The Big One by junge1
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Description
This gun is also on static display in front of the 'War Remnants Museum' in Saigon.
The sign in front of this M 107-175MM GUN provides the following information.
So-called "King of the battlefield", self-propelled artillery piece.
Weight: 28,193.4 kg
Maximum Range: 32,600 metres
Sustained rate of fire: 1 round/2 min.
Effective area covered by impact burst: 35 metres (depth), 95 metres (width), 520 metres (radius).
This weapon has caused numberless destruction in Vietnam. U. S. Army had some 152 of these by 1969.
This picture was taken on 21 August 2012,
Sig...
BTW: These guns were used by U.S. Marines at Camp Caroll for fire support of Khe Sanh.
Comments (23)
jocko500
wow this is cool looking gun.
jayfar
That really is a whopper! Super 'shot' Sig.
rocdan
now thats one big erection ,excellent capture
emmecielle
Excellent capture, Sig! :)
adrie
Great and interesting photoshot my friend.
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
flavia49
wonderful image
UVDan
Nice photo of the big gun. I like how the tree frames the foreground.
Faemike55
Very cool weapon Great capture
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
renecyberdoc
man when this one burps then it burps.
UteBigSmile
Mesnch, das muss ein richtiges Höllenfahrzeug gewesen sein!
lyron
Amazing!!
farmerC
Fantastic shot.
Cyve
Excelent capture my friend !!!
ontar1
Love the pov!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richardphotos
even has a grader blade to fix it's own level place to shoot. the sound must have been deafening . very interesting display
bobrgallegos
Great capture Sig!!
Jay-el-Jay
It looks like one powerful weapon.I am glad to see that it is know capped off and no longer used for destuction.
starship64 Online Now!
Great picture. It's good to see they're taking care of those old warriors.
whaleman
Quite a piece of ordnance!
tigertim
Cool capture.. I don't remember this diplay!!.. memory card must be failing!
danapommet
That is a monster piece of artillery. Actually a nice display of equipment out there!