Discover the story of Schwerer Gustav, the massive railway gun built by Nazi Germany during World War II. Learn how it was engineered and why it remains a symbol of extreme military ambition.

The Schwerer Gustav was more than a gun—it was a symbol of Nazi ambition. Weighing 1,350 tons and stretching 155 feet, this rail supergun could penetrate layers of concrete and steel.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Due to complications in building such a massive gun, the Schwerer Gustav was not used against the Maginot Line, though it did see action against the Red Army.

There are guns, there are really big guns, and then there's the Schwerer Gustav. Before we dive into the specifics of this bigger-than-life gun, we need to know why Hitler wanted it built.

The Schwerer Gustav was transportable only by rail and had to be driven to battlefields where it was needed along two railway tracks that ran in parallel. Although the gun’s elevation could be ...

NAZIS once built the world's biggest gun that weighed 1,490 tons and fired 12ft shells as they prepared to wreak havoc in France. Dubbed "Miracle weapon" by the Germans, the Schwerer Gustav ...

The Nazis called the thing Schwerer Gustav, and here's what I wrote about the thing, 24 feet wide, 38 feet tall, 155 feet long, and attached to another mile's-worth of train for transportation ...

Dubbed "Miracle weapon" by the Germans, the Schwerer Gustav railway gun was the largest artillery piece that was deployed in World War Two. From the ground, the gun looked like a four-storey ...