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The Man Who Built A Gun To Shoot Space

Behind the Bastards

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The Biggest Gun Ever Built

The obsession was born that would dominate bull's life and determine his death. Bull realized that if the projectile in the huge gun was a powered rocket, its range could be increased dramatically. He established a test site on the island of barbados and set to work on the high alt research project. By welding together two 16 inch guns that had been put in storage by the us. Navy, bull created a huge gun, 36 meters long with a diameter of 424 millimeters. It remains the longest working gun ever built.

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