Carl cannon's record

Sevastopol fought fiercely, and the Soviet side called it the battle of Sevastopol. This is a 250-day offensive and defensive war. When the German army could not capture the fortress city for a long time, three flags were raised one after another: Karl, Gustav (800 mm train gun) and Gamma (420 mm fixed mortar gun). 1March 942, the 833rd heavy artillery battalion was ordered to support the fortress city attack. 18 In April, several "kars" arrived near the designated shooting location 15 1 highland. The 22nd German Engineer Company spent 22 days building a shooting position for it. During this period, the Germans transported 72 heavy bombs and 50 "light bombs". From June 2, this "super cannon" began to bombard. Within half a month, all rounds of 122 were played. Later, 79 rounds were shipped, accounting for 75 rounds. Under the bombardment of Carl cannon, Gustav and Gamma, some extremely strong Soviet forts and underground ammunition depots were destroyed, and the 305mm cannon of Gorky fortress 1 was even directly smashed by Carl! After completing the task, the 833rd heavy artillery battalion was evacuated safely.

Suppression of Warsaw Uprising 1 August 19441day, the Polish People's Uprising launched a large-scale armed uprising against the German occupation forces. In just a few days, the insurgents occupied many important urban areas, which was too much for the Germans. Subsequently, they mobilized heavy troops to suppress the Warsaw insurgents, and successively abandoned the 628 and 428 heavy artillery companies equipped with "Karl" giant guns. In a report to the headquarters, the German occupation forces called the attack "very successful". In the 63-day military-civilian battle in Warsaw, the insurgents sacrificed 1.87/ person and Warsaw citizens sacrificed 1.87/ person. The "Carl" gun played a disgraceful role in killing Warsaw soldiers and civilians.

The last battle that "Karl" Jupao participated in was that the 428th Heavy Artillery Company launched an attack on Soviet troops 50 kilometers south of Berlin on April 1945+0. In the face of the attack of the powerful Soviet Red Army, several "Karl" giant guns are very small and can't stop the steel torrent of the Soviet Red Army. The "Carl" gun has also become the trophy of the Soviet Red Army and the Allied Forces.

In addition, the "Karl" shelled the Brest fortress and provided shelling for the German army in Budapest. There is a "Carl" ready to bomb Paris, but it was stopped by allied planes. 1944165438+1October 9, the 638th heavy artillery company was ordered to participate in the Ardennes Battle (the Battle of Projection), and the No.4 gun "Dole" was modified with a 540mm barrel to participate in this operation. In the same year, 65438+February 10, the 428 heavy artillery company equipped with No.2 and No.6 guns participated in the "Watch the Rhine" operation. 1945 March 15 No.638 heavy artillery received top secret orders, and the Remagen Bridge in the west was shelled. Although Carl's strength was not accurate enough, the task failed. It is worth mentioning that Karl, originally designed to shell maginot line, failed to shell maginot line because the French army had surrendered. From 1940, 165438+ 10, 1 9465438+August, Reinhard Metal Company manufactured six "Karl" mortars, which were named Adam1No.2 and Ava No.3 respectively.

Full length: 1 1. 15m.

Width: 3. 16m

Height: 4.38 meters

Weight: 124 ton

Engine: Dimler-Benz MB507 Desel (580PS) (Daimler-Benz 5 engine).

Maximum speed: 10 km/h

Maximum range: 40 kilometers

Diameter: 600 mm (short tube) 540 mm (long tube)

Barrel length: 5m (long tube)

Gun weight: 28.4 tons

Vertical shooting angle: -0 to +70 degrees

Horizontal shooting angle: 4 degrees left and 4 degrees right.