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A Russian 12-inch gun from 1911, ready for action? Or a cavalcade of historical coastal artillery up to 1970s? All this can be seen in the former fortress island of Kuivasaari outside Helsinki. Although these days the 12-inchers (305mm) only shoot water (!), because using real shells would entail closing the Helsinki airspace and manyContinue reading “Kuivasaari, Helsinki archipelago”