Super Mortar - The German Wonder Weapon that Fired SUV-Sized Shells

As Adolf Hitler consolidated his power over Germany and pushed his massive political policies to rebuild and rearm the undermined European country, the West watched, alarmed, as the possibility of a new War in Europe became ever more likely.
By 1936, the Third Reich was already orchestrating the incoming invasion of France and the eventual conquest of the European continent. But there was a significant obstacle in Hitler’s way, and that was the massive Maginot Line, an almost 300-mile-long array of bunkers, fortifications, and huge guns specially designed to keep a German invasion at bay.
If the Germans were going to pierce the French border, they would need a new and powerful solution to shatter the mighty wall into pieces, and Hitler’s answer was to drastically increase the size and power of their artillery.
Relying on the prowess of German engineering, the Third Reich built some of the most gargantuan pieces of weaponry ever concocted. And footage taken at the time shows one of these colossal contraptions, the mighty Karl-Gerät, as it fires its two-ton artillery shells.
The terrifying self-propelled mortar could fire an SUV-size worth of explosive material and was primarily designed to turn the Allies’ defenses into dust…
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[@HUGOBRAIN]

Krupp: "How big you want it?" Hitler: "Yes!"

[@donb7113]

My wife’s grandfather was a WW1 “Big Bertha” crewman. He survived the war but lost nearly all of his hearing.

[@benjaminpadilla1464]

Daaamn, I believe it. That sucks. Much respect to your great grandfather

[@chrisdavis3642]

WHAT!!? I can't hear you.. i said 'your head's on fire '

[@adenmitchell7633]

Fake

[@dennisyoung4631]

*Boooom!* “What?” “The Gamma Gun. 420 mm of gun. “

[@markmulder9845]

I'd be surprised if he hadn't lost his hearing

[@Josurr_Madhawk]

This is some straight up 40k imperial Guard type weaponry

[@Pseudo_Lisa]

I think you mean "the 40k imperial guard weaponry is like the nazi stuff".

[@DrDrystal]

i have to say, the 4Ok Imps seem to have taken a lot of inspiration in design and wepaons from their tanks and down to their uniforms they use. And then of course there are the Krieg (german: War) Corps

[@KingJohnMichael]

Jesus christ are people stupid on the internet Any evil military in fiction is inspired by the nazis or Prussian army Ffs

[@SK-lt1so]

Any fortified line tells the enemy two things: -We are HERE. -We are not moving.

[@JohnSmith-yv6eq]

and if you see/get plans for our fortifications you can plan to defeat them?????

[@williamnichols539]

It also tells the enemy, "my commander has provided me with better cover than you."

[@Sharadshingade9850]

​@@williamnichols539it shouldn't tell this to enemy😅

[@rj2402]

It albo tells , go round

[@thebigness71]

"The entire logistic process was highly complex." Yes. It was German.

[@KingJohnMichael]

And we almost won if it wasn't for those meddling kids and there dog

[@ordinaryAussie]

​@@KingJohnMichaelnah you got your arse handed to ya,your people did a hell of alot of evil so nothing to be proud off

[@gus473]

Drove a Volvo 940 wagon for 19 years, and it weighed roughly as much as a round from the ginormous tracked mortars. Crazy! 😎✌🏼

[@whitepepsi9903]

Volvo gang

[@jackavery7179]

I drove a Volvo wagon for 10 years, my mom called her the tank

[@geoffreycarson2311]

BEST ESTATE. CAR EVER MADE g

[@brkbtjunkie]

I drove a 1982 240 which weighs as much as eight 940s

[@lorenciandrej]

I had one, too. Like a tank. I loved it.

[@tacticalmattfoley]

Something that size doesn't even need to explode to destroy a building from the WW2 era.

[@user-dc6pm3mc4b]

Dont even have to hit the structure to take down the houses built today

[@charleschristianson2730]

Those buildings were built far sturdier than the vast majority built these days.

[@DerJuvens]

@@charleschristianson2730 Yeah, most houses don't have to withstand artillery fire.

[@davids8127]

@@DerJuvens 😂😂😂😂

[@sannyassi73]

@@charleschristianson2730 This is indeed the case.

[@timothywalker4563]

Can you imagine being the E.O.D tasked with defusing just one shell😳

[@alegro4046]

😅😆😄

[@MatthiasDrinksH20]

'They don't pay enough for this shite'

[@titter3648]

I dont see how it would be any worse than most other explosives that would turn you into a red spot on the ground. Its like saying it is worse to fall from 10 000 meters than it is to fall from 1000 meters. Both will kill you just the same...

[@johndowe7003]

Throw c4 on it and blow it up 👌

[@davids8127]

Those guys got balls of still. I don`t think the size matters when the consequence is death either way.

[@Ibby.M.I.786]

1:32 - "Supersize it". Sorry, that left me in stitches 🤣

[@RadhadaniteBabylonian]

Like Patton said, "We fought the wrong country".

