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Heavy Gustav - The World's Biggest Artillery Gun

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The Germans poured immense resources into creating two massive railway artillery guns, Heavy Gustav and Dora. They were the largest ever made. Twice as big as the largest battleship weapons of the era, Heavy Gustav fired shells that weighed 7 tons! Find out the full story behind this madcap scheme.
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@timareskog2418 5 лет назад

I personally saw one of the cartridge cases in a friends private collection during the early 90's. He had travelled to the US to purchase it for a cost equivalent of a new small car. Apparently each projectile was numbered and had to be used in sequence as, due to wear in the barrel, the diameter of each projectile was machined slightly larger than the previous projectile, thus the performance was always optimal.

@markfryer9880 5 лет назад

Tim Areskog Are you sure it was for these guns? It might be a shell case for Anzio Annie and sisters.

@timareskog2418 5 лет назад

Mark Fryer My friend was very adamant on which gun it was from, he had become very determined on which guns he was collecting either complete ammunition or just cases or inert projectiles from. I asked if a photo could be taken of me standing inside the case but he wouldn't allow it nor would this acquisition to his collection be made known about to but a very few of his closest friends.

@hallamhal 5 лет назад

I personally saw one of the shells... It's in the imperial war museum

@chrisneedham5803 5 лет назад

There's a shell case from one in Holland

@lampshade6967 5 лет назад

Does he still have the shell?

@trycoldman2358 5 лет назад

You're talking a lot of smack for someone within 37 Km

@ksztyrix 5 лет назад

Underwater ammunition magazine? This deserve an episode

@Mega-P71 5 лет назад

Yes please!

@markfryer9880 5 лет назад

Definitely, just even thinking about how to build such a project boggles the mind. 10 metres concrete for the roof is still a considerable amount to pour even today but back then it was all small batch mixed close to the point of placement. And this was all below water level.

@user-me5oq3kl4h 5 лет назад

It never existed, made up to cover the complete failure of the gun

@JoinMeInDeathBaby 5 лет назад

@@user-me5oq3kl4h я тоже удивился, никогда о таком не слышал

@Makh927 5 лет назад

Михаил Черников elaborate further..

@panzerraven4135 5 лет назад

Germans and engineering..

@minuteman2012 5 лет назад

Germany had the best technology.. except for nuclear....

@Apodeipnon 5 лет назад

Biggest artillery gun on the planet: buy one, get one for free apparently 😁

@ottoskorzeny1378 5 лет назад

Thomas The Tank Engine's Surly German Cousin.

@jacobhayes9992 5 лет назад

Honestly looks like something out of a sci-fi steampunk movie, especially 5:07.

@gumunduringigumundsson9344 5 лет назад

My thoughts exactly.

@alexfilma16 5 лет назад

Thomas The Tank Engine and Gustav The Railway Gun

@kababyenoh 5 лет назад

I wonder how many German soldiers were deafened by the firings?

@jrherita 5 лет назад

This is what orbital bombardment looked like in the early 1940s..

@DawnOfTheDead991 5 лет назад

Real Blitzkrieg weapon, if you have 5 weeks and 4000 men to spare, as well as complete control of the railways

@Mega-P71 5 лет назад

Germany be like "bigger BIGGER BIGGER!!!!"

@davemorgan6013 5 лет назад

Makes me think of the Maus 2 tank.

@blazeiscrazy8737 5 лет назад

That's what she said.

@CLK944 5 лет назад

BIGGER=BETTER, JA

@santasdeath1 5 лет назад

größer größer größer!

@g13flat 5 лет назад

More of an exercise in vanity as far as I can see. All the materials wasted could have been used for mass produced weapons.

@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs 5 лет назад

The weapon was a worthwhile investment. It could destroy the forts of the Maginot line. It proved it could do so by destroying Sevastopol.

@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs 5 лет назад

Had the German breakthroughs at Sedan or Belgium not occurred the Gustaves would have smashed up the fortresses of the Maginot line one by one as they did to Sevastopol.. That’s not a waste of resources, in fact could have been the most worthwhile investment ever.

@twirlipofthemists3201 5 лет назад

Thousands of troops to operate it... imagine thousands of heavy mortars instead. Huge, stupid waste.

@radioboys8986 5 лет назад

@@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs no it was a huge waste, what it could have or might have done, matters not

@madwolf0966 5 лет назад

Twirlip Of The Mists it was designed for the Maginot but since they by-passed it and did a surprise encirclement it was probably deemed “worthless” until Sevastopol though I do understand where you are coming from

@napoleonblownapart8155 4 года назад

Engineers: So how big do you want this cannon? Hitler: Yes

@scotthopkins7711 5 лет назад

Germans were amazing at engineering.

