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[–]Fisker_Karma 31 points32 points ago

You have to admit, the Nazis probably had the best looking uniforms to date.

[–]zma924 33 points34 points ago

The Nazis had some of the coolest looking everything to date. They all have negative connotations because of the history but they're still cool looking imo. The SS lighting bolts and the swastika with the eagle on top of it are some of the cooler looking ones

[–]darkon 15 points16 points ago

Even Darth Vader thought their helmets were cool. Seriously, though, I'd like to have a long coat like some of them wore, but unfortunately everyone would think I was trying to look like Neo or a mass murderer.

[–]nivvydaskrl 3 points4 points ago

I've got a Cold War era coat from East Germany. It's great, warm in winter but not too heavy. Perfect for layering.

[–]darkon 1 point2 points ago

Very cool. Maybe I'll ask my wife to get me one for Christmas.

[–]nivvydaskrl 0 points1 point ago

Cool deal. Only issue is that it doesn't have a smooth liner everywhere, just in the sleeves, so if you wear it without a shirt (not sure why you would, but just saying) the wool/polyester combination is itchy as sin!

Also, the buttons tend to fall off, but they're post-type buttons and very easy to sew back on.

[–]IronMaiden571 1 point2 points ago

I remember reading somewhere that after world war 2 the US started designing their helmets similar to the Nazis since it was such an effective design.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 0 points1 point ago

everyone started copying that shape.

[–]IronMaiden571 0 points1 point ago

yes, because everyone realized it was a great design. Maximum coverage without obscuring your field of view

[–]Lucifersamtaco 2 points3 points ago

personally I prefer this

little impractical though.

[–]dimensional_dan 2 points3 points ago

A lot of that borrowed from the Romans, very deliberately.

[–]Caedus_Vao 0 points1 point ago

Aesthetically, I LOVE SS lightning bolts. Too bad they're ruined forever.

[–]Doc308 5 points6 points ago

What else would you expect from Hugo Boss.

[–]LeCremenut 2 points3 points ago

[–]MrR2009 57 points58 points ago

Now I have fully compensated for my lack of artistic ability.

[–]hg341 5 points6 points ago

you say that but ive seen some of his paintings and he really wasnt "that" bad

[–]WARitter 2 points3 points ago

He made a decent living as the hobo Thomas Kincaid. If only that had kept up. And he wasn't evil. So really, 'if he wasn't Hitler'

[–]hank_scorpio128 51 points52 points ago

not to compliment hitler, but he must have felt like such a badass in that moment

[–]w2tpmf 34 points35 points ago

A badass and a snappy dresser.

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[–]Mr_Flippers 41 points42 points ago

"You're gonna Reich the way you look"

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[–]Mr_Flippers 1 point2 points ago

I think I'm turning Japanese-a

[–]TheEmsleyan 4 points5 points ago

"Shut up!"

'Swear to God.'

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[–]TomTheGeek 2 points3 points ago

Archer I think

[–]TheEmsleyan -1 points0 points ago

Yep.

[–]brownribbon 0 points1 point ago

And it's true too, at least for some Nazi organizations (SA, SS, Hitler Youth, a few others).

[–]BrutallyEffective 8 points9 points ago

You could say, he was looking pretty....Boss.

[–]atlas44 5 points6 points ago

Hu go, girl.

[–]bigsol81 2 points3 points ago

Well, to be fair, all of the Nazi officers had some pretty spiffy looking uniforms. Why is it always the evil dictators and their fascist regime that gets the coolest looking uniforms?

[–]Caedus_Vao 0 points1 point ago

I'd say that Hitler was on a pretty constant feel-good ride from 1933 until, oh....late 1943. By then, it was pretty much assured Germany had lost the war.

[–]TyburnCross 8 points9 points ago

This reminds me of the "Kim Jong Il Looking At Things" Tumblr. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

[–]thorgodofthunder 2 points3 points ago

The difference being a ear or corn versus an arcade boss class city leveling railroad cannon.

[–]frogminator 8 points9 points ago

"Unt boom goes ze dynamite."

