Hitler Reviews The Massive Gustav Railway Gun
Developed in the late 1930s, the Schwerer Gustav was a massive siege railway gun used to destroy heavy fortifications. Weighing over 1,350 tonnes and firing shells that weighed 7 tonnes, the Schwere Gustav was capable of firing over 47 kilometers (29 miles). In the picture above, Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials review the massive Gustav railway gun before it was deployed to the Russian front.
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