atomic cannon
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When a regiment of marines, dressed in combat fatigues, passed in review, the crowds cheered, and when that ominous-looking colossus, the atomic cannon, rolled past, all voices were hushed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Army's announcement last week that it will abandon its monstrous, 11-in. atomic cannon tells how much the bombs have shrunk.
From Time Magazine Archive
But now culture is catching up with the atomic cannon, the dam builders, the agricultural advisors and the diplomats.
From Time Magazine Archive
There and in later meetings in two parks with a couple of Soviet colonels, he handed over detailed descriptions of the Mark VII nuclear weapon, the 280-mm. atomic cannon and an 8-in. nuclear gun.
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On my right was what I judged to be an atomic cannon.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