@venkatjayadeepj1342 5 лет назад

What do you call a pissed off German? A Sauerkraut.

@nikshmenga 5 лет назад

good one!!!! :D 😂 lol 😂 jaja 😂

@chrisneedham5803 5 лет назад

The Germans have a song "everything has an end but a sausage has two"

@chrisneedham5803 5 лет назад

@deee327ify ....... But I'd be angry if you gave me 'Sauerkraut'

@justapieceofsoap4332 5 лет назад

That joke is literally why the Americans called the German krauts, this joke is literally older than any of you...

@CommiTsunami 5 лет назад

Dad joke of the day.

@avnrulz8587 5 лет назад

Yes, how many panzer battalions could that metal and the 500 troops been turned in to.

@SafetyProMalta 5 лет назад

The Germans always loved their artillery....

@CommiTsunami 5 лет назад

Do you guys remember when the History Channel was this and not Ice Road Truckers?

@kvdodenburg2031 5 лет назад

Amazing German engineering.

@garymckee8857 5 лет назад

Fantastic engineering.

@sugarsammy7209 4 года назад

Expensive, yet so beautiful.

@blueeyeswhitedragon9839 5 лет назад

A companion piece could be the canon designed by Gerald Bull for Iraq.

@markfryer9880 5 лет назад

Oggy Well he did pay for it with his own life by getting bumped off in mysterious circumstances.

@6omega2 5 лет назад

I like how you point out at the end that in terms of cost benefit analysis, these guns were not a winning proposition. However, for those of us with an appreciation for truly heavy artillery, all I can say is...WOW!!! Also, I think I glimpsed "Loki" and "Thor" in there - the gigantic mortars the Germans had.

@cybercapri 5 лет назад

GO BIG OR GO HOME, Germany took this statement to NEW LEVELS....

@kast7n336 5 лет назад

mark Felton always make my day thank u :)

@YourOldUncleNoongah 5 лет назад

Imagine being there and seeing such a weapon arrive on the field, let alone seeing and hearing it fire those shells.

@santasdeath1 5 лет назад

This is why I love this channel, even though I thought I knew about Germany's railway guns there's still something else to learn! Thanks great video

@martyincanuckistan3635 5 лет назад

And a smart comment that I agree with compared to some of the immature comments made by others. Mark Felton continues to bring us unique quality information, the comments were particularly interesting around Sevastopol

@lexor521 5 лет назад

4000 men needed too fire one projectile 😱😱😱😱🤪🤪🤪 Great job in narration I find this to be very informative Mark good job

@kaiserofgermania5236 5 лет назад

Right on my birthday. Many thanks!

@MarkFeltonProductions 5 лет назад

Happy Birthday

@HelloImKowaBunga 4 года назад

This is by far the most informative channel I've found on RU-vid and I love every second of it

@banzaibomb4980 5 лет назад

When literally everything has to absolutely die...

@Gow-13510 5 лет назад

Fire at 1-3 round per hour

@McRocket 5 лет назад

I knew about these guns. But I never put it together that they were more then twice as big (diameter) to Bismarck's guns. Just amazing. Thanks for this.

@justtracie8636 3 года назад

I thought I'd watched all your videos. Imagine how happy I was to discover some I've missed.

@vincevandergoes2362 5 лет назад

Wow, fantastic Mark. Puts all of this into great perspective. Love these short non biased documentaries. Cheers

@medassistph 3 года назад

Should have named it "Hefty Hermann" [Göring] 🤣

@seananthonyegan3395 5 лет назад

Nearly a mile long for the train that would be a prize target to go after for plane. My coffee grinder is Krupps funny old world..

@PiperStart 5 лет назад

Good diplomacy is an even better use of resources.

@petyrkowalski9887 5 лет назад

Heavy Gustav sounds like a former German colleague who was a world class saussage eater.

@Lerxstification 5 лет назад

Dirty Harry would love to have this.

@stefanvogel8255 3 года назад

German engineering ♥️👍

@knightowl3577 5 лет назад

A tremendous engineering feat but a hideous waste of resources. And that was plus for the allies in the long run.

@Hornet_Legion 5 лет назад

Not sure if it was mentioned by anyone else but the gun was self propelled. It's size meant that it had to stay on railroad tracks. That means it was the largest self propelled gun in history by a magnitude.

@deonmurphy6383 5 лет назад

Thank you Mr Felton. I had known of these two artillery pieces, but had only seen photographs of them, so the film was very interesting. Keep up the excellent and informative pieces.

@tasman006 5 лет назад

Not only resources but the manpower to use this gun such a waste.

@TheNcube 5 лет назад

Largest naval gun of that period was actually the 46cm type 94 of the battleships Yamato and Musashi.