[–]coreyisthename 9 points10 points ago

Railway gun. Railguns are something else entirely.

[–]justinh_tx 5 points6 points ago

Glad I'm not the only one to notice.

From Wikipedia:


A railgun is an electrically powered electromagnetic projectile launcher based on similar principles to the homopolar motor. A railgun comprises a pair of parallel conducting rails, along which a sliding armature is accelerated by the electromagnetic effects of a current that flows down one rail, into the armature and then back along the other rail.


[–]Lucifersamtaco 2 points3 points ago

fuck it, im making a railway rail gun.

[–]Deagle_Shitter 8 points9 points ago

You could bomb it for days and and it would still be fine, but a single soldier with a bag of thermite could destroy that.

[–]TheMadMule 2 points3 points ago

/BreakingBadreference

[–]PostalPenguin 5 points6 points ago

Does it have a .22LR conversion kit? I don't want to spend much on ammo and want to practice the basics.

[–]TheDude66 12 points13 points ago

Shit, I never knew there was such a gun.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 22 points23 points ago

The germans had a superheavey artillary fetish. They made quite a few insanely large rail guns.

[–]zma924 17 points18 points ago

The whole theme of their military was "make it bigger". The King Tiger was an amazing tank. Thick armor, huge gun, and heavy as hell. The only reason they lost the mechanized war was because for as many tanks as they had, we had more

EDIT: The Bismarck was also quite massive. She took quit a beating before sinking. Their Rat tank would've been a moving fortress as well. It was eventually scraped because it was so big, Allied air forces would've dedicated missions to bomb it

[–]DerMann 18 points19 points ago

I don't know why anyone hasn't called you out on this.

The Tiger and King Tiger were both plagued with reliability issues, and not just chassis and power plant problems.

Considering the Tiger, Panther and some models of the Panzer IV were capable of taking direct hits from the low powered 75mm gun on the Sherman, the increase of armor on the King Tiger on served to provide an even larger target for the British Typhoons and American P47s that had made tank hunting into a science. What's even better is that with all the increase in the King Tiger, the 17pdr OQF gun using APDS rounds that the British had equipped over 50% of their Shermans with (i.e. the Sherman Firefly), was capable of defeating the thickets part of the King Tiger's armor (front of the turret) at nearly 1000 meters.

These were not good tank designs. They forfeited any sense of maneuverability for a supposed gain in armor capabilities that only led them to be destroyed more easily.

They racked up kills because Tigers and Tiger IIs were not often used in a mobile manner, they were usually dug in on the Eastern Front picking off T-34s at like a kilometer away - a job easily done by a Krupp 88mm gun on the back of a fucking Opel truck. Especially after the Russians got their shit together and produced fuck 40,000 IL2 Sturmoviks, it was not feasible to have these sorts of tanks out from under tree cover during the day.

Secondly, the Bismarck was worthless because it had no supporting ships. They couldn't move it anywhere because the British actually had an astoundingly competent Navy that didn't focus on building two stupidly large battleships and a handful of battle cruisers and pocket battleships. The Tirpitz was sunk at harbor and the Bismarck was sunk by bi-planes. Neither did much more than harass Allied convoys (a job done more effectively by U-boats) and repel the Allied attacks that were aimed at them.

Sorry for the rant, and I don't think you're a bad person or anything, I just hate it when people start circlejerking over the German military.

[–]zma924 4 points5 points ago

No need to apologize. Like I commented before, I find WWII very interesting and if I'm saying something that is inaccurate, I welcome a correction. I was not aware of the problems that you mentioned with the Tiger/King Tiger line of tank. As far as the Bismarck, I knew it wasn't really an amazing ship, just massive and heavily armored. I liked the whole mindset of building huge guns that the German military had. They just didn't go about it in a smart way.

[–]DerMann 2 points3 points ago

It's not so much inaccurate as it is oversimplified. Yes the Tiger II was a massive tank and they were very difficult for the Allies to defeat tank-on-tank, however, they did more harm to the war effort than good. They took up even more steel and were only marginally better than the Tigers they were supposed to replace.

