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Bruce Stiles had been trying for nearly two years to arrange the sale of two Civil War cannons that stood in Summit Hill’s Ludlow Park for at least 85 years. He told officials of American Legion ...
The four-year-old artillery museum in Venetia, Pa., boasts the nation’s second biggest private collection of Civil War artillery, with 26 cannons, howitzers and mortars.
The ERCA, a 58-caliber cannon mounted on a Paladin Integrated Management howitzer, was intended to nearly double the range of current artillery systems — from roughly 30-40 kilometers out to 70 ...
KENDALL, N.Y. — Driving down to the village on a weekend errand, Colin Zimmerman passed tiny Greenwood Cemetery and did a double-take: The 816-pound cast-iron cannon that had adorned the graves ...
According to Smith, “Artillery is a thing, the capability is long range fires and so we’re focused on long-range fires, and longer-range fires is better.”. He also claimed that cannon ...
The Army is focused on acquiring new longer-range artillery shells. It previously canceled both an extended-range artillery prototype and a strategic cannon project. The service is hoping it can ...
The Army stopped funding the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) in the 2025 proposed budget. The new cannon was meant to lob rounds as far as 70 kilometers, ...
An Army plan to modernize its artillery could include howitzers fielded in Europe, automated cannons, and long-range mortars, Army Futures Command chief Gen. James Rainey suggested Thursday at a ...
Considered to be the "epicenter" of the avalanche universe, Alta Ski Area, UT has used a WWII-era artillery cannon, among other explosives, to remotely trigger avalanches since the 1940s.