Nautical Channel Nautical Channel Launched on 5 December 2011, Nautical Channel is the only international 24/7 nautical sports and lifestyle channel in the world. The channel caters to a local and worldwide audience and was founded by Andrew Miller and Laurence Fox Hopper. Nautical Channel is available to over 20 million subscribers in 44 countries in English, French and German. It is on over one hundred international pay TV, satellite, subscriber IpTV, mobile phone, Digital Terrestrial, MMDS and cable TV platforms. Nautical Channel has assembled the largest ever group of international nautical TV producers in order to provide viewers with the best
240 mm howitzer M1 240 mm howitzer M1 The 240 mm Howitzer M1, popularly nicknamed the "Black Dragon", was a towed howitzer used by the United States Army. The 240 mm M1 was designed to replace the World War I era 240 mm Howitzer M1918 which was based on a 1911 French design and was outdated by World War II. The project to replace the M1918 began in 1941. The 240 mm howitzer was the most powerful weapon deployed by US field artillery units during World War II, able to fire a high explosive projectile 25,225 yards (23 km). It was the largest field