combat photography

[P. J. Alling]

Still pikers, the Germans were actually building this thing in WWII.  
(RAF bomber command killed the "London Gun") but a smaller version was 
used to shoot at the channel ports after D-Day.

V-3 "London Gun"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-3_cannon

Lots of information at the bottom of this page, (with pictures for the 
Java enabled).
http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/pageshtml/museumspecial.php

Stephen Moore wrote:
> Gonz wrote:
>
>   
>> Well, if you want to really get into that range, take a look at this beast:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon
>>
>> It was supposed to be a 1 meter gun (about 39 inches)!!
>>
>> rg
>>     
>
> Not quite so big as the Saddam gun, but this one actually saw service
> (of a sort) during WWII:
>
> http://www.aopt91.dsl.pipex.com/railgun/Content/Railwayguns/German/Dora%20index.htm
>
> Seriously large projectiles...
>
> Stephen Moore
>
>
>   


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