Schwerer Gustav 800mm 1942
Maybe the biggest artillery ever made. Translation is not needed since there is no technical info, it is an old propaganda video. Just look how big that gun is. (Let's not argue about the past now, this videos is about the gun, not history.)
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2. Comment rated too low. Show this comment LightAng3l 247 days ago
I wonder how anyone managed to survive WWII... but have no fear... WWIII is just around the corner, and man... is it ugly. Smaller bombs bigger bangs... 
Remember blowing one up in Modal of Honor... rail gun Greta 
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#1 Lol doroa the explorer ....she looked she spotted she went boooom !
War is bad but some times just wow look what man can make in no time suddenly !
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9. banzemanga 247 days ago
Can you imagine that our civilization leaves Earth and a new unadvanced civilization finds those cannons. It would be completely like science fiction movies.
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Could probably only fire those things a handful of times before they would need to be completely repaired.
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any knows whats the point of the length of this thing? what would happen if its 1 meter longer or shorter?
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@16 Indeed, thanks. And to answer #13: "the barrel was estimated to have a life of about 150 rounds"
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20. Sizzlik (admin) 247 days ago
Now lets see FPSrussia playing with this thing and shoot watermelons..
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21. Comment rated too low. Show this comment davor1387 247 days ago
#20 i was just thinking that lol
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22. andreas0816 247 days ago
Another senseless german weapon. And I am allowed to say that, cause I am german 
The Nazis had some kind of size problem.... Building such a monster...stupid.
The Allies would have used the engineering time and material to build some easy-to-repair and exchangable thing like the Sherman tanks.
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23. Sizzlik (admin) 247 days ago
#22 true that.."the guy who shall not be named" had a big issue with size..always wanted more than he could handle, no matter the cost. Another example is his unfinished Arena.
(allowed to say that..german too)
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i wonder who should be pleased of this mass destruction propaganda. that is like whitewashing agent orange, napalm children, the atomic bomb. theres nothing to be proud of. "war. war never changes" (fallout)
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#22 and #23 It's called wanting it all; greed; power too much never brought any good to man. I just don't see the point of the weapon requiring so many people and the barrel cannot even turn? Why not invest into something more versatile.
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27. RandurSource 246 days ago
In those days the people calculated the angle etc manually
Do Angry Birds/Bunny Shooter games also prepare us to use big things like this secretly? 
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That was pretty cool. I spent 24 years in artillery. Here is me and my crew firing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpXJtoPEBgY&list=PL32FC0F6FC5168D39&index=1
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30. c0mmanderKeen 246 days ago
One shot weighing in at 4800 kg (HE) or 7100 kg (AP) !!!
Reload times up to 45 minutes...
Still amazing to look at though 
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#29 On the battlefield you cannon-cockers can make all the difference in the world. Thanks for your service.
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Hm? Very ineffective way to deliver a load of explosives, so its no wonder missiles got invented. Thou its very impressive... enjoyed the vid a lot 
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34. cyberdevil 73 days ago
Damn that's a huge gun! Well actually the gun doesn't seem so amazing, but the ammunition. If there's a WW3 I doubt they would even have the resources to make ammunition this big...
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1. loscohones 247 days ago
if i remember correctly this cannon had a twin made named Dora . massive firepower