Talk:Nuclear artillery

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Contents 1 Event Anniversary 2 AFAP 3 Atomic Annie 4 W33

[edit] Event Anniversary

An event mentioned in this article is a May 25 selected anniversary.

[edit] AFAP

The proper name for 'nuclear artillery' shells is AFAP, Artillery Fired Atomic Projectile. Elde 07:51, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Atomic Annie

I think that the Atomic Annie has enough information around it to be made into a full-sized article. AllStarZ 14:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] W33

I think the text needs re-organising to follow either a time line or to group calibres together, eg 203mm before 155mm.

230mm was not a 'specialised' howtzer, it was a standard one (initially M115 towed, then M110 SP) although some armies only used it dedicated to the nuclear role.

I'm also fairly confident that the W33 yield information is wrong but don't want to say more. Incidently I think W33 was 'build to yield', the required yield was actually assembled in the field, the weapons were not held in an assembled state and unlike some (later) weapons the yield was not 'dialed'.

Projectiles also had a M number as well as the W number for the weapon. It should probably also be stated that they were all designed for airburst. Nfe 11:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)