OK, so I just wanted to start this thread as a place where you can post a picture of any truly spectacular war machines of the WWII era. I did that because I ran across this photo on the Internet and it made my jaw drop.
This is...indeed...a very massive Railroad gun. According to the original site viewed, historyinorbit.com -- a junk photo site -- it was called "The Schwerer Gustav" and was "a massive railway artillery cannon that was developed [by the Nazis] to break the French’s Maginot line of defenses [that] saw limited use in the war."
Note the size of the people closer to the gun. If you compare their distance to the foreground with their distance to the gun itself (they are only half-way between the foreground people and the gun), you realize that this cannon was truly a gargantuan gun for the era.
I think it's almost akin to trying to mount a super-gigantic cannon to the Space Shuttle's moving launchpad.
Here's a 2-minute History Channel clip about this cannon.
This is...indeed...a very massive Railroad gun. According to the original site viewed, historyinorbit.com -- a junk photo site -- it was called "The Schwerer Gustav" and was "a massive railway artillery cannon that was developed [by the Nazis] to break the French’s Maginot line of defenses [that] saw limited use in the war."
Note the size of the people closer to the gun. If you compare their distance to the foreground with their distance to the gun itself (they are only half-way between the foreground people and the gun), you realize that this cannon was truly a gargantuan gun for the era.
I think it's almost akin to trying to mount a super-gigantic cannon to the Space Shuttle's moving launchpad.
Here's a 2-minute History Channel clip about this cannon.
It seemed like such a waste to destroy an entire battle station just to eliminate one man. But Charlie knew that it was the only way to ensure the absolute and total destruction of Quasi-duck, once and for all.
The saying, "beating them into submission until payday", is just golden...pun intended.
R.I.P. Snickers
The saying, "beating them into submission until payday", is just golden...pun intended.
R.I.P. Snickers
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