Germany's Monster Mortar of WW2 - The Karl Gerät Siege Mortar

An over of the Karl Gerät Siege Mortar featuring it's pop culture appearances in video games and anime.
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Movies and Video Games Featured:
Girls und Panzer The Movie 2015
Men of War Assault Squad 2
War Pigs 2015
High School fleet 2016
Fortress of War 2010
Warsaw 44 2014
Call to Arms
Thor: Ragnarök 2017
Tokyo Warfare
Tank Hunter 2
World of Tanks
Siege mortar
#guns #ww2 #army

[@kimjanek646]

Legend says, it was faster to rebuilt a destroyed house than to reposition the Karl-Gerät 😂

[@meshuggahshirt]

Late in WW2 the Wehrmacht briefly considered conquering the entire Soviet Union so they could use their remaining Karl-Geräts as shore batteries to defend against Japanese battleships

[@Fae-Fey]

@@meshuggahshirt japanese? Battleships?

[@TF2Scout..]

​@@meshuggahshirtwait what

[@myopickid4180]

@@TF2Scout.. that dude just comment from alternative dimension

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Cheaper, even. By the way, nice Konata PFP.

[@Stonewielder]

Another video where Girls und Panzer supplies indispensable footage. I love it!

[@bradsmgads1302]

"muuh friends" - night shift

[@MontagneMainSkibi]

Today I got this beautiful Karl great from Tom yaaaa

[@sheikhshit]

the Karl Gerat scene in GuP is unironically one of the best action scenes in anime

[@__________Anonymous__________]

The names of the 7 Karl-Geräts were (in the order they were built): Baldur, Wotan, Odin, Thor, Loki, Ziu and Fenrir. Ziu is Old High German for Tyr. Baldur and Wotan were initially named Adam and Eva, however as part of the dejudaization efforts of the NSDAP they were later renamed to Baldur and Wotan.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Also, in that Thor: Ragnarok scene shown... *that wasn't really Odin.*

[@FeuerToifel]

funfact, wodan is just a different name for odin, so they technically had 2 odins.

[@flatheadgg2443]

Dunno man eva would have been a perfectly fitting name, they just had to rename the male one to adolf

[@generaljefe2749]

Hey Johnny, is it possible for you to do a video on the anti tank cannons that were mounted on stukas? I’ve always been interested in those and their overall effectiveness during the war

[@TallDude73]

The Stuka got new life as a tank buster on the eastern front. Interesting topic.

[@jk0619]

Du you mean the Stuka G- series?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I shall add it to my list!

[@cheesyfromindonesia9969]

All we need is a JagdPanzer 38 (T), CV.33, BT-42 and a Type 89

[@CKC_Productions]

I first remember this from Blitzkrieg (2003) and of course Girls und Panzer.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wait, is the former that game?

[@overdrivelzma.9219]

"Girls und Panzer" For Ever...

[@subsidingjoshua9354]

I love how you use scenes from Girls und Panzer a lot in your videos. Lol It’s one of my favorite animes.

[@tuananhtrngng820]

For uncommon tank, Gup is your best source.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Still waiting for das Finale to finally end though. Would love to see if Oarai and St. Gloriana will have a third, more epic rematch.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Nothing like a massive 600mm Siege Mortar to blow away both the enemy and much needed resources. Bit it's, albeit inaccurate, depiction in Girls und Panzer Der Film was amazing as a boss type opponent the girls had to deal with. So thanks for showing those clips in addition to the rest of the ones used in the video. The Karl Gerat, an ambitious design, successful in some occasions, but ultimately a failure and a waste of resources.

[@calebmccoy9685]

As johnney puts it, GuP is "filled with realism and otherwise"

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... its* depiction (it's = it is)

[@mbryson2899]

Nice vid! When I was a kid there was a large diorama featuring Hasegawa's 1/72 "Morser Karl" in the center of a plethora of stock and kitbashed tanks, trucks, other support vehicles, and infantry at our local Squadron Shop for a while. Nice to see it again after all these decades. 😁

[@Demolitiondude]

When you're so bad that logistics says no.

[@lewycraft]

As a fun fact ,one of the most well known photos from Warsaw Uprising, is that of a Karl Gerät shell hitting the tallest bulding in Warsaw at the time, 60m tall "Skyscraper", called Prudential. Photo captured exact moment, of the hit and explosion of the shell. Despite direct hit, bulding withstood it, due to being extreemly modern, build with a thick steel skeleton, that bended, but withstood the hit.

