Iso järeä puhuu!

On 1.9.2012 Suomenlinnan Rannikkotykistökilta ry celebrated it's 50th birthday at Kuivasaari fortress.  To honor the day some 400 guest did arrive to witness the shots from 12" double pattern gun Obuhov.

I visited this beast for the first time a a young kid and then couple of times during the military service. This was the third I've seen the shot, but the first time I was actually at the location. The sound and the preassurewave on site was incredible! 500 kilos water and 200 kilos explosive sounds like this:

I really do not understand why the Russian build these guns for naval battle ships over 100 years ago.