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Wikipedia: The Tsar Cannon is an enormous cannon, commissioned in 1586 by Russian Tsar Feodor and cast by Andrey Chokhov. The cannon weighs nearly 38 metric tonnes and has a length of 5.34 meters, a calibre of 890 mm, and an external diameter of 1200 mm (47 inches). The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the largest howitzer ever made.
![[Tsar Cannon in 1908]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_A6_D0_B0_D1_80_D1_8C_D0_BF_D1_83_D1_88_D0_BA_D0_B0_28Moscow_clad_in_snow_29_s.jpg "Tsar Cannon in 1908")
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![[A view of the Tsar Pushka, showing its massive bore and cannonballs, and the Lion's head cast into the carriage]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TheTsarCannonJuly2004_s.jpg "A view of the Tsar Pushka, showing its massive bore and cannonballs, and the Lion's head cast into the carriage")
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![[Side view of the Tsar Cannon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Car_top_2_s.jpg "Side view of the Tsar Cannon")
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