Hitler's Behemoth Railgun That Could Wipeout An Entire City

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After World War I, France built the Maginot Line, a massive defense network along its border with Germany, to deter future invasions. Anticipating this obstacle, German planners devised bold strategies to overcome it, including the creation of an enormous artillery piece. The German company Krupp began developing this weapon, drawing on their experience with railway guns from earlier conflicts. The result was Schwerer Gustav, a colossal gun weighing 1,490 tons, with a barrel length of nearly 107 feet, capable of firing 80 cm shells up to 29 miles. Despite its immense cost of 10 million Reichsmarks, Krupp provided this engineering marvel to the German military for free, symbolizing their support for the war effort.
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@Simplehistory 4 часа назад

To create your one of a kind website, check out! www.odoo.com/r/7wg4 To celebrate 10 years of Simple History, we're revisiting one of our favorite videos on the channel-The Schwerer Gustav! This time, we're adding even more information and showcasing it with our updated animation style. We're also excited to introduce a new voice to the Simple History family... Ryan! He'll be joining Chris and Rex in lending his voice to the channel, and we can't wait to hear your thoughts!

@tedddropdead 4 часа назад

@PERNTNOTFOUND 4 часа назад

Thank you for your amazing work by the way

@j.robertsergertson4513 Час назад

New narrator sucks ! Pompous d-bag

@abadyoutuber 4 часа назад

1:30 still wont be able to pen t34 driver hatch

@dekkarr2873 3 часа назад

*Shell Shattered* 45min reload *Ricochet* "GOD DAMNIT!"

@davidwithawiredprofile 2 часа назад

Lol

@j.peters1222 3 часа назад

What a spectacularly colossal waste of resources.

@ajkulac9895 2 часа назад

Worst idea ever

@battlesheep2552 3 часа назад

I like how they destroyed the Shwerer Gustav to prevent its capture, as if the Allies would ever repurpose such an impractical weapon.

@ergt9743t Час назад

Ever heard of innovation? Laying the foundation is the key, improving and recreating something else out of it is always easier. First aeroplane was nothing compared to modern planes. But it was that foundation that humans always wanted.

@AFlyingEwok 53 минуты назад

@@ergt9743t "Colonel, what have you and your men learned from studying this monstrocity?" "We have determined that whoever approved the construction of this thing is a dumbass."

@nanab256 17 минут назад

Even of design is failure it is still hunderds of tons of precious metals.

@kuailiang7650 4 часа назад

Finally! We get more detail into this magnificent wonder weapon from WW2

@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 3 часа назад

More like a blunder weapon

@Xelbiuj_1988 3 часа назад

The A-bomb was a magnificent wonder weapon. This was a turd.

@k8tten132 4 часа назад

new narrator doesnt sound like he has the war in him...

@SMALLSTEEL_ONHISHIP 4 часа назад

I agree

@lordsteppergod7269 4 часа назад

True

@ekelgalan1922 4 часа назад

Facts.

@72tadrian65 3 часа назад

His warrior spirit is limp like you dad…

@SMALLSTEEL_ONHISHIP 3 часа назад

@ekelgalan1922 yes

@Dummy-mo1io 4 часа назад

THAT BOY'S BIG!

@laszlohrabovszky2489 4 часа назад

6:50 someone despawned the gun

@Playing096 3 часа назад

/kill @e type=Schwerergustav

@iliadnetfear2586 2 часа назад

I recently got a Chinese knock-off lego model of one of these. this is actually kinda funny, the Gun I ordered also has "Dora" as the official name and its also built in 5 segments. I like that.

@lordoftackle Час назад

That is because there were two of these guns made

@joshuabessire9169 3 часа назад

YOU! HEY YOU! WHY ARE WE OVER HERE! YOU'RE USING CANNONS! SAY HELLO TO BOEING AND ROBERT F---ING OPPENHEIMER!

@commandostryker304 3 часа назад

I've learned about this railgun from playing the 1999 game Medal of Honor

@XandateOfHeaven 3 часа назад

Rail guns are sort of an anachronisms in WW2 because everything was so much more motorized. It was much more useful to have mobile artillery and armor than one large gun that could only move by rails. It would only really be useful in sieges, and even then you could probably better use the man power operating smaller guns.

