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[tank50us]

I know of a company that makes a 1/35th scale model of the monster railway gun, that will set you back a cool 350 US bucks. but this just blows the mind.

That is a 1/6th scale model of the 80cm Railway gun "Dora"

Some facts of the real gun...

1. It took 250 men to assemble the gun in 3 days (54 hours), 2,500 to lay track and dig embankments. and 2 Flak battalions to protect the gun from air attack.

2. The train that moved the gun, from locomotives to the end of the train was over a mile long.

3. The shell that this monster fired weighed in at a measly 4.8 tons, with the Armor Piercing Shell weighing only 7.1 tons

4. only two were constructed, Schwerer Gustav, and Dora, of which, only the Schwerer Gustav actually saw combat.

5. Schwerer Gustav was captured by US Troops, but was later cut up (nooo!) Dora on the other hand was destroyed to prevent her capture.

6. Schwerer Gustav only fired 48 shots in anger, but fired over 250 shots in tests. After the siege of Sevastopol, the barrel was worn out, and was sent back to the factory for relining while the spare barrel was installed.

That gun has always fascinated me, I wouldn't mind one day being able to see a full-size replica of it, but who has that much time on their hands to build a giant railway gun to be used as a museum piece(that is rhetorical)

[TheDR]

Whoa thats Epic D:

Looks like something off Metal Slug.

[Sgt. Nuker]

And here's some background music while you view that page:

In other news, EPIC!

Edited by Warboss Nooka, 23 November 2008 - 19:00.

[Shirou]

Wow, epic gun is epic. Never knew the existences of these guns.

[Overdose]

The Dora will always be my favorite weapon of all time.

[Dutchygamer]

Aftershock, on 23 Nov 2008, 22:11, said:

Wow, epic gun is epic. Never knew the existences of these guns.

Really not? It's the biggest gun ever created IIRC

[Pav:3d]

There is a pic in his gallery of him standing next to it, its MASSIVE! :|

Edited by Pav3d, 24 November 2008 - 14:37.

[Sgt. Rho]

The Dora's shells.

[Shirou]

That thing need only topple to squash a tank =O

[tank50us]

now imagine that sucker raining down on you, talk about fighting in the shade heck, one of those shells took out a ammo bunker that was 30 meters under the sea with at least 10 meters of concrete protection. talk about a bunker buster

[JJ]

When I read the title, I thought of this:

[tank50us]

why would I make a topic about a cartoon character in the warfare section?

[BeefJeRKy]

JJ, on 24 Nov 2008, 21:29, said:

When I read the title, I thought of this:

LOL strangely enough I thought of the same until I noticed the subforum.