@Roscoe_B 5 лет назад

Krupp was an amazing company most known for armament production, but made most of it's fortune making steel rails for train tracks.

@sarjim4381 5 лет назад

Good morning or afternoon, depending on where you are. This one should be interesting.

@PU8698 5 лет назад

It is 2:28 pm here where i live

@sarjim4381 5 лет назад

@@PU8698 0630 where I live.

@Mega-P71 5 лет назад

7:45 am so good morning lol

@kast7n336 5 лет назад

@@PU8698 ur time is same as my its now 2:46

@melvyncox3361 5 лет назад

What a monster!

@SVanHutten 5 лет назад

Loved the bit with the guns firing in sync with music: a mashup of sorts between Leni Riefenstahl and Buster Crabbe´s Flash Gordon. BTW, great video, as always.

@stuartharper3968 5 лет назад

Great presentation from a master historian!

@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835 5 лет назад

True, one can argue that Gustav and Dora were a drain on resources. But Gustav was "free" and justified itself. Nowadays we would call it a "technology demonstrater". However, to have seen/heard/felt that firing would be awesome.

@Spor7y01 5 лет назад

Amazing Engineering

@gadsden1957 5 лет назад

My father (10th Armored, WW2-Ardennes)told me he saw this gun and that the bore was so big you could crawl into it.

@timheersma4708 5 лет назад

There were many ever larger plans on the drawing board - the 1000 tonne "Ratte" tank, the 1500 tonne "Landkreuser", the A9/A10 rocket (ICBM in theory) and A11 (3 stage), and A12 (4 stage). Many of these ideas lacked the time, resources, and push for completion.

@sarjim4381 5 лет назад

Heavy Gustav and his sister Dora were cool in a kind of a "lets all play army" video game way, but it seems like spending the same amount of money and time could have resulted in developing the blockbuster type bombs of the RAF. The 12,000 pound version had nearly the destructive capability of one round from our boy and could have been delivered in larger numbers while Germany still had air superiority in Russia.

@nepete7 5 лет назад

First they would have to develop a heavy bomber - HE-111 wouldn’t cut it for those bombs. Not that it wouldn’t be a better choice in retrospect, but nobody else had bombs like that when these guns were planned.

@hanzkrupps3315 4 года назад

Small asthma bullets break apart on impact with water. That shell was IMPRESSIVE!!

@alexmarra6656 5 лет назад

Just one thing to say,I love this channel !!!

@jasrajsinghbhinder5033 4 года назад

How big do you want the gun to be? Yes.

@clamsandwich6373 5 лет назад

Thomas the train’s pissed of cousin.

@zangardo3937 4 года назад

seen all of this on the history channel about 20 years ago. glad your regurgitating this information and clips to younger white claw viewers.

@charleswade2514 5 лет назад

My grandfather called it the anzio express. He heard it fire many times and was never afraid.

@Starwarsgeek-98 5 лет назад

Sorry to say that these were not the guns at anzio The guns at Anzio were K5 railway guns of 11.1 inch caliber not these 36 inch bastards. They were placed along the atlantic wall at the time of the italian invasion

@Horizon344 5 лет назад

The similarities between the German patterns of behaviour in WW1 & WW2 are quite startling. These 2 guns of WW2 were created for the same role as WW1's Big Berthas, used to break the Belgian forts in the 1914 invasion. Hitler just repeated the same game-plan that had been used in WW1, with the same outcome, in the same timescale. He must have thought he was on to a winner when England lost France & Italy from the alliance at the start, but their loss was canceled out by Russian industrialization in the 1920-30's & the USA taking the field earlier than WW1.

@Lappmogel 5 лет назад

It wasn't the same at all, they used new strategies, tactics and weapons and because of that they won in the west in no time. Paratroopers taking the Belgian forts extremely quick, tanks rolling through France in no time, better coordination between different arms etc. A totally different form of war. I would argue they did so well (in the beginning) of ww2 because they lost ww1. Germany lost the war, the top brass lost credibility and where canned and that paved the wave for new fresh ideas and innovations. The allies (western) on the other hand was stuck preparing for the same old war again, with France basically building a giant elaborate trench along their border. Outcome wasn't the same either, Russia pulled out early and the western powers finished Germany. In ww2 it was basically the opposite, the only similarity being the US coming in at the end when it was all ready clear who was winning. The biggest irony in all of this is that it was the Germans who helped the communist get into power, sending Lenin into Russia just so he could stir up a revolution and destroy tsarist russia from within.

@rooster3285 5 лет назад

Wow, awesome footage Mark ! thanks

@yak141freestyle2 5 лет назад

30min reload is insanity

@alswann2702 5 лет назад

So the krauts could really say "Mine's bigger" without lying.

