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. Other than ...

During World War II, Nazi Germany built Schwerer Gustav, a gigantic railgun designed to destroy heavily fortified targets with enormous shells fired from miles away. The weapon became one of the most ...

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. Leading ...

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 railway ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Just two of the guns were manufactured. Post-war, the Schwerer Gustav was dismantled and destroyed to prevent it from falling into Allied hands. The other identical ...

Read on to know how the mammoth piece of artillery was used to destroy a Soviet city NAZIS once built the world’s biggest gun that weighed 1,490 tons and fired 12ft shells as they prepared to wreak ...