Schwerer Gustav
History:
German 80 cm (31.5 in.) railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Darlowo (then Rügenwalde) as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest fortifications in existence at the time. The fully assembled gun weighed nearly 1,350 tonnes, and could fire shells weighing seven tonnes to a range of 47 kilometres (29 mi). The gun was designed in preparation for the Battle of France, but was not ready for action when the battle began, and in any case the Wehrmacht's Blitzkrieg offensive through Belgium rapidly outflanked and isolated the Maginot Line's static defenses, eventually forcing the French to surrender and making their destruction unnecessary. Gustav was later deployed in the Soviet Union during the Battle of Sevastopol, part of Operation Barbarossa, where, among other things, it destroyed a munitions depot located roughly 30 meters below ground level.
Unfortunately, its not working. :(
Source: Wikipedia.
I hope you like this. It took me 6 hours to build.
Specifications
Spotlights
- RailfanEthan 5.9 years ago
- Spacedoge12345plane 5.9 years ago
- KrayTek999 5.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 19.5ft (6.0m)
- Length 141.4ft (43.1m)
- Height 32.4ft (9.9m)
- Empty Weight 2,613,003lbs (1,185,239kg)
- Loaded Weight 2,654,261lbs (1,203,954kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 263,028.6lbs/ft2 (1,284,218.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 10.1ft2 (0.9m2)
- Drag Points 62377
Parts
- Number of Parts 901
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 2,161
@BogdanX Thanks it helped! :D
@CruzerBlade Thank you!
@legohelobilly Unfortunately no.
This should get atleast 50 upvotes
This is so good!
It shot so far, it needed a Fisler Storch 156 observation plane to GUIDE it
BOOM!
can you make it shoot?
@Kimcotupan15 :D
This is a schwerer gustav, it schwerers gustavs😂
@Spacedoge12345plane ;)
Well it doesn’t need to have function to impress me. I like making static models like this
@DarkmousePL Yeah, me too! ;)
Daaaaamn. I love ww2 german artilery
Now we just need to mount it into a tank.. oh wait, the P.1500 monster is a thing :)
No problem buddy.
@EternalDarkness Thank you for the upvote. This is my first upvote from a Moderator.
@GeneralOliverVonBismarck XD
@GeneralOliverVonBismarck Shell bounce off
@AWESOMENESS360 Thank you! I did my best!
Absolutely beautiful model, I love how detailed it is!
@Pilot72 indeed
@Roswell Thank you!
Wow this is good looking model