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The mighty Oka.

Cold War Experimental Soviet-Russia

2B1 “Oka” – The SPG that Broke Itself When Firing

June 6, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 16 inch, 16.5 inch, 1950s, 2a3, 2b1, 2b1 oka, 2p, 420 mm, armor, artillery, atomic, atomic bomb, bomb, cannon, cold war, experimental, gun, kondensator, mortar, nuclear, nuke, oka, prototype, russia, russian, self propelled gun, soviet, soviet union, spg, strange, tank, tanks, ussr, weird, ww2

In 1957 the Soviets held their annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in

Object 279 in Kubinka

Cold War Experimental Soviet-Russia

Object 279 – The Tank Designed to Survive a Nuclear Blast

March 4, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 279, atomic, experimental, object 279, prototype

It is common knowledge by now that Soviet-era prototypes – particularly tanks – were extremely weird, but the Object 279