As it so happens, the Army actually fielded such a tactical nuclear weapon system during the Cold War. The “Davy Crockett” was a recoilless rifle that fired a nuclear warhead with a yield of ...

In the 1950s the military tried several new atomic weapons, including firing a nuclear warhead from a 280mm artillery piece.

Curator Dwight Blocker Bowers shares the story of Davy Crockett's coonskin cap, now on view in Starring North Carolina! at the North Carolina Museum of History, a Smithsonian Affiliate museum. Made of ...