Schwerer Gustav and Thor in action at Sevastapol

Two of the largest artillery pieces ever built, shown in action at Sevastapol in the Crimea during WWII. The huge railway gun, which had a crew of 2000 and took 26 train serials to move, fired less than 50 rounds during it's short service life - and most of the shots you see being fired here by the big railway gun were actually filmed during test firings at Krupp's proving ground.

The germans wasted the assets to build and move a panzer brigade to build that behemoth and it's sister gun. They'd have been better off with the brigades.

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[bassmachine00]

paladin and the rest of 155mm todays looks gay.