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Secret Nazi Superweapons of WW2
Secret Nazi Superweapons of WW2
Germany had some incredible weapons for that day and age
Schwerer Gustav
At the beginning of World War II, the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler, eager to
invade France, demanded the construction of a new weapon that could
penetrate the concrete fortifications of the French Maginot Line, the only
major physical obstacle that stood between the Nazi army and the rest of
Western Europe.
The new weapon was a gun about 12 meters high, 47 meters long,
weighing 1,350 tonnes and was firing 10 tonnes shells through a 30 meters
long pipe. 22 people could sit aligned on the barrel of the gun. The
impressive weapon became known as the Great Gustav.
-Dheer Bhanushali