While the standard Sherman tank used by the British and Americans was woefully inadequate against the heavier German tanks, there were a great deal of Sherman Fireflys in use. The Firefly was so feared by the Germans that they would look for the longer barrels and take them out first if possible - this led to the use of camouflage on the barrel of the Firefly that would blend into the color of the sky at range.

As I said, the overwhelming air superiority the Allies held after mid-1944 made it nearly impossible for the Germans to move armor during the day. Even with hiding tanks in wooded areas the amazing communication Allied infantry had with airsupport made tanks like the Tiger and Tiger II easy kills.

[–]bucherm 0 points1 point ago

As far as the Bismarck, I knew it wasn't really an amazing ship, just massive and heavily armored

Eh, not really. I mean, it was the largest BB built at that time, but before the WNT came into affect the IJN, RN, and USN all had larger ships in advance stages of planning(parts had been ordered). The Bismarck was the result of a twenty year gap in battleship design on the part of the Germans, and if the PoW had set sail with functioning main guns she probably would have shot her to ribbons, maybe before the Hood blew up. The Germans really did not design good naval warships during WW2. Even their u-boots weren't particularly outstanding compared to Allied counterparts.

The main function of the Kriegsmarine during WW2 was to tie up RN surface forces which could be better put to use fighting the RM in the Med.

But, I agree they did look cool :P

[–]Lucifersamtaco 9 points10 points ago

the king tiger was only larger than the Tiger due to the shape changes they made, in reality it would have been a supremely good tank and was, several have over 70 confirmed kills each. But Germany couldn't compete with Detroit.

[–]3klipse 2 points3 points ago

Didn't the soviets also pump out t-34s like nobodies business?

[–]Lucifersamtaco 0 points1 point ago

yes, but the T-34 was crude and had atrocious reliability. It also had a habit of killing their crew.

[–]3klipse 3 points4 points ago

True, but the sheer numbers, from what I recall, did help to overwhelm the superior German panzers and tigers.

I amount want to be in a 34 or sherman up against the Germans though, that's for sure.

[–]TheHairyManrilla 3 points4 points ago

I think because of its sloped armor and heavier gun, the t-34 could go head-to-head with the panzers while shermans would have to take evasive maneuvers.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 0 points1 point ago

actually, no. The sloped Armor helped, but the german 88 could still penetrate at 1.4 Km frontally.

The German 88 is considered the grandfather of modern tank cannon. It fired extremely fast moving solid projectiles and could penetrate every contemporary tank.

Infantry won WW2, not tanks.

[–]3klipse 0 points1 point ago

Hmm, I need to look it up. I thought the panzer had slopped armor, and it still had a better than 1:1 ratio against the 34, but....been a long while since I looked up tanks.

[–]TheHairyManrilla 0 points1 point ago

It probably depends on which panzer model was on the battlefield as well. Never meant to say they were equal, just that a t-34 had a better chance than a sherman. They would also often go at ramming speed if their guns were ineffective and/or ran out of ammo.

[–]BabyWookie 0 points1 point ago

Hmm. I don't know about that. The early T-34s had radios only in the squad commander's tank and most of them broke down or ran out of fuel, and were abandoned, but the supply lines for fuel and parts were non-existent at that point (talking Summer 1941). However, they greatly outmatched most German tanks' (Panzer II and III) in both armor and armament, and the Germans were quite surprised by that fact and began to study its sloped armor and the metallurgy involved in building it.

The common Soviet 57 mm anti-tank field artillery cannon proved to not be very effective against Panzer II's and III's, because it was designed to take out heavier tanks and the round went right through both sides of a Panzer, only making a small hole and destroying what was in its direct path.

The T-34 was modified throughout the war and became extremely reliable, trusted and beloved by its crews. During the harshest of Russian winters, in order to prevent their engines from freezing, the Germans left them running during the night. The Soviets could start a T-34 in the morning by building a fire under the engine block.

