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09-17-09, 05:50 PM
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Found a cool video of the german railway gun.
yea, I found some stuff on youtube... pretty cool vid...
this sucker is huge... 
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09-17-09, 07:09 PM
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Ace of the Deep
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That is one BFG
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09-18-09, 04:11 AM
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looked up some stats
range: approximately 24 miles rate of fire: get this about 14 rounds per day here is a pic of one of its shells as it appears next to a tank... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ed_to_T-34.jpg
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09-18-09, 06:49 AM
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That is so cool.
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09-18-09, 06:56 AM
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I've seen a Dora shell up and close at the museum in Overloon
and yeah...its big   HunterICX
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09-18-09, 11:40 AM
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09-18-09, 06:58 AM
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That is one big shell!! Has there been any artillery piece that's either matched or surpassed it's size since then? |
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09-18-09, 07:01 AM
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The American Little David mortar was also bigger, but it was a test weapon.
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09-18-09, 07:39 AM
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How did Big Babylon match?
It was to have a 39'' bore, 100ft length and a 470 mile range, but there are no details on shell size. I remember seeing a section of it that was sized by UK customs on it's way to Iraq.
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