Schwerer Gustav, the largest fuck you calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat.
It fired the heaviest shells of any artillery piece. With it's 106 ft. barrell, Gustav could send it's 800mm 7 ton shell over 29 miles. In terms of overall weight, 1350 Ton, it was the heaviest mobile artillery piece ever built.
It took 250 men to operate the weapon with a rate of fire of 1 shell every 45 minutes.
The gun was designed in preparation for the Battle of France, in order to destroy the Maginot Line, but was sent to the eastern front. Only 2 of these railguns were fully built, both were destroyed at the end of the war. #heavyrain #ww2 #artyparty #stayzero #zerofoxtrot