The thing was definitely outmatched during the Battle of Kursk though. The Soviets often resulted to ramming the Tigers. After Kursk, the Soviets had gained significant air superiority and tank on tank stuff became less important.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 0 points1 point ago

panzer II and III were at this point not the main fighting force of German Armor. PzII's were recon tanks in 1941 and did a decent job at this.

PzIII's were Germany's most prevelant tank in 1941 and while mechanically outclassed by T34's they still managed to defeat them through superior tactics. Following combat reports Germany realized the need for a high velocity gun on the PzIII and fitted the 50mm cannon which could penetrate the T34 frontally at 500m.

By this time the Germans had the PzIV which was a great tank. The long 75mm could penetrate a T34 at any angle at 1,200m. This combined with superiority as a fighting unit through tactics kept the tank competent through the war.

The Germans left their engines running for many reasons, not limited to the fact that start up procedures for a tank requires minutes when you only have seconds.

You are right however, air superiority was the death of mechanized warfare.

[–]BabyWookie 1 point2 points ago

Superior tactics, com systems and complete tactical air dominance. However, when the Soviets properly used their heavier tanks, stuff like this happened:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov_tank#Krasnogvardeysk

[–]Lucifersamtaco -1 points0 points ago

Which was a rare incident, and tactical blunder.

Still though the PzIV aus. F could out manuever and penetrate the KV's. And Tiger and panthers could rip them to shreds.

[–]IronMaiden571 1 point2 points ago

The simplicity of the T-34 was a strength not a weakness. A simple design and interchangeable parts made it a lot easier for the Soviets to crank out more and more. It also made it easier to repair broken down tanks. One of the reasons the Germans had a tough time with their armor towards the end of the war was because they simply had too many variants and parts to keep up with the demand.

[–]Lucifersamtaco -1 points0 points ago

T34s had pathetic ergonomics, crew safety and comfort. Furthermore they had poor quality control and sub par construction to begin with. Their exposed fuel tanks and over simplified fuel system turned a possible fuel loss into an almost garaunteed engine fire.

[–]BabyWookie 1 point2 points ago

However, unlike German and American tanks, it ran on diesel (much less flammable fuel). I don't see what the other comments have to do with IronMaiden's statement. The hull and turret design and construction were quite solid and revolutionary in many ways, and the engine became more reliable as the war went on. The Germans ran into plenty of mechanical problems with their more complex tanks and they were more difficult to repair, due to that complexity and the lack of standardization in parts.

[–]IronMaiden571 0 points1 point ago

This is true, but with the tactics of the Soviets to basically just overwhelm the enemy by sheer numbers the T-34 was the perfect tank for the job. Simple to produce huge quantities of and worked well enough to do its job. With the Soviets, they favored quantity over quality.

[–]Caedus_Vao 0 points1 point ago

The T-34 was "good enough", which is all you need when you've got a huge numerical superiority and the willingness to trade lives for dead Panzers.

[–]zma924 -1 points0 points ago

Yup. I think the ratio of Shermans to Tigers was like 5:1 or something like that. Even loosing 5 tanks to every 1 of theirs, Shermans were pumped out of Ford assembly lines like there was no tomorrow. It's crazy to think that 5:1 was considered an "acceptable loss" back then.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 3 points4 points ago

Shermans were never a real threat to an operational Tiger however. By the time Tigers were fighting Americans they all had ace crews and were supported by reliable supply trains. Further more M-4s were not designed for anti tank fighting and were simply outclassed in every way. It took either mechanical failure, an act of nature, or rare specialized tanks to counter a Tiger and a King Tiger was for all intents invincible on the mechanized battlefield. Until the soviets designed the IS-2 which could take on both of the Tiger tanks, but were extremely unreliable, broke down more than the german tanks and burst into flame occasionally. Crafty Tiger and King Tiger crews were often able to kill them before they were able to engage regardless.

It came down to a simple reality. Germany attacked Russia which signed their death certificate. It allowed both America and Russia to start a production war that Germany had no chance of winning.

