Attention: TDR Forum Junkies Some of you have probably heard of this. It's called the Paris Gun, mounted on dual railroad cars. Formerly known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Geschutz Long-Range Guns.
This is in the May edition of Popular Mechanics. Here are some facts:
*One was fired at Paris from 70 miles away in a forest
*The 264-pound projectiles soared 25 miles into the stratosphere, reaching the target 170 seconds later
*Guns were bored-out, 380mm naval cannons
*Each gun 131 feet long
*Each took a 400-pound powder charge
*Each shot sent a shock so intense, each succeeding chell needed to be slightly wider
*Gun lining had to be rebored every 20 shots
*Only half the 367 shells actually hit Paris
Another gun, called the Gustav Gun, was similar. This was the biggest gun in size, ever built.
*Weighed 1344 tons, including railway carriage
*4 stories tall, 20 feet wide, 140 feet long, including breech block
*Required a 500-man crew, including a major general to position, load, move, and maintain
*800mm bore, with 2 different shell sizes. A 10,584-pound high explosive shell, and 16,540-pound concrete-piercing shell.
*Range of 29 miles
*In April 1942, a Soviet city named Sevastopol was attacked by the Germans. One shot destroyed a Russian ammo dump hidden 100 feet below the city's military base.
Cool huh?
This is in the May edition of Popular Mechanics. Here are some facts:
*One was fired at Paris from 70 miles away in a forest
*The 264-pound projectiles soared 25 miles into the stratosphere, reaching the target 170 seconds later
*Guns were bored-out, 380mm naval cannons
*Each gun 131 feet long
*Each took a 400-pound powder charge
*Each shot sent a shock so intense, each succeeding chell needed to be slightly wider
*Gun lining had to be rebored every 20 shots
*Only half the 367 shells actually hit Paris
Another gun, called the Gustav Gun, was similar. This was the biggest gun in size, ever built.
*Weighed 1344 tons, including railway carriage
*4 stories tall, 20 feet wide, 140 feet long, including breech block
*Required a 500-man crew, including a major general to position, load, move, and maintain
*800mm bore, with 2 different shell sizes. A 10,584-pound high explosive shell, and 16,540-pound concrete-piercing shell.
*Range of 29 miles
*In April 1942, a Soviet city named Sevastopol was attacked by the Germans. One shot destroyed a Russian ammo dump hidden 100 feet below the city's military base.
Cool huh?
