Arsenal: M65 Atomic Cannon in Atomic Testing at the Nevada Test Site, Early Cold War

Arsenal: M65 Atomic Cannon in Atomic Testing at the Nevada Test Site, Early Cold War tells the story of the United States’ only nuclear artillery gun, from the Shot Grable detonation over the Nevada desert to its role as a deterrent presence on Cold War European battlefields. Listeners hear the cannon in action under atomic test conditions, the problem it was meant to solve for Army commanders, how engineers turned a railway-gun concept into a road-mobile nuclear weapon, what it was like to crew the giant piece, and how its brief service shaped later nuclear artillery and missile doctrine. Arsenal is the Friday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the podcast is developed by Trackpads.com.