The Black Dragon M1 Howitzer: The WWII Superheavy Artillery That's Still Relevant in Taiwan
- Episode aired Nov 12, 2021
- 12m
The M1 Black Dragon 240 mm howitzer fires a 240 pound high explosive shell so it can do considerable damage. Bit it has to be within nine miles of its target and that takes some doing. It ha... Read allThe M1 Black Dragon 240 mm howitzer fires a 240 pound high explosive shell so it can do considerable damage. Bit it has to be within nine miles of its target and that takes some doing. It has to be disassembled into two parts which are trucked separately at 5 miles per hour and r... Read allThe M1 Black Dragon 240 mm howitzer fires a 240 pound high explosive shell so it can do considerable damage. Bit it has to be within nine miles of its target and that takes some doing. It has to be disassembled into two parts which are trucked separately at 5 miles per hour and reassembled using a crane over the better part of a day.