A Behemoth in the Field

240mm T1 Gun, Watervleit Arsenal, New York, c. 1950, serial number 1.

280mm T72 Gun Carriage, Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, c. 1952. WM 87.31.7 a,b

The 240mm gun provided a bridge between conventional cannons and atomic cannons. In November 1944 the U.S. Army ...