[@jonathanallard2128]

It hit the top of the building which collapsed, along with about 10 storeys of floors BELOW the hit. Only the first floors remained after the hit.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... the steel skeleton bent* ...

[@garfieldsmith332]

Another grandiose idea from The Fatherland. Great to look at and probably awesome to see one firing. a few Panther tanks could have been built using the same amount of materials. Thanks for posting this. I have a 1/35 and 1/72 kits in my stash. Gotta build them one day.

[@frednone]

As one of the other history presenters pointed out, the problem Germany had in WW2 wasn't so much making wonder weapons instead of stuff that worked, it was providing fuel and crew to what they had.

[@korbell1089]

Nice to it placed next to the Maus there in the Kubinka Museum. I suppose they could call that section, "Stupid ideas, stupid tanks!" 😅😅

[@frednone]

@@korbell1089 Yeah, you'd think that one of the first requirments of a mobile weapons system would be, "Able to use existing roads, rails and bridges."

[@MontagneMainSkibi]

“Hans the fuher wants better atillery! How do we do this, muzzle break, different caliber” “Bigger just bigger”

[@mbryson2899]

That's what his mom said.

[@MontagneMainSkibi]

@@mbryson2899 yes

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Führer*

[@KaldekBoch]

Oh Anime, you never fail to surprise. "Girls Und Panzer"... Just...wow.

[@Riceball01]

Just a bit of clarificaiton on the caliber of the Karl guns. While they may have been larger than the Yamato's 18" guns by bore diameter, they would have been shorter and the length of the barrel is also caliber. The caliber of large guns (typically 20mm and larger) are listed as Xmm (or inches) referring to bore diameer & Y caliber referring to barrel length. In this case, while saying that the Karl was a larger caliber gun than the Yamato's isn't entirely accurate, I think that putting in the caveat that they were shorter would have been good just to make it perfectly clear that the guns while bigger in terms of bore diameter, were shorter, otherwise some viewers might come away thinking that the Karl was larger all around than the 18" guns on the Yamato.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I appreciate that. I was kind of hoping the visuals added clarity to what I hoped was obvious. But you are right that it's best to be as clear as possible.

[@mbryson2899]

It certainly wasn't larger when it came to stupidly wasted resources, that's for sure. The accommodations for ineffectual leaders weren't as nice, either.

[@Chiller01]

@Riceball01 It’s like trying to convince someone that really the diameter is more important than the length.

[@Riceball01]

@@mbryson2899 If you're talking about this mortar, from what this video suggests it was designed and built before Hitler's obsession with Wunderwaffe and ever increasingly larger weapons systems. I'd also argue that this thing actually made a certain amount of sense. Remember, it was conceived totake out the Maginot Line, so you wanted something that could easily destroy the fortifications found there and do it from well outside of the Line's own artillery and guns. It's just that it proved to be ultimately unnecessary since the Germans simply went around the Maginot Line through the Ardennes.

[@mbryson2899]

@@Riceball01 No, I was talking about the Podbyrin 9.2mm, the predecessor of the plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

I love how almost all movies/video games shown in this video don't take themselves serious at all lol

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Haha it's kinda the theme of all my videos. Light hearted history.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

We do need antidotes from grim works like A Bridge Too Far, Come and See, and Letters from Iwo Jima, so...

[@geordiedog1749]

A very good example of why Germany lost the war. Nice one JJ.

[@asteroidrules]

It's more than a bit funny just how ridiculous German armaments got, especially when in World War 1 they had figured out artillery and air superiority. It's like they went out of their way to reverse every lesson learned in the Great War.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@asteroidrules Well, the most important lesson would have been to not start a war at all, especially not one with two fronts and against an economic super power whose industry they could not harm.

[@gratefulguy4130]

Imagine those shells falling anywhere within a half mile of you.. probably hard to keep your footing at the least.

[@alltat]

The upside is that you'd have plenty of time to find your footing and even dig a whole new trench system before the Karl Gerät had reloaded.

[@gratefulguy4130]

@@alltat trench probably wouldn't do much good, though. I'd rather get blown up than buried alive.

[@GrafXohoo]

Another great video, and than on top of and amazing weapon thank :3

[@chenboy9452]

Great content! do you ever plan to talk about the brief history of the Grustav gun. Or tanks like the T 35? Also appreciate the fact that you put out content on the Chinese and Japanese during WW 2! Keep up the good work!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Eventually! Both are on my list 👍

[@chenboy9452]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Yay!

