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Amerikas grösstes Ferngeschütz feuert !
Blick auf das grösste amerikanische Küstenverteidigungsgeschütz in San Diego beim Abschuss.
Die Geschosse haben eine Reichweite von ca. 60 km.
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This is mis-captioned. The weapon is a 14-inch M1910MIdisappearing gun at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California in 1924. This information is from Coast Defense Journal, Vol. 31, Issue 2, May 2017, which reproduces the photo as published by International News, Los Angeles Bureau.
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