@France467 4 часа назад

that gun is huge!

@royalpayn4089 4 часа назад

Anyone who saw Korra knows you just need a few metal benders to take that thing out.

@Crypticsniper-yw8un Час назад

If they don't capture it themselves

@masonphillips6605 18 минут назад

I think this could have been really effective if germany had air superiority over the gun. since the round is so big, its basically a bombing raid without the airplanes. That means no risk of losing aircraft or people over Britain. If they had a few extra barrels on hand, london could have been leveled through consistent fire.

@taboovsknowledge1603 3 часа назад

Hitler definitely thought big. But this looks dumb. I assume it was inaccurate because of to much movement in the gun, train, trac, soil, wind.....? Can it be said that the bigger the ballistic, the less accuracy? I know a guy that shoots .22 cal. from a bench mounted machine that doesn't look like a gun. It's all about mastering the accuracy. Every bullet is different so he makes his own. He is absolute spot on. He can put 5 shots and have one hole at 150'. It's a science thing. This big gun is a psychological thing. One shoot, no hole and everyone is terrified! Guess you can say that also is a science!

@thomasthereal4067 4 часа назад

to be fair at that point they prepared weapons for a World War 1 type of war. but instead of ludiciris artillery it was tanks that broke the stalemate of dug outs

@zero11010 2 часа назад

This is more of a rail gun, than a railgun, right? A railgun is a specific thing. This is an upscaled artillery cannon on a railway system.

@NIGHTDREADED 4 часа назад

SturmTiger when it sees this: "And I thought I was big..."

@Mr.HeisenbergTheCook 4 часа назад

The proof that size doesn't always matter 😉

@Goc4ever 14 минут назад

It has to be said: the German industry really set in motion a series of breakthroughs in research and development of weapons for the allies to exploit after the war and these projects were either deployed far too late to turn the tide of the war in Germany's favour or were the ultimate weapons on paper but a total waste of funding and resources and the Schwerer Gustav fits the latter category.

@nanab256 24 минуты назад

They should make it full auto and mount it on a fighter aircraft

@ranggasirrangga 4 часа назад

"You see that hill soldiers? I don't wanna." ahh weapon.

@Notreallyhereanymore 3 часа назад

Real OGs remember the first one

@Battlefieldenjoyer 3 часа назад

But you already made this video 6 years ago

@justvincent2083 4 часа назад

Remake of the Original Shcwerer Gustav video, i know what you did there. 😏

@aran5033 4 часа назад

I used to watch simple history almost everyday, now i can't stand this channel idk why.

@thehansgutenburgshow3149 2 часа назад

Crappy animation Re using old footage And just overall over the top thumbnails like a Mr. Beast video Nothing but click bait

@jordanmince7613 Час назад

then why are you here

@GermanNPC_was_taken 31 минуту назад

What are the reasons?

@gameraltijd 4 часа назад

so you already knew this cannon but do you know its little sister dora?

@SteelHatKing 2 часа назад

Wheres the og narrator? Its not the same

@lordsteppergod7269 4 часа назад

Heavy gun that can barely move

@FrancescaLee-c9o9o Час назад

Your channel is not just a source of information, it is a source of inspiration and motivation. Thank you for your creativity and effort!🏋️🦮❓

@omkhedkar5052 4 часа назад

Simple history please make a video on kargil war that happened in 1999 the world's most toughest mountain warfare ever fought in history

@Joe_biden_for_communism 4 часа назад

I wouldnt call IT the toughest Mountain warfare war, what about they caucasus campaign in ww2

@joshuadecker1305 Час назад

They could have built a Battalion of tiger tanks. For a military known for blitzkrieg, this is the dumbest waste of materials.

@figo3554 Час назад

Man I used to watch this channel all the time, what happened to it?

@pyeitme508 4 часа назад

BOOM!