[@christophersnyder1532]

Didn't think to see Yamato in this video, but nice. Take care, and all the best.

[@kyledunn6853]

There was no way that using that siege mortar was legal in the match between the University and Oorai Academy. That gun is not a self propelled gun or a tank.

[@gratefulguy4130]

It was self propelled

[@imgvillasrc1608]

That's what one of the characters in the film actually criticized as well, but the guy who wants to shut Oarai down works in the government.

[@TheGingerasian]

nice video, thanks

[@K-Nyne]

Love that you're using footage from Men of War now :)

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Nice that you showed Men of War Assault Squad. Use to watch the KZbinr The Shermanator play that game a lot

[@rolfagten857]

So this one was in "War Pigs" from 2015. Yes when Dolph lundgren had to take it out.

[@commanderfreakkz5688]

Imagine seeing this in WW2 and hear a giant explosion behind you

[@Tsarbloonba]

Imagine just sittin in your house then the block beside you just explodes

[@loyalistmundicomedentisdux9538]

The application of if there is still a problem then you haven’t used enough force.

[@The_Str4nger]

Der Gerät wird nie müde, der Gerät schläft nie ein, der Gerät ist immer vor der Chef im Geschäft und schneidet das Dönerfleisch schweißfrei.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Excellently researched, Johnny, very glad vanity projects like this soaked up much needed resources away from mainstream 20th century Wermacht supplies...indeed almost a German Mons Meg..as always a great exposition of overlooked folly...well done sir...E...

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Thanks E! Hope you are doing well. I'll try to have the Bren carrier or something British for you soon

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq excellent news...E...

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq ps...Mairead and I are out and about...ventured over the Welsh border to celebrate ,Saint David, s day..under Mrs C,s supervision of course...E..

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

@@eamonnclabby7067 enjoy yourself! And find a nice castle to visit

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@eamonnclabby7067 i agreE, E.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Here I thought I'd heard of all the insane, giant sized WW2 weapons

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

They make for good anime and video game toys anyway

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Also, good inspiration for stuff like Star Wars. Case in point, there's Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin's TIE Experimentals and Project Obsidian (probably implied to be the TIE Defender) being based on German and Japanese superplane concepts during the war.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Good connection. Also all those poor ww2 weapons that got butchered up for use as props. Star Wars has some of the coolest weapon designs but at such a horrible cost.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@ThommyofThenn Even if they're weapons, butchering up what is basically history sure can be sour. As long as they don't become too overkill, I guess things are at the very least understandable. *looks at Legends' Sun Crusher and the Alt-universe's Starkiller Base*

[@kiwiworld]

in the GUP movie it bloody large and in Real life it looks like the size of a train

[@Chiller01]

Interesting video. I am simultaneously getting an education on weapon systems and historical anime. I am ignorant regarding both topics so this is a bonus.

[@limbanareignelijah7896]

Bro was like kerl.

[@SeanDahle]

Would love to see the ME-262 next

[@brothercaptainwarhammer]

Big doesn't always Necessarily mean Better... This was a Good example of it, among other Over engineered and Over the Top Weapons the Germans Made in World War 2... Regardless, thanks for Tackling on this Large Siege Mortar Johnny! I'm Sure the Child in Me that Likes *REALLY* Big Guns loved it! Keep up the Damn Fine and Amazing Work, my Friend!

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Any reason why you need to capitalize almost every word?

[@brothercaptainwarhammer]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 Its a... Stupid habit of mine, which I'm trying to Stop... I apologize, and don't think about it too much...

[@GenericBlueNinja]

Hey Johnny, have you thought about making a video about the Long Lance/Type 93 torpedo?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I could probably do that 👍

[@ditzydoo4378]

Yep it was a biggie, but the biggest ever used was the US 914mm (36-inch) Little David siege mortar.

[@Kruppt808]

What is faster, my hot water coming on in an Apt i rented in NY in the 90s or repositioning the KG lol

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Ze German player can build these in our Axis&Allies game but they're not efficient except rather ironically as shore artillery against D-Day. The pieces look cool though and the barrel and loader segment look like a hammer so I'm painting that part to look like Mjölnir.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I feel like you need to publish some expansions for this game. You must have enough house rules for some sweet game play.

[@Jin-Ro]

It sounds like a giant pain in the arse. You can see why the British cancelled the assassination of Hitler on the grounds that he did more to help the allies than hinder.

[@PatGilliland]

I have the Cobi (lego like) Model - it's a beast.

