Al-Fao was a project for a self-propelled artillery system designed for the former Iraqi Army by the Canadian weapons engineer Gerald Bull. It would have been one of the world's most powerful artillery pieces, with a 53-caliber, 210 mm (8.3 in) gun …

Al-Fāw (Arabic: ٱلْفَاو; sometimes transliterated as Fao) is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al Faw Peninsula is part of the Basra Governorate.

The Al-Faw peninsula (Arabic: شبه جزيرة الفاو; also transliterated as Fao or Fawr) is a peninsula in the Persian Gulf, located in the extreme southeast of Iraq.

Bull's monster self propelled gun: The Al Fao or Al Faw depending of arabic transliteration, is a large 210 mm self-propelled gun, 6x6, first displayed in Baghdad in 1989. Still foggy, it was clearly identified by experts as a South African G6 variant.

The Al-Fao is a self-propelled artillery system designed for the Iraqi Army by the late Canadian weapons engineer, Gerald Bull. It is one of the world's most powerful artillery pieces, with a caliber of 210 mm and a range of 56,000 metres.

The al-Fao battles and the T-55 are both emblematic of Iraq’s specific needs and political, economic, and military context and so a close examination of both is helpful in understanding the broader picture.

Aug 6, 2012 · In descriptions of the Iraqi armed forces and in military conflicts involving Iraq, mentions of the self-propelled artillery units "Al-Fao" and "Majnun" flash every now and then, but there is very little information on this equipment.

Al-Fao is a self-propelled artillery system designed for the Iraqi Army by the late Canadian weapons engineer, Gerald Bull. It is one of the world's most powerful artillery pieces, with a caliber of 210 mm and a range of 56,000 metres (35 miles).[1]

The Al Fao was a 6 x 6 210-mm self-propelled gun (SPG) that had the same chassis design as the Majnoon 155-mm SP howitzer. However, the Al Fao carried the largest-caliber gun of any towed or self-propelled gun or howitzer.

Jan 24, 2025 · The Majnoon self-propelled howitzer has a 52-caliber 155mm barrel with an ejector device and a transversely slotted muzzle brake, and the Al Fao self-propelled howitzer gun has a 210mm 53-caliber barrel with an ejector device and a 2-chamber single-row window muzzle brake …