Schwerer Gustav: It's a Really Big Gun
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Published 2020-07-03
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All Comments (21)
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Sure, a grown man could crawl inside a barrel that big but he'd have to be a person of the highest calibre.
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America- Dora the Explorer Germany - Dora the Destroyer
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"I named it Dora because it is ear splitting and high maintenance!" ... "Yes I'll be sleeping on the couch." -Gustav
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YouTube channel: Exists. Simon Whistler: I'll host it.
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Sounds like the ink-jet printer scam. You get the gun for free, but you have to buy the barrels from the manufacturer on a regular basis.
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An incredible piece of engineering. Beyond that it was a complete waste of time, material, money and manpower.
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US NAVY: We have a Railgun. German Reich: Das is neat. Now watch our RailWAY gun.
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The pronounciation of schwerer Gustav was actually quite good.
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German Military: "Its terrible innefficient." Hitler: "So anyway i started blasting."
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"Who in the modern day doesn't love Scary Nazi War Machines?" Yep that's pretty much true.
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NAZI's: The mega gun is highly impractical to move, operate and maintain. Let's build a even bigger one
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My grandfather is the second from left holding his helmet in the picture showing the troops lined up on top. So naturally I’m quite fascinated with the cannon. Very interesting piece of history that had the potential to do so much more.
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I am a pipe organ builder, and I thought I might suggest doing a video on pipe organs. The instrument is more than 2,000 years old, and large ones are surprisingly complex and interesting. The two largest organs in the world (Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey and Macy's formerly Wanamaker's department in Philadelphia) each have 30,000 or more pipes, and may be a good subject for one of your excellent videos. Love all of your channels!
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In English: Dora the Explorer In German: Dora the Exploder.
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So in other words, it was like every other German mid- to late-war weapon: Highly ambitious, highly aggressive, highly specialised, and totally unsuited to the war it ended up fighting.
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The WW I German siege mortars were also terrifying weapons. 420mm with a much shorter range and smaller shell but they were much more mobile and wreaked havoc on Belgian and French forts. There were about a dozen built.
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The second gun should be called “Dora the Destroyer.”
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Fun fact: One part of the former Krupp plant in Essen, Germany is now a car park of a Ikea branch. It still has the iron girder and brick structure from back then. Another part of the Krupp plant now houses a music theatre. The headquarters of modern ThyssenKrupp are just a few minutes walking distance from there.
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When thinking about rail guns I always remember that mission in the first Medal of Honor game where you had to sneak past enemy lines to blow one of them up.
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So sad to know this monster just disappeared. Would have been incredible to see in person.