[–]zma924 0 points1 point ago

Hmm I didn't know that. I find WWII to be incredibly interesting so thank you for that

[–]Lucifersamtaco 3 points4 points ago

I do too, and I felt that the story was extremely one sided by the Americans so I decided to do some education my self :)

[–]Tyrannosharkus 0 points1 point ago

I would add only that the Tiger and King Tiger may have been virtually invincible against allied ground forces but with the Allies having air superiority and getting better at coordinating close air support and artillery strikes they were still vulnerable if spotted.

[–]equeco 2 points3 points ago

I think the tank that outnumbered and overwhelmed the Germans was the t 34, not the Sherman.

[–]brownribbon 0 points1 point ago

Gawd damn that rat tank is huge!

[–]richalex2010 2 points3 points ago

The Monster is even bigger, 1,500 tonnes (half again as heavy as the Rat). Instead of wimpy dual 280mm (11 inch) naval guns, it would have had a single 800mm (31 inch) gun; it had the same problems as the Rat (except much worse due to the extreme size) and was cancelled at the same time.

[–]zombiewaffle007 0 points1 point ago

Ist that the gun that is show in OPs picture?

[–]richalex2010 0 points1 point ago

Same gun, different platform. OP's picture is a railway gun, the Monster tank would have been a tank (self-propelled, tracked, no pre-laid railroad tracks required).

[–]zombiewaffle007 0 points1 point ago

That shell is bigger than the T-34 0.0

[–]TheDude66 3 points4 points ago

Yea that's quite an impressive piece of artillery

[–]Lucifersamtaco 11 points12 points ago

And took almost 50 minutes to reload

[–]armoredfist -2 points-1 points ago

14 rounds a day lol

[–]learnedmylesson 7 points8 points ago

24 hours * 60 minutes / 50 minutes to reload = 28.8 rounds per day

[–]Helpfulandattractive 13 points14 points ago

Take your math and get back to r/homework help

[–]armoredfist 0 points1 point ago

well they average a round every 30-90 min so we will settle at 20 rounds a day.

[–]fretsurfer12 0 points1 point ago

I think he meant with shooting light (roughly), but thanks for the math

[–]BabyWookie 0 points1 point ago

Hitler sure did... probably because he was a self-loathing, closet Jewish homosexual, with a tiny little penis.

[–]zombiewaffle007 0 points1 point ago

Railroad guns, not rail guns.

[–]zma924 4 points5 points ago

You think that's big, check out the Paris gun. It was the first gun to ever hurl shells into the stratosphere.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 4 points5 points ago

[–]TheDude66 1 point2 points ago

wow, 210 pound shells, that's ridiculous

[–]fretsurfer12 0 points1 point ago

How many grains is that?

[–]CodenameDeadpool 18 points19 points ago

All of them.

[–]TheDude66 4 points5 points ago

1,470,000 that's all

[–]fretsurfer12 1 point2 points ago

Damn...and I'm over here with my 68 gr .223 hollow points

[–]TheDude66 1 point2 points ago

haha I guess that will have yo do until you get a rail gun for yourself. I thought my 1 oz. (437.5 grains) slugs were hardcore.

[–]fretsurfer12 1 point2 points ago

Dang. How much to rail guns go for nowadays? And what tax stamps do I need

/I kid

[–]GenTiradentes 1 point2 points ago

Realistically, a $200 title II stamp because it's a destructive device. Another stamp for each HE round.

[–]fretsurfer12 0 points1 point ago

Soo...a $200 stamp per round? And the rounds are probably well over $200 a piece

[–]richalex2010 1 point2 points ago

This thing fired 16,000 lb AP rounds (11,000 lb HE rounds) that were around 12 feet long. Only a third the range, but far bigger.

[–]TheHairyManrilla 1 point2 points ago

Every innovation in the German military during both wars seems like an attempt to overcompensate...

...furthermore, it's amazing how we can fulfill the same purpose of these super heavy artillery guns, much more effectively, with tiny little drones.

[–]atlas44 3 points4 points ago

But think of what we could accomplish if we made the drones 50x bigger!

[–]ryanman -1 points0 points ago

[–]sideburnsandmore 1 point2 points ago

And TEAM AMERICA has it at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Loot Loot Loot!

