Karl-Gerät (040/041) (lit. 'Karl-device' in German), also known as Mörser Karl, was a World War II German self-propelled siege mortar (Mörser) designed...
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Henchman Karl, Germany, municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Karl-Gerät, AKA Mörser Karl, 600mm German mortar used in the Second World War KARL project...
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Big Bertha (howitzer) (redirect from M-Gerät)
centimetre kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (short naval cannon), or Minenwerfer-Gerät (M-Gerät), popularly known by the nickname Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer...
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VIII Maus super-heavy tank, Troyanov's Object 279 Kotin heavy tank, the Karl-Gerät heavy self-propelled artillery, and the Object 120 Su-152 "Taran" tank...
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number of super-heavy artillery pieces were made available. Three 600 mm Karl-Gerät self-propelled mortars (Thor, Odin, and one other) and one 800 mm gun...
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in combat (at the Battle of Antwerp in 1832). The World War II German Karl-Gerät was a 60 cm (24 in) mortar and the largest to see combat in modern warfare...
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floating mines, mined boats, a railroad gun, V-2 rockets, and the 600 mm Karl-Gerät super-heavy mortar. They also attacked the bridge using the newly developed...
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42 cm Gamma howitzer (redirect from Gamma-Gerät)
kurze Marinekanone L/12, or Gamma-Gerät ("Gamma Device"), was a German siege gun built by Krupp. The Gamma-Gerät's barrel diameter was 42 cm (17 in),...
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World War I / World War II 420 2B1 Oka Soviet Union Cold War 540 Karl-Gerät 041 Nazi Germany World War II 600 Karl-Gerät 040 Nazi Germany World War II...
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World War II the German Wehrmacht used Schnabel cars for transporting the Karl-Gerät heavy-calibre (54 cm and 60 cm calibre) siege mortars. These were self-propelled...
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bomb, the world's first precision guided weapon ever deployed in combat. Karl-Gerät, the largest calibre (up to 60 cm), self-propelled mortar ever deployed...
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ensemble" is located in the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden. Karl-Gerät Leopold railway gun Large-calibre artillery List of the largest cannon...
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surpassed the Schwerer Gustav (Dora) 800 mm super-cannon, the Mörser Karl (Gerät 040) 600 mm tracked siege mortar, and the Leopold and Robert 320 mm railway...
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Paixhans 2 made; used in combat; at least 1 survives 600 (later, 540) Karl-Gerät Mortar 1940 Nazi Germany Rheinmetall 7 made; used in combat; one survives...
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Austria-Hungary World War I, World War II 540 Karl-Gerät 041 Nazi Germany World War II 600 Karl-Gerät 040 Nazi Germany World War II 800 Schwerer Gustav...
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One of the super-heavy Karl-Gerät siege mortars used by the German army in World War II...
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was hit by approximately 1,000 artillery shells, including by a 2-tonne Karl-Gerät mortar shell, leaving only the steel framework standing. The artillery...
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orbital kinetic bombardment weapons system Thor, an alternate name for the Karl-Gerät, a 600mm German mortar used in World War II THOR/Multi Mission System...
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ISBN 0668038179. OCLC 2067459. Jentz, Thomas (2001). Bertha's Big Brother: Karl-Geraet (60 cm & 54 cm). Panzer Tracts. ISBN 0-9708407-2-1. "Aselsan rolls...
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gun that holds a siege mortar. The only siege mortar ever built was the Karl-Gerät. It could be argued that these could be classified as a Mortar carrier...
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rail gun Schwerer Gustav to destroy it. On June 6, 1942, heavy guns and Karl-Gerät siege mortars managed to make direct hits on the battery which destroyed...
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heaviest mortars in general use during the war (second only to the German Karl-Gerät self-propelled heavy mortars), and the post-war 240 mm mortar M240. The...
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56 (multiple-rocket launcher) 38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer Karl-Gerät (Gerät 040 and Gerät 041) - self-propelled 600mm and 540mm mortars family 2 cm KwK...
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Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette "Maultier" (300) Karl-Gerät 60 cm 24 a/k/a "Mörser Karl" (7) Schwerer Gustav (2 built) Sd.Kfz. 142 Sturmgeschütz...
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Gerät 80 (equipment number for the Sd.Kfz. 221) Gerät 81 (equipment number for the Sd.Kfz. 222) Gerät 82 (equipment number for the Sd.Kfz. 223) Gerät...
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was hit by approximately 1,000 artillery shells, including by a 2-tonne Karl-Gerät mortar shell. The artillery damage left only the steel framework standing...
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include M26 Pershing, Centurion, M24 Chaffee, a T28 super-heavy tank, and a Karl-Gerät self-propelled siege mortar. They are also shown in the film to have several...
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large numbers of regular artillery pieces, super-heavy 600 mm (24 in) Karl-Gerät mortars and the 800 mm (31 in) "Dora" railway gun were brought in for...
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Rocket artillery 7.3 cm Föhn-Gerät 7.3 cm Propagandawerfer 41 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer 8.8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 15 cm Do-Gerät 15 cm NbW 41 21 cm NbW 42...
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