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Monday, September 1, 2014

World War II in Pictures- German gun crew ready to fire a railway gun; everybody but the man to pull the lanyard have sealed their ears, 1 September 1939.

German gun crew ready to fire a railway gun; everybody but the man to pull the lanyard have sealed their ears. The 170mm cannon weighed 80 tons and could hurl a projectile at targets as far away as 26 km. The photo was taken during the invasion of Poland, Sept 1939.
The 170mm cannon weighed 80 tons and could hurl a projectile at targets as far away as 26 km.

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