuke tests (because that was all highly classified) and had no concept that after ONE tac-nuke there would be no resistance...and in fact NO CITY.

I sat on the Atomic Annie that rests on a hill outside Ft. Riley (Kansas), an amusing trivia note is that the cannon is aimed pretty much right at Junction City Kansas.