Judging by the dates the creation of a large-caliber weapon, included in the TOP-10 most of the big guns, Germany began preparing for war long.
The first is the long-range gun: Kaiser Wilhelm Geschotz dates from 1918 year. His caliber of 211-238 mm, the weight 232 tons. Shoot gun could 6-7 once a day, but the range was 130 000 m.
Clear, that this sample could not stay anonymous. It was immediately dubbed the Paris Gun, instrument "colossal", but more often found in historical sources the name "Kaiser Wilhelm Gun". The trunk of her looks set of pipes, inserted into the reamed muzzle naval gun. Pipes reinforced braces, but each structure scatter shot threatened prolonged oscillations.
AT 1940 year Germany produced the heaviest self-propelled gun: self-propelled mortar Karl-Gerat. She put on the track and equipped with a diesel engine. Pull it could 750 horses, hidden under the armor, but its own weight, armor and shells made mortar, though self-propelled, but sluggish. It could move at the speed 5 kilometers per hour.
Making the six self-propelled 600 mm mortars type "Karl", Germans have switched to the more mobile types of technology and equipped with large-caliber weapon of train. We are talking about a railway gun Dora. it served 250 fighters, an even greater number of soldiers has a supporting role, but whether the effect of the gun, shooting 5-7 ton projectiles learn, Watch the video below.
/Artem Kuznetsov /
