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A German tanker spray paints camouflage patterns on his Königstiger, France, June 1944.
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A German tanker spray paints camouflage patterns on his Königstiger, France, June 1944.
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A knocked out British tank, battle of France, 1940.
Sydd
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What the hell it looks like a valentine with a comet's turret?! A comet valentine 8|
The infamous Butcher Bird, Focke Wulf 190 of JG-1 in Netherlands, 1942
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Yeah, I've no clue what it is!
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Good find!
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Yeah, just stumbled across the real photo by chance!
Sydd
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Flying, what is that?
Behold! the Schwerer Gustav 800MM gun in action, Russian front. This railway gun fired off a shell weighing about 7.5 tons at the enemy... In comparison, its twice the size of the guns the biggest battleship on the planet, the IJN yamato carried (18 inch guns for the yamato)
Behold! the Schwerer Gustav 800MM gun in action, Russian front. This railway gun fired off a shell weighing about 7.5 tons at the enemy... In comparison, its twice the size of the guns the biggest battleship on the planet, the IJN yamato carried (18 inch guns for the yamato)
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[MENTION=2672]Sydd[/MENTION] Goliaths were among the first UGVs; they were like mobile, remotely-detonating charges, intended to be used against bridges and tanks. Far more humane than their Russian equivalent, charges strapped to dogs who were purposefully starved and taught to find food under German tanks.
Sydd
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Impressive I thought ugv's came into existence during the Cold War era. We all know that all nations participating the the war had casualties, regardless of the victors nobody has the right to say that what they did was less evil compared to the other, war is evil, war is hell. This includes the soviets running rampant everywhere
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Looks like the Sikorsky R-6, which was delivered in 1944:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_R-6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_R-6
th_battleaxe
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Yeah, no. What you've got there is a 28 cm railway gun. If you compare the size of the charges with the heads of the servants, you'll notice that they are smaller than 80 cm.
Also, if you were to fire the Dora, you wouldn't be able to stand next to it because it was so loud it would rupture your eardrums instantly.
Sydd
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28cm railway gun was used to guard the atlantic wall correct? Interesting, I was sure the description of that image said it was the gustav.
th_battleaxe
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As far as I know, it was a siege gun in the first place, but it would have been used in the Atlantikwall as a shipkiller, probably in a place that didn't allow for the emplacement of coastal bunkers to house such cannons.
As to the name, a lot of those guns were given a "nickname" of sorts. The 54 and 60 cm mortars had names from Norse mythology. So it isn't inconceivable that that specific gun was given the name Gustav.
As to the name, a lot of those guns were given a "nickname" of sorts. The 54 and 60 cm mortars had names from Norse mythology. So it isn't inconceivable that that specific gun was given the name Gustav.
Sydd
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True, the mortars were named Thor and Odin, The big railway guns were called gustav and... Dora i think? I am well aware of the nicknames, only.. the description of the image stated it was a gustav and since it was on a railway and it was long.. I though it was pretty accurate :S then again, I think you are right about it not being the gustav.
drummer93
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wow!!! hahahahah great
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