German railway gun

23 8 1940. No520

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• WW2
• WWII
• Wehrmacht
• Heer
• Cannon

[dima1996marius]

this is the great german engineering

[Haffschlappe]

excellent trained gunnery crew!

[benjamicking]

I heard it only used for a total of 13 days, with only 48 shells being fired. It took 25 trainloads of equipment, 2,000 men, and six weeks to assemble the monstrous gun at the firing location.

[Your3worstn1ghtmar3]

Dear Santa...

[Hitthat69]

@Alaska1925 the gun had alot of power but it had a secret it shot the shell so high it would go to the earth's atmosphere and since there was no air resistance there the shell would travel longer distances

[Alaska1925]

but... so, the longer the gun, the further the shot goes, right? because, it has no sense if this is not true!!!

[tpvalley]

@minodul

I heard that on some battle ships, if u were on deck below guns when they were fired, your teeth could become loosened and your ears bleed!

[KirbyComicsVids]

ALLE FUR DER VATERLAND! Lol

[forexdragon]

Yup. It is really more of a carry over from World War I, just like the battleship, that outserved it's usefulness.

[dogboy0912]

Everytime it shoots, it breaks.

[sickleandsuckle]

I guess so, but their high cost and limited transportation and potential of rail sabotage kind of make them obsolete.

[jefflegos]

@sickleandsuckle But their were benefits also. You could mobilize and get a battery across the country in a few hours. Thats a massive tactical advantage.