"Nazi War Train Hauled the Biggest Gun Ever Made" Topic
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| Tango01 | 31 Jul 2015 11:09 p.m. PST |
"War trains dominated combat for more than 100 years. Massive rail-borne artillery shelled the enemy while trains unloaded troops and supplies. For a brief moment, the terrifying machines were the most powerful weapon on the battlefield. But technology advanced. Improvements to tanks, cars and planes during World War II marked the twilight of the war train. The great trains of the First World War still dominated the imagination, however, and the Nazis built impressive — but impractical — railborne cannons. The German Heavy Gustav was the largest gun ever built. It was more than 150 feet long, 40 feet tall and weighed almost 1,500 tons. The steel giant Krupp A.G. made only two, and neither worked well…"
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| Outlaw Tor | 01 Aug 2015 7:14 a.m. PST |
Color pictures in the original associated article: link |
| LostPict | 02 Aug 2015 6:11 a.m. PST |
The US Navy has one of their WWI Railroad Guns in the Trophy Yard at the Washington Navy Yard. Pretty impressive land weapon. |
| tuscaloosa | 02 Aug 2015 7:21 p.m. PST |
The Wehrmacht just didn't get it. Anything the Gustav could do, airpower could do easier and quicker. |
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