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 …

The Krupp K5 was a heavy railway gun used by Nazi Germany throughout World War II.

Apr 19, 2024 · 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.

A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best-known are the large Krupp -built pieces used by Germany in World War I and World War II .

Feb 13, 2020 · 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 any artillery piece.

May 6, 2015 · The new weapon 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. The impressive weapon became known as the “Great Gustav”.

Nov 12, 2023 · At 800 millimeters, the Schwerer Gustav railway gun was the largest artillery of that kind ever built. It had an operational life of only 13 days, a period in which it fired only 300 shots. It required 25 rail cars and 2,000 support men to move, and it took more than six weeks to get it into position to start firing.

Aug 17, 2021 · The Schwerer Gustav was built to an 80cm (800mm / 31.5") caliber standard and two guns (of the three planned) were eventually completed by long-time German defense player Krupp. The guns had a gun tube length of 40 calibers, a weight of 1,490 tons (short), and the ability to fire a 10,582lb (4,800 kg / 5.29 tons) shell out to a range of 29.82 ...

Jul 31, 2015 · During World War I, the Entente powers converted large naval guns and defensive cannons into railborne artillery to pound German fortifications along the Western Front. Germany had its own...

May 20, 2017 · 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.