Schwerer Gustav - Wikipedia
Schwerer Gustav (English: Heavy Gustav) was a German 80-centimetre (31.5 in) railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest fortifications in …
Schwerer Gustav Gun: The Biggest Cannon In The World - All …
2024年4月19日 · The largest gun in world history, Germany's Schwerer Gustav railway gun was 150 feet long, weighed 1,500 tons, and fired the biggest artillery shells of World War II. The monstrous Schwerer Gustav was deployed in the Soviet Union during the Battle of Sevastopol.
Gustav Gun | World War 2 Facts
2020年2月13日 · The Gustav Gun, (properly known as the Schwerer Gustav gun), was a siege gun developed in preparation for World War 2 and is the largest caliber rifled weapon to see combat in the history of artillery. The Gustav is also notable for firing the heaviest shell of …
Schwerer Gustav: Largest Gun Mankind Has Ever Built
2022年4月20日 · Schwerer Gustav shell was 800 mm or 80 cm in diameter. This baby was a railway gun developed by the Krupp family company who also developed the Big Bertha cannons in WWI.
Krupp 80 cm Kanone Schwerer Gustav (Dora) Railway Gun
2017年5月20日 · The Krupp 80 cm Kanone (E) Schwerer Gustav / Dora was a huge railway gun developed for a need that ultimately did not exist. Although impractical, the German WWII weapon was a feat of engineering.
80 cm Gustav Railway Gun | World War II Database - WW2DB
Although termed a railway-gun, the sheer size of Gustav meant that it actually traveled in sections to meet the loading gauge on German railways. Obviously it could not be transported in one piece. The gun itself was broken down into five units; breech ring and block, the barrel in two halves, the barrel jacket, the cradle and the trunnions.
Schwerer Gustav - Hitler's giant gun - WAR HISTORY ONLINE
2015年5月6日 · The Gustav gun was a gun about 12 meters high, 47 meters long, weighing 1,350 tonnes and was firing 10 tonnes shells through a 30 meters long pipe. 22 people could sit aligned on the barrel of the gun.
Schwerer Gustav - Wikiwand
2023年4月2日 · Schwerer Gustav (English: Heavy Gustav) was a German 80-centimetre (31.5 in) railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest fortifications in existence at the time.
The Heavy Gustav, Hitler and generals inspecting the largest caliber ...
2021年11月24日 · Named after the head of the Krupp family, the Gustav Gun weighed in at a massive 1344 tons, so heavy that even though it was attached to a rail car, it still had to be disassembled before moving so as to not destroy the twin set of tracks as it passed over.
Schwerer Gustav: The World’s Biggest Gun Ever Built
2018年11月19日 · Adolf Hitler (second from right) and Albert Speer (right) inspecting the 800 mm Gustav railway gun in the year 1943. Krupp engineer Erich Müller calculated that to punch through seven meters of reinforced concrete or one full meter of steel armor plate, they would require a gun with massive dimensions.