Bombs - Guns - Weapons

Mar. 20, 1959 - It did not thunder on the Thunder Mountain: When on March 19th soldiers of the artillery school on the Donnersberg (Donnersberg-Thunder Mountain) near Eschweiler/Germany showed an Honest John rocket to the press. The learner group D of the German Artillery School which has been educated at the 761 milli-metre rocket which is about 8 metres long and weighs 2500 kilogram, on Thursday showed the putting together and putting up one of these missiles. But none of the missiles was launched because the rocket has a range of 8 to 25 kilometres, Until now, the Bundeswehr (German Army) has bought 288 of these rockets, one of which costs, without detonator-head, about 60, 000 DM (about 5, 500 pounds)

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2500 Bought Bundeswehr Costs Educated Eschweiler Honest Kilogram Kilometres Launched Learner Missiles None Rockets Showed Thunder Thursday Weighs

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