31-cm-K 5 Glatt (E) (31cm železniční kanón)

31-cm-K 5 Glatt (E) (31 cm railroad gun)
31-cm-Kanone 5 Glatt in Eisenbahnlafette
K5 "GLATT" railgun


Based on the Paris gun, it is the pinnacle of long-range railway guns.
The Germans built it at the end of the war in two volleys. The gun had a 310mm smoothbore barrel and fired 120mm diameter sub-caliber projectiles that were arrow stabilized. With a weight of 136 kg, a length of 1,910 mm and a muzzle velocity of 1,524 m/s, the range was an incredible 151 km. According to sources it was deployed against the 1st US Army, but as it happens other sources say it was deployed against the 3rd US Army.


TTD:
310 mm calibre.
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