Subdeacon Joe Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The Biggest naval cannons of WW2 was the 18.1-inch (46 cm) naval guns equipped on the Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi. Dora railway gun - HOLD MY BEER! A massive 31 inch/800 mm shell from the German 'Dora' railway gun next to a Jeep.... shells weighing 7 tons and had a range of 29 miles/47 km! https://militaryhistoria.com/schwerer-gustav/ 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Let's see the revolver.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 What a waste of resources and manpower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Can you get a reloading dies for those? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 41 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Can you get a reloading dies for those? Here the reloader. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 So wadya think? 3.2 grains TiteGroup or 3.5 grains Unique? Gives a whole new meaning to “poof-tink” Regards Gateway Kid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 31 minutes ago, Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life said: So wadya think? 3.2 grains TiteGroup or 3.5 grains Unique? Gives a whole new meaning to “poof-tink” Regards Gateway Kid 10 of FFFFg 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 The revolver was posted a month or so ago! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 2 hours ago, Chantry said: What a waste of resources and manpower Which for the Allies was a good thing. Mass 1,350 tonnes (1,490 short tons; 1,330 long tons) Length 47.3 metres (155 ft 2 in) Barrel length 32.5 metres (106 ft 8 in) L/40.6 Width 7.1 metres (23 ft 4 in) Height 11.6 metres (38 ft 1 in) Crew 250 to assemble the gun in 3 days (54 hours), 2,500 to lay track and dig embankments. 2 flak battalions to protect the gun from air attack. Shell Armored-Piercing Shell (AP) High-Explosive Shell (HE) Caliber 800 millimetres (31 in) Elevation Max of 48° Rate of fire 1 round every 30–45 minutes or typically 14 rounds a day Muzzle velocity 820 m/s (2,700 ft/s) (HE) 720 m/s (2,400 ft/s) (AP) Effective firing range c. 39,000 metres (43,000 yd) Maximum firing range 47,000 metres (51,000 yd) (HE) 38,000 metres (42,000 yd) (AP) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Still too small 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Man, I would have loved to see this thing fired. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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