[@mbr5742]

As for the size - this gun is the logical development of the quite successful 42cm "Dicke Bertha" of WW1. Taking into account that the post WW1 forts in Belgium and France would likely be protected against that gun. It differes from Churchill AVRE in the ammunition. AVRE fired a concussion based shell for general demolition. These fired a specialist bunker buster (Röchling shell) to penetrate superheavy bunkers. A good example of two developments happening at the sme time. This mortar and modern mobile (tank) warfare where developed by different branches in the same time frame

[@bloodangelphil]

I find it pretty neat that you use anime footage too.

[@mbr5742]

The later 54cm version was build to increase range btw

[@democracy_enjoyer]

that's an absolute chungus of a mortar

[@iTomBass]

1:23 what game is that? It’s not AS2 as it describes for sure

[@cuddlepaws4423]

Yet another German ' wonder weapon ' that was impractical , but at least it diverted resources .

[@edwardvincentbriones5062]

the rule of cool, rules

[@arnijulian6241]

Churchill AVRE was a practical British version if of a Mortar tank using a 290mm is 11.41 inches spigot mortar on a refitted mk3 or 4 Churchill hull. 700 were built roughly for the engineering. The round was 26 shells that weighed 40Lb called the “Flying Dustbin” & had 30 smoke shells generally for a A 2-inch bomb thrower/mortar attached to the turret roof. it also had 2 x 7.92mm (0.3 in) BESA machine guns so when not lobbing mortars it could still harass troops or small vehicles while lobbing smoke around for allied forces. Germans has the later 1943 Sturmtiger but the issue with the 380 mm RW 61 rocket launcher L/5.4 only has '14' rounds including the 1 in the barrel. A 7.92 mm MG 34 was fitted later but machine gun ports were not well designed as it was a second thought. Bothe the Churchill AVRE & Sturmtiger are quite comparable tanks bit only 18 of these German tanks were built on Tiger 1 chassis due to a lack of bearing for turrets which shows the desperation of late German designs due to shortages from allied bombing. Germans did everything to big not being practical in the slightest & the Sturmtiger had greater suspension & transmission issues then even regular tiger tanks which they are known for hence why many tigers never even saw combat. Panzer-5 "Panther" was the best German tank in my opinion for 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 with 79 rounds is a beautiful compact gun for the time that could penetrate anything the Allies had at 500meters & almost except the front of Churchill 6inch armour at 1000meters & the slanted portions of a KV-2 at the same distance mentioned though KV2 weakness was the boxy turret to house the massive gun but even with 110mm later 130mm it was still a big flat target unlike the hull. I wouldn't want to be with in 800meters of Panther in any allied tank. If the German built double the panthers instead of wasting their time on wonder tanks like the Maus & tiger then they could have kept the war going for at least another year I'd estimate. Mind history is history as they say?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Panther was likely their best. Sturmtiger! Yes yes I will have to work on that one soon. Churchill too I only wish there were more appearances.

[@arnijulian6241]

