WW2 mamoth railway cannon

izmile · September 13, 2009, 09:40:13 AM

Had a great time at the imperial war museum yesterday..

Here is the picture of the mamoth cannon used by the germans against the soviet. Just look at the sheer size of the shell used by this cannon. The cannon and is transported in peices to the firing site and it would take 6 weeks to just assemble it.

-Ismail

sahilkit · September 13, 2009, 12:46:54 PM

rcforall · September 13, 2009, 09:25:54 PM

Reminds me of the Guns in the Movie "Guns Of Navrone" I think it had Gregory Peck, Anthony Qinn etc.
Some old timers of similar age group would remember.

I think these were the similar Guns , Nostalgia

Sai

allthatido · September 15, 2009, 12:24:40 PM

Saddam Hussain was also planning to build such a huge gun which he could use against Iran.
Search Operation Babylon and you will find it.

flyingboxcar · September 15, 2009, 02:57:41 PM

Ismail,
I hope you did not forget to photogrpah lot of other birds over there. I could see on Salamander (that's what it looks like in the picture) hung over the huge shell

izmile · September 15, 2009, 03:24:31 PM

Quote from: flyingboxcar on September 15, 2009, 02:57:41 PM
Ismail,
I hope you did not forget to photogrpah lot of other birds over there. I could see on Salamander (that's what it looks like in the picture) hung over the huge shell

Wow! You are damn good at identifying aircrafts!!.. That is indeed a Salamander - heinkel He-162. Will upload some more pictures. But the quality of the pics are no so good as its taken from my cellphone.

izmile · September 15, 2009, 03:27:11 PM

Quote from: ankurkaul17 on September 15, 2009, 12:24:40 PM
Saddam Hussain was also planning to build such a huge gun which he could use against Iran.
Search Operation Babylon and you will find it.

Did a search on "Operation Babylon".. it is also known as Operation Opera and it relates to Israeli airstrike mission on an Iraqi nuclear installation.

Any specific link on the big guns by saddam would be great.

-Ismail

flyingboxcar · September 15, 2009, 04:50:04 PM

Quote from: izmile on September 15, 2009, 03:24:31 PM
Wow! You are damn good at identifying aircrafts!!.. That is indeed a Salamander - heinkel He-162. Will upload some more pictures. But the quality of the pics are no so good as its taken from my cellphone.

Thanks for the compliment Ismail.
As an infantry man your life depends on identifying friend from foe. I took this training beyond the current breed of aircrafts to even the older and obscure ones which were of interest.