@PavelOravec 2 часа назад

2:48 Train cannon which is actually lego

@mrckapm2241 2 часа назад

Gotta love the obsession with making insanely overpowered weapons when you can get similar to identical results just by spamming smaller and cheaper options.

@samuellaird5184 23 минуты назад

Didn’t you already do a video on this?

@DavedeDavid Час назад

Not to be proud but I forgot what I was gonna say

@jordanmince7613 Час назад

Reminds me of Sniper elite

@PERNTNOTFOUND 4 часа назад

1 minute early, no way. Also my favoruite weapon and channal Keep up the great work

@Abigduck635 3 часа назад

Puss in boots the last wish

@callofduty3114 4 часа назад

You Guys already made a video about this😢

@kuailiang7650 4 часа назад

This is a second vid of this wonder weapon. The first one didn't go into this much detail as much as this does

@blackfox7448 3 часа назад

Its kinda of a remake, using their current style of animation and new info and also introducing the new narrator

@kylegreene1356 3 часа назад

@@blackfox7448 narrgaytor

@thehansgutenburgshow3149 2 часа назад

They love to remake old videos cause they have no new ideas

@Thunderbeer604 35 минут назад

Hitler's Compensator 🤣

@MrCiceroneize 3 часа назад

I like the new natrator too

@summteach 3 часа назад

“You drop a commando” tho

@johnny5805 3 часа назад

I miss the American voiceover guy. His voice had gravitas. The British guy, er, not so much.

@thehansgutenburgshow3149 2 часа назад

@bastiaan7777777 3 часа назад

New narrator is 12 years old?

@Aureus_ 4 часа назад

Meanwhile thermite

@Haraku-or-jxc 4 часа назад

2nd video?

@Victimxofxprogress 3 часа назад

Shouldn't it say "wipe out"? Wipeout sounds like it derailed and got wrecked

@theawesomeoone6 4 часа назад

Who tf is this narrator? Bring the old one back.

@SMALLSTEEL_ONHISHIP 4 часа назад

Yes

@dmiller3022 3 часа назад

@jordanmince7613 Час назад

which old one they have more than one

@hydrix6419 Час назад

Here before they change the thumbnail

@alfredmarcos1761 4 часа назад

Sorry but im not feeling the new narrator

@SMALLSTEEL_ONHISHIP 4 часа назад

Me too

@thehansgutenburgshow3149 2 часа назад

Same

@jasontuck-smith3896 39 минут назад

Actually I prefer the new narrator. The old one sounded like he'd just smoked about 20 cigs!

@razmoose213 4 часа назад

Railway gun shemata?

@TobiasStorck 54 минуты назад

Describing the size in Feet and the shells in Centimeters…. Just go metric at this point please

@danielka4351 11 минут назад

We want back our narrator please

@stevelenox152 4 часа назад

Where's the old narrator he sounded so much better so please bring him back

@blackfox7448 3 часа назад

Old narrator its around, this is just to see how the new one works for us as the pin comment says, ryan would be working with the other two narrators of the channel

@BigTuna69VCR 3 часа назад

The old narrator got arrested for shoplifting power tools from Home Depot.

@stevelenox152 3 часа назад

@@blackfox7448 ahh fair enough

@thehansgutenburgshow3149 2 часа назад

I agree This sucks!

@jordanmince7613 Час назад

@@thehansgutenburgshow3149its not that deep

@nanab256 21 минуту назад

Lol how many dmg gives headshot from that?

@GuniMoo 4 часа назад

Intresting new narrator

@JasonSpreyer 2 часа назад

New narrator

@Ramzi1944 Час назад

Railway Gun*

@joshuawilson1861 Час назад

Goofy Warhammer 40k looking weapon.

@KyllingKyllingSniketeSkygge 3 часа назад

bro, bring back the old narrator

@Toasttheif555 2 часа назад

We need the old narrator😭🙏

@Coclover-p4b Час назад

Y he a Brit tho

@danielthompson6207 4 часа назад

I like the narrator; clear, concise, good flow and pacing. That's not to say your narration wasn't any of those things, of course, but this new narrator is quite good.