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The Military Power Of The Classic Mercedes

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Raphael Orlove
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We know that old Mercs are built like tanks. How militaristic are they, really?

Today we saw some absolutely unreal military testing videos, including Operation Upshot-Knothole, the Atomic Cannon. Victorious Secret chimed in with some more info on nuclear rounds.

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We are here to freedom the shit out of you.

Iowa class battleships were also capable of firing nuclear rounds as seen in #1. You read that right.

They called it the W23 round for use in the 16" guns. They had a yield of 15-20 kilotons.

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That's when m4ximusprim3 let us know the truth. The truth about Mercedes.

As opposed to lesser known W123 round, which just never, ever stopped going.

We're not surprised.

Photo Credit: adrian.celmer

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