The Dora: The Giant Beast of WWII

[Caraway]

Read more about WWII railway guns and history of Dora from http://www.railwaygun.co.uk/


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Edit: I changed the topic name to make it more SEXY!

[Falco]

Nasty

[caleb]

truly a Big Fücking Gun

[ShotOver]

Modeled after my ***** you know.

[mack pl]

Modeled after my ***** you know.long, but extremely thin ;)

[ShotOver]

hahahaha, good one :D

[mack pl]

hahahaha, good one :Dyeah, I know :)

[HELEX]

My grandpa did see this Baby firing! :lol:
But they were not allowed to take Photos or take a close look. It was somewhere near Sewastopol.

[pipaz]

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I wouldent want one of these land over my head !!!

[atnadastra]

Read more about WWII railway guns and history of Dora from http://www.railwaygun.co.uk/


http://www.bmlv.gv.at/organisation/beitraege/as/big_images/as_bigimages_20000701_history_dora_650.jpg

Do you think maybe Hitler was compensating for something?

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[Caraway]

Do you think maybe Hitler was compensating for something?
If he was compensating his *****...still I would not have liked being fcukt with that "monster *****" of his!

[HELEX]

All in all it was Just a Propaganda Weapon, there was no significant effect on the Situation.

[Caraway]

All in all it was Just a Propaganda Weapon, there was no significant effect on the Situation.
That's true. All it did was destroy a fortress in Sevastopol. Pretty useless weapon but a very interesting piece of engineering. It has also some "charisma" in it! p-)

[HELEX]

All it did was destroy a fortress in Sevastopol. Pretty useless weapon but a very interesting piece of engineering.

It was stated it hit the Ammo Bunker 70m deep under the Ground.... ;)

[HappyCat]

how long would it take to set up after moving? it must not be able to move like that on rails, its too tall to fit through tunnels right?

[Caraway]

how long would it take to set up after moving? it must not be able to move like that on rails, its too tall to fit through tunnels right?
According to the http://www.railwaygun.co.uk/:
Accordingly the 80-cm K (E) trundled to the Crimea on specially re-laid track. Well ahead of its progress a small army of labourers started to prepare the gun's chosen firing position at Bakhchisaray, a small village outside Sevastopol. Well over 1, 500 men under the control of a German army engineer unit dug through a small knoll to form a wide railway cutting on an arc of double track, and the sides of the cutting were raised to provide cover and protection for the gun. On the approaches railway troops laboured to re-lay track and strengthen possible trouble points against the passing of the 'schwere Gustav'. Work on the eventual firing site reached the point where the area behind the curve of firing tracks resembled a small marshalling yard over 1. 2 km (0. 75 miles) long. it resembled a marshalling yard, and that was exactly what it was. In the area the 25 separate loads that formed the gun and its carriage had to be assembled and pushed and pulled into the right position and order. Farther to the rear were the accommodation areas where the numerous men of the gun crew lived and prepared for their task.

....It might be thought that 14 rounds in a day was slow going, but in fact it was good going for a gun with a calibre of 80 cm (31.5 in). At best the firing rate was one round every 15 minutes, and more often the interval was longer. The preparation of each shell and charge was considerable and involved several stages including taking the temperature of each charge, accurately computing the air temperature and wind currents at altitude, and getting the shell and the charge to the breech. Projectile and charge then had to be rammed accurately, and the whole barrel had to be elevated to the correct angle. It all took time.

[Caraway]

The aftermath: The Germans destroyed Dora before it got in the hands of the Allies. Soldiers in these pictures are American.

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These pictures and history are according to http://www.railwaygun.co.uk/ .

[Caraway]

It was stated it hit the Ammo Bunker 70m deep under the Ground.... ;)


...and then it was the turn of a target known as the White Cliff, This was the aiming point for an underground ammunition magazine under Severnaya Bay and so placed by the Sviets as to be invulnerable to conventional weapons. It was not invulnerable to the 80-cm K (E) for nine projectiles bored the way down through the sea, through over 30 m (100 ft) of sea bottom and then exploded inside the magazine. By the time 'schwere Gustav' had fired its ninth shot the magazine was a wreck and to cap it all a small sailing ship had been sunk in the process.

Something like that...

[Mark Sman]

There is something in taking things to the next illogical step.

It is the reasoning of the GTO Judge, the Spruce Goose and Michael Jackson.

This power can be used for good or evil.

At least if we are ever attacked by mutant squirrel I know where to get the gun for the job.

[Caraway]

There is something in taking things to the next illogical step.

It is the reasoning of the GTO Judge, the Spruce Goose and Michael Jackson.

This power can be used for good or evil.

At least if we are ever attacked by mutant squirrel I know where to get the gun for the job.

What???!!! This weapon is not for the mutant squirrels!!! It's the REAL THING! THE BIGGEST WEAPON EVER MADE!!!!

(if you are drunk, go to the Off-Topic -section, OK?

[Dalleer]

What???!!! This weapon is not for the mutant squirrels!!!

Heh heh, that was a funny sentence coming from you.

[Marmot1]

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[Caraway]

Heh heh, that was a funny sentence coming from you.
I guess I lost it...the meaning of the original sentence. Yeah, it's quite funny to think that this gun would have been used to destroy the mutant squirrels!!! rofl

Btw: thanks to Marmot1 for those pics!