​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqSturm Tiger has a massive gun but as an assault gun/tank destroyer the 300 Brummbär 10,000 odd Sturmgeschütz III, 2800 odd leichter Panzerjäger 38(t), 2000 Jagdpanzer IV, fewer shy of 1,300 StuH 42's & 1,141 Sturmgeschütz IV were far more impactful to war the 18 Sturm tiger or even the 80odd jadgtigers. People like big guns on big tanks but the main of the work was done by the more modest size assault guns that could be built in meaningful numbers. why the Germans made the 1350 odd of 1376 ordered conventional tigers shows 3rd Reich commanders living in fantasy over practicality. You thought they would have learned the lesson & not built the 2 Maus prototypes they made but hay at least German fan boys are happy for any tank game gets a dozen Mausers or some fantasy put in it ah? Britain with Ordnance QF 3-inch howitzer housed in Matilda II Mk IV Close Support & Matilda Mark III CS. I hate that they only ever depict Matilda's with 2pdr's when even the South African's & Aussies did the Same as British HQ as the war advanced in the pacific housing a 3 inch howitzer. They made a prototype of matilda with a 6pdr but Scorpion/mine layer Matilda's, frog's & hedgehogs were considered a better dedication of resources then swapping out 2pdr's with limited 6pdr's then stick in latter tank turrets that took less modification. The hedgehog was clever using pre-existing naval Anti-Submarine Projector 6 of these 65 lb spigot mortars strapped on a frame to the back of an ordinary Matilda. Churchill tank Mk I had 3inch in the hull as well as the turrets 2pdr. Churchill Mk IICS had howitzer in the turret and the 2pdr in hull. You have 17 base variant designations with in the 7mk's of British Churchill so it is quite confusing & why charts were made to explain to troops funnily. oh MK8-11 were improvement on previous Mk's in production that add more variation Crusader I CS to Cruiser Mk VI CS & Valentine tank Mk IIICS as well had a 3inch howitzer. Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch had a few CS used in D-day to give the early war tank some extra use. Imagine firing a 3 inch gun in a little 7 & 1/2 ton tetrarch. Ordnance QF 95 mm howitzer would later fulfil the same role as the Ordnance QF 3-inch howitzer. USA assault guns are odd as they couldn't stettle on anything following French, Britain & then German designs till the settled on M4 105 mm howitzer, the M4(105) and the M4A3(105) a USA design which was simply shoving a 105mm in a Sherman! Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 I suppose but is more a motor gun carriage then an assault gun the like the British Churchill 3 inch gun carriage. M40 Gun Motor Carriage was a thing in end war ww2 only 1 saw action in Europe. Much the same story as the Pershing M26 300 were sent but only 20 saw action limited for the most part. M26 is really the USA's equivalent of the Churchill that never saw much action as the Atlantic is big pond! why the USA even bothered to design even heavier tank like the T28 at 86.2tons & others not as extreme from the Perishing's 41 & 1/4 tons is astounding in lack of consideration for logistics! To mention: Priest, Bishop and Sexton & all that but are SP not CS or motor gun carriages/MGT so why I didn't mention them for assault guns. I might have gone on tangent Johnny but most outside of conventual Armour/tank role such as MBT ww2 main tanks specialised armour such as SPG, MBT & CS et cetera is something not many discuss or talk about ARV's/armoured recovery vehicles, AA & gun tractors. All massive topic!

[@alfaalvis_trainz]

You should talk about the armourd train

[@maxs.3238]

03:50 "Karl-Gerät-plätze MÜSSEN VERDICHTET SEIN!"

[@pendantblade6361]

Nazi Germany unironically built a Metal Slug boss, huh?

[@Wykletypl]

02:14 Really? If I recall correctly, the only Karl to fire on Warsaw was 'Ziu' the youngest of the bunch. Could You provide the source of this information?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

It's from the Wikipedia article sourcing Tomas Jentz. But Wikipedia isn't fool proof so if you any other info I'd I'm very open to it.

[@fredlandry6170]

Such a pity that Warsaw was devastated in 1944.

[@_DANZIG_]

alright alright alriiiight!

[@HandyMan657]

I wonder if russia's trying to get that thing working again. Thanks Johnny, catch ya on the next one.

[@TallDude73]

The Germans had a penchant for using up resources on (often giant) weapons that didn't do much, and could have been done better differently: railway guns, these mortars, The Maus, (designing) The Ratte, V1, V2 and V3, just off the top of my head.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Have to do the V rockets soon 🚀

[@mbr5742]

not all railway guns are equal. The K5(E) is totally different from Dora.

[@bigblue6917]

The Germans had what can only be described as a fetish for huge guns. The largest railway ever built was the 80cm Gustav. It required 25 trainloads of equipment and six weeks to assemble which included the extra track. In fact to get it there required specially relaid track. It required 2,000 men and was commanded by a general. It was used a Sevastopol where in 13 days, the guns entire active career, it fire just 48 shell. Luftwaffe reconnaissance showed that, compared with the bombs dropped, it made little difference to the siege. It was one of three built and the cost was such that it could have paid for some 250 sturmgeschutz.

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

Love it

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Mortimer Mortar…”

[@actionjackson1stIDF]

Nice article but an underling fact is the Karl-Gerat and Gustav were both prime examples of mismanaged resources by Germany. Material and manpower needed to support one of these guns was equal to several batteries, 3 - 4 guns per battery, from 8.8 to 1.28 CM, which would of been more practical. Especially given the fact during inter war years German High Command had already developed and refined the concept of "Blitzkrieg" where mobility was king. But Hitler being a WW1 soldier felt monster guns like this were a necessity and did a lot to promote their development.

[@mbr5742]

Apples, Oranges and Bratwurst. Karl is the WW2 take on the 42cm "Dicke Bertha" and was initiated by the industrie based on that guns usage in WW1. It is the more developed and mobile variant of that. DORA was Viagra for the lil Fuhrer. 88 or 128mm guns have a totally different usage profile to both (direct fire artillery) and would be ineffective against the Maginot main Jack turrets

[@Pigeon_z]

The g3a3 in the movies next?

