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Old October 9th 08, 09:20 PM posted to sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default Paris Gun

Space flight WW I style:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/20...id_2008_t.html
At the top of their ballistic arc, the gun's shell were nearly out of
the atmosphere.
The gun's success became one of the inspirations for the A4/V-2 missile,
whose designers used the Paris gun as a yardstick of how well their
rocket was performing.

Pat
 




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