A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best-known are the large Krupp -built pieces used by Germany in World War I and World War II .

Schwerer Gustav (English: Heavy Gustav) was a German 80-centimetre (31.5 in) railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest fortifications in …

Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. They have been obsolete since World War II and have been superseded by tactical surface-to-surface missiles , multiple rocket launchers , and bomber aircraft.

2024年4月19日 · The largest gun in world history, Germany's Schwerer Gustav railway gun was 150 feet long, weighed 1,500 tons, and fired the biggest artillery shells of World War II. The monstrous Schwerer Gustav was deployed in the Soviet Union during the Battle of Sevastopol.

2020年2月13日 · The Gustav Gun, (properly known as the Schwerer Gustav gun), was a siege gun developed in preparation for World War 2 and is the largest caliber rifled weapon to see combat in the history of artillery. The Gustav is also notable for firing the heaviest shell of …

2024年10月15日 · Dubbed Anzio Annie by U.S. troops in Italy, the Krupp K5 railway gun fired 28cm shells that weighed 550 lbs. This one was nicknamed “Leopold” by the German soldiers. Image: NARA. Across the many conflicts of the past century, a handful of giant artillery pieces have earned a special reputation ahead of all others.

2021年7月25日 · Decades of history led up to the Heavy Gustav — successively larger and heavier railway guns leading to the biggest of them all. The Confederacy deployed the world’s first railway gun...

2022年4月20日 · Schwerer Gustav railway gun was developed by the Nazis in preparation for WW2. Josep Marimon Coll. Schwerer Gustav or Hitler’s giant gun was a fearsome weapon of war. A distinctive feature...

The Krupp 28-cm-Kanone 5 (E), in short K5 with the (E) signifying Eisenbahnlafette (railway car gun-mount), was a heavy railway gun used by Germany throughout World War II. Krupp's K5 series were consistent in mounting a 21.5 metres (71 ft) long gun barrel in a …

The Krupp K5 was a heavy railway gun used by Nazi Germany throughout World War II.