[–]bubbs5 21 points22 points ago

You stole this straight out of the post on the front page

[–]ryanman 9 points10 points ago

my FP is rid of bullshit subs so... this was new to me.

[–]lethalweapon100[S] 5 points6 points ago

Yes, actually, I did. I stole 1 pic, not the whole entire album of 14 or 15.

[–]razzlee21 18 points19 points ago

Come on guys. Don't downvote this. There is no karma whoring in small subreddits. What's he gonna get...25 karma? And besides...who saw this pic and didn't think "MAN! r/guns would LOVE this!"?

Thanks for posting, OP. Some very cool links came out of it.

[–]lethalweapon100[S] 11 points12 points ago

Hey, THIS MAN truly appreciates good work. Thank you, kind sir.

Cmon. You can't tell me a rail cannon isn't one off the coolest damn things you've ever seen.

[–]Mastercutlet 28 points29 points ago

SO WE DESERVED LESS CONTENT?

[–]lethalweapon100[S] 37 points38 points ago

THE OTHER THINGS WEREN'T GUNS

[–]mwmwmwmwmmdw 12 points13 points ago

LOUD NOISES!

[–]Packers91 4 points5 points ago

GUNS MAKE THOSE!

[–]lethalweapon100[S] 1 point2 points ago

WHERE?!

[–]AndyE34 0 points1 point ago

Link to the full album? Or atleast the subreddit? Please and thanks!

[–]lethalweapon100[S] 0 points1 point ago

/r/pics, can't give you the full album on mobile. Sorry.

[–]madmars 5 points6 points ago

the video game Enemy Territory has a map where the objective (axis) is to fix and fire a similar railway gun. Great game, btw. Just wish they would update it with modern graphics.

[–]argues_too_much 1 point2 points ago

I loved that game so much. I'd even accept the older graphics if they'd just update it so it would work under current versions of linux. I haven't gotten it to work since about 2005-6. Usually sound issues, though I believe distros removed it for security vulnerabilities.

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[–]deja-vu-comment 7 points8 points ago

It's crazy that the reason Hitler lost control was because he stared at this gun for 3 straight years in marvel. We owe this gun a lot.

.

[–]presidentender 4 points5 points ago

Nope, meth.

[–]w2tpmf -2 points-1 points ago

Woah. Deja-vu.

[–]armoredfist 2 points3 points ago

That thing shot rounds as big as volkswagens. 800mm rounds 0_o

[–]nwvtskiboy 1 point2 points ago

So did (does) the USS Wisconsin. Well, they weigh as much as a VW anyway.)

[–]cobalt999 5 points6 points ago

But that was a fucking ship. This is land artillery.

[–]Helpfulandattractive 5 points6 points ago

Which I feel makes it more impressive.

[–]Vandilbg 0 points1 point ago

The fire control and tracking computers the BB-61/64 used were amazing for the time. Being able to track and fire on moving targets from a moving platform at 23 miles with over a minute and a half flight time x9. Now that's a weapon, railroad guns were a waste of resources.

[–]Lucifersamtaco 0 points1 point ago

War seems to bring the greatest levels of ingenuity out of mankind sadly.

except they(railway guns) weren't. They had a purpose but then paratroopers were invented and rendered them obsolete just as they were about to be used.

[–]Slowhand09 2 points3 points ago

Rail guns were so different then...

[–]narcedmonkey 1 point2 points ago

pretty awesome photo

[–]hyperbagel65 -1 points0 points ago

What a magnificent monstrosity we've created.

[–]BabyWookie 1 point2 points ago

They brought out all of these big guns for the Siege of Sevastopol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1941–1942)) - one of the most brutal, heroic, but lesser known battles of the war. The Germans used the big rail guns and mortars in order to try to destroy the extensive coastal fortifications. They were not very effective. Very few projectiles landed anywhere near their targets.

[–]mmmm_goldfish -4 points-3 points ago

Good job on ripping this off from the old photo collection that was posted earlier.

[–]Mikes_friend_Tyler -3 points-2 points ago

Mother of God...I...I never really knew....