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

Pretty cool design and needed only a single rail line.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Bruh it wasn't a railway gun

[@thekhoifish0146]

The one we all know from GuP lol

[@Prodrentjet]

Can we get an Arisaka rifle special?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Eventually I promise!

[@EokaBeamer69]

The Karl-Gerät is nice but Der Gerät schneidet den Döner schweißfrei.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

The biggie notorious gun.

[@jamesturner9651]

Need to delete a forest? Have I the weapon for you. 0:30

[@mmartinu327]

It was the only semi-practical superwoman of Germany.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Don't mind me, am just gonna ready some friends, a bunch of Moomin-esque costumes, and a certain Finnish polka. Oh, and a Carro Veloce plus a Hetzer for a ramp stunt.

[@DoriansPortrait]

1:44 what game is that?

[@David-rj6un]

Call to arms gates of hell

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

You know its a goof video when you see a GuP snippet in the thumbnail

[@overdrivelzma.9219]

Not...

[@Great_Sandwich]

J-anime: Japanese school girls dueling with each other in WWII-era German tanks. I have no idea why, or what this means.

[@mbryson2899]

It means 21st Century, my friend. "All...bets...are...off," like in _Snatch_ .

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

“Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work you can always hit them with it.”

[@SheduwSnupdup]

1:25 I don't think that this is men of war assault squad 2

[@TheAlmightyToaster01]

As a semi famous hoi4 youtuber once stated.... I payed $10! ~goldenspatula

[@dullahan7677]

Given the "Austrian Painter's" preoccupation with large things, he must've been hung like a gnat.

[@edi9892]

How did it impact enemy moral? Just imagine a regular day in war and then suddenly a giant explosion, but no plane dropped that bomb.... Then you realise that the enemy has absurdly large siege weapons... I'm pretty sure though that it must have been quite vulnerable to counter battery fire. It's a very huge and slow target after all and its range was not impressive...

[@mbr5742]

By the time you bring that in the enemy is reduced to his fortress guns. That are even less mobile. And counter-battery in the 1930s time frame was "accoustic/flash" detection not Radar. So a lot slower and less precise.

[@GrahamWKidd]

Waiting for someone to ask @Drachinifel in the next Drydock if this could be mounted on a Battleship!! 😂🤣😂🤣

[@AdamMann3D]

the proper pronunciation of gerät is more like Tony the Tiger. "ge-rate"

[@SoloWing88]

at some point, you will be stuck with a video that is nothing but anime footage. I'll be watching until then : P (I'll watch after but still)

[@KarlGerat40]

Gutan tag

[@killzoneisa]

So in Girls und Panzer The Movie it being manned by ghost schoolgirls?

[@maho_nishizumi_tigertank]

It remote controlled as the Karl is illegal to use in a match because it’s “open top” but they bended the rules to allow that in just to destroy Oarai

[@ieatchicken1449]

wait did you guys saw what was in the chat here 4:50 look at the chat 🤣

[@callsigntonks4029]

Maybe first but keep up the good content johnny :)

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

#1 you're getting good at this

[@callsigntonks4029]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Yeah and I'm proud of it

[@juannixs1524]

Great news theres no A39 Tortoise i geuss they hate it

[@lankinator.]

1:16 that's the whole point of the Maginot line. They didn't go around it, the Germans were forced to go around it. If the Belgians had allowed the Maginot line to run through their country too then it would have run through to the coast leaving only the small part of the Ardennes undefeated which the French SHOULD have been able to easily counterattack through or bomb the attacking Germans along the single road

[@romanojansz7276]

Sri lankan war LTT mortars 30mm gun

[@Vextonomy]

That’s not a mortar that’s a Death Star laser prototype

[@onkelbass695]

half true, we attacked the maginot line with railway guns and breaked it :D, so we go thru the maginot line there are filmed evidence ;)

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Too much, too late.

[@andrewgates8158]

Sturm tiger

[@anactualalpaca7016]

Yeah you'd have to be on meth to think a giant mortar cannon would be a good idea

[@ja37d-34]

That is brave, salvaging the explosive from those shells.. :)

[@madhie-kun8614]

Hello there we meet again, if you remember me

[@mbryson2899]

Que?

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panzer rush lol

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Soviet fortresses at Brest?

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Brest Fortress. (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ring any bells?) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Brest_Fortress