Inside Nazi Germany's 'Supergun' That Fired 7-Ton Shells at Sevastopol, Then Broke Itself скачать в хорошем качестве

Inside Nazi Germany's 'Supergun' That Fired 7-Ton Shells at Sevastopol, Then Broke Itself

In June 1942 outside Sevastopol, Nazi Germany deployed Schwerer Gustav (also known as Dora): an 800mm railway gun built to crack fortifications with shells weighing up to 7 tons. This episode breaks down the real mechanism behind the “superweapon” myth—how a cannon becomes a construction project, why rails and curved track dictated aiming, how assembly, security, and barrel wear shaped its short firing window, and what Gustav could actually achieve against fixed targets. We separate cinematic legend from logistics: range math, rate of fire, ammunition handling, and the brutal opportunity cost of moving a 1,350-ton gun to the front. In the end, the war’s verdict is clear: the supergun wasn’t beaten by a bunker. It was beaten by time, mobility, and repeatability.