@-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___ 5 лет назад

"Lost to history" So heavy Gustav is still out there in parts

@MortenCbr 5 лет назад

thank you for superb. videos! Make one about Hans ulric Rudel! stuka pilot!

@nicomeier8098 5 лет назад

Love our vids: always so accurate! BTW: the WW1 "Paris" guns were more a weapon of terror/fear then actually meant to do a lot of damage. Still: I believe that over 90% of the shells fired hit their designated target, quite an accomplishment.

@eddyredmond7758 4 года назад

Mark I have seen photos of the Paris Gun but this thing was a beast. Great video Mark!!!

@joaovitorsilvagohl682 4 года назад

for the objective that they where build for the would do great work. the magnot line costed more than the heavy gustav could ever cost so in a sense the machine was worth it

@nessuno1948 5 лет назад

This is thinking great........When I was a kid, in the fifties we new about the Grosse Bertha, the gun shelling Paris in WW1 from over 100 km but never new about this gun and the other artillery (massive mortar) used in WW2. Could be that the war was so near in memory and I discovered it many decades after, on specialized publications. From Italy, the northeastern border.

@nathanspalink5438 4 года назад

Would love to see one in person. To bad one isn't in a museum somewhere.

@handyvickers 3 года назад

You sum it up nicely at the end : huge resources, minimal impact. (That can be said of many of Hitler 's efforts.) Imagine the number of 88's all that steel could have made? Those would have made far more impact.

@3-DtimeCosmology 5 лет назад

Fascinating

@redram5150 5 лет назад

Ironic a seven-tonne shell needs the appellation “armor piercing”. One would think a shell of such size would pierce armor natually

@lynstoneham 5 лет назад

So informative really interesting

@cgaccount3669 5 лет назад

Nice video! Even when you discuss something I've heard about you present new information! Everything I've heard before is they had no idea what became of these guns. Thanks for the clarification!

@frontsightblade 5 лет назад

Consistently great content

@Mega-P71 5 лет назад

Wow never been so early to your videos

@Ndlanding 5 лет назад

Great stuff! Fascinating. I only remembered hearing of "Big Bertha". The Germans also made excellent binoculars.

@UpTheAnte1987 5 лет назад

Imagine flying an allied fighter bomber and spotting this below. New target acquired

@mohammedrazeenzaeencamil9344 5 лет назад

Oh boy a new video

@eisenhertz 5 лет назад

thanks again mark,just yesterday i saw the wochenschau from 1942,with pictures from the gustav.and ancyo any.

@Vvtism 5 лет назад

A lot of junior enlisted German soldiers must have had tons of fun loading and maintaining this thing lol

@XilencezGaming 5 лет назад

Fantastic video!!

@TrueScandinavia 5 лет назад

Imagine where modern engineering would be today of the Germans won the war.

@salzkasten 5 лет назад

One should not forget that second trench war was a possibility and in that case it would have been immensely useful to posses such artillery being able to shell supply depots behind the frontlines.

@twirlipofthemists3201 5 лет назад

Immense yes, useful maybe no.

@Bigsky1991 5 лет назад

I had an example of the special Cannon crewman's uniform for a member of the Dora crew. They were very unique. I sold it years later to the Commander of the US Artillery school in Ft. Sill Oklahoma. It's the only known example in N. America, and certainly the only lightly worn, mint example.

@model-man7802 4 года назад

They could have almost got another Battle cruiser for that amount of steel.

@lumpyfishgravy 5 лет назад

Isn't it funny how two similar cultures - German and Japanese - could be obsessed by opposite aesthetics? Germany was quite clearly for BIG while in Japan small is beautiful.

@flolow6804 5 лет назад

Just alone the hits it did score on sewastopol were worth may more then operating and building the gun did cost. And if it would have arrived a month or so earlyer at Stalingrad it could have singlehandedly distroyed these deadly soviet strongpoints like the grainstorage elevator or the last halls of the red october factory complex. Sometimes your realy do need that raw firepower to crack defensiv positions

@lamonstra1464 4 года назад

lol I clicked Liked on this vid before I even watched it!

@TheCimbrianBull 5 лет назад

I have once in a circus seen a guy get fired out of a cannon and landing in a net.

@Ronin4614 5 лет назад

FWIW, one modern day physical science fella went so far as to create a “gun” large enough to place objects into low earth orbit (LEO). The math does work out but can you imagine the concussive force of such a tool when the primer gets triggered? He had trouble getting funding and the idea failed to get serious support. Thanks for the video.

@panzertracks 5 лет назад

I got some stubborn cats that keep knocking over my trash can, would sure like to use Gustav to scar them away!

@olengagallardo8551 5 лет назад

Another of mine furhrers many expensive toys! The resoureses used to contruct these things would have been better ulilized for U boats, aircraft and tanks.