[@mrpopo-sf3ke]

germany 💪🏻🇩🇪

[@stevenhoman2253]

A significant portion of the Maginot Line survives to this day. They built it well enough, its shortcoming was that they never anticipated it ever being overrun. Any breach was to become, eventually, its downfall.

[@alltat]

It was mostly there to encourage the Germans to go through Belgium instead, buying time for the French army to mobilize and deploy at the Belgian border. The problem wasn't that the Germans went around the line, but that the Belgians understandably hated the plan.

[@hosmerhomeboy]

@@alltat was going to say something similar, but ya beat me to it.

[@matthewrosa7262]

The Maginot Line Was NOT Used From The Get-Go Of The War As The Nazi Forces Went AROUND The Fortifications By Way Of Crossing The Borders Of France's More Friendly Neighbors Like Belgium, Luxemburg, And Holland. -Borders On Which Such Fortifications Would Be VERY Disdainful On A Diplomatic Level, So They Were Kept Up Just Facing Already, All-To-Well-Known Hostile Borders.

[@davids8127]

Have you studied history? what are you talking about this is utter non sense

[@davids8127]

@@matthewrosa7262 Where did you get this from? Why would the French spend a significant amount of their GDP means billions so that the germans just going around it? lol jusr stop spreading misinformation

[@davidc6510]

Wow a great historical retrospective. Thanks for sharing

[@amaccama3267]

Geez how would you feel uncovering a 2t unexploded shell putting an extension on the back of your house ?

[@glennwall552]

Cripe the cost just went way up!

[@tankexpert]

Lots of money for that person

[@DrewWithington]

I think how you felt would depend if it exploded or not. If it exploded you probably wouldn't feel very much. If it didn't explode you would probably feel very scared.

[@robinblackmoor8732]

​@@DrewWithingtonExplosions are way faster than your nerve system is. You would not feel or know what happened. You would be shut off like a light.

[@rogerweiland6384]

Or you could just drive around it. Wait, they did.

[@geoffreycarson2311]

NO ONE MADE GUNS Like KRUPPS !!!😳g

[@nicklumsden1238]

Thor!

[@nigel900]

Both impressive and menacing. 👍🏻

[@daviddavid5880]

Whoa. The muzzle blast engulfing the entire machine. Not for the faint of heart.

[@tonyb6710]

That was class👌

[@adammckay852]

The french thought the forrest was impenetrable XD

[@teddyispg]

it's basically like mcdonalds super size me, everytime an engineer in germany had a good idea and presented it to hitler, he was like "SUPER SIZE THIS SHIT!!"

[@mchrome3366]

The date of the German invasion of Russia called operation Barbarossa was June 22nd 1941 so the gun couldn’t have been first used against Russian fortifications in May of that year because the attack on the 22nd of June was a surprise. It may seem trivial but June 22nd 1941 wasn’t a trivial date in history.

[@josephpercente8377]

Don't they proof listen some of the youtube videos? They seem to be getting better at it, but I've caught a lot of sloppy work.

[@finddeniro]

Barbarossa..was planed in 1928..no kiddings..

[@alastairdow4400]

Didn't the Germans go around and by pass the Maginot line?

[@JohnPeter-zu1qh]

Very good

[@steviestevie366]

Thanks for Shining Light on the Dark

[@mikedoss9777]

I’m so glad you slowed your speech down. You have amazing videos . They were difficult to listen to when you narrated at breakneck speed. Keep up the great work!

[@reptaloid]

You have the greatest documentaries

[@WagesOfDestruction]

Two such guns in 1914 in ww1 destroyed a French fort at Locin when it hit its ammunition magazines

[@nicklumsden1238]

Your vidz r d best mate!👍

[@atomsk01]

So what you're saying is this is the device that inspired the Metal Slug series of video games. Crazy.

[@antonfarquar8799]

It should be noted that during the Warsaw uprising Stalin ordered all offensive actions in that theater halted. After of course promising the combatants who started the uprising that he would support them.

[@glennwall552]

To this day it's disputed. But I do believe it was so as it fits his mind set after his four day disappearance when war was at his door.

[@somedudeonline1936]

Yeah he wanted to get rid of the people who would make trouble for him when he took over Poland and made it a communist puppet .

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

I read two books on the subject: "Warsaw: 1944" and "Poland Alone". Stalin didn't promise help, the Polish leadership made assumptions. The Poles were so eager to fight that Bor Komorowski couldn't help himself and gave the order. It is hard to read about the days leading up to it when one knows horror which would follow. The Home Army had less than 1000 rifles. In the end, the resistance was as fierce as the leadership was naive. After reading those books last year and seeing those Molotov cocktail making events earler this year in the Russo-Ukraine War - I knew then that Russia cannot prevail in the long run. Eastern Europe has such a history of being f*****d over. It is finally their time.

[@antonfarquar8799]

@@S0ulinth3machin3 have it your way

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

@@antonfarquar8799 it was a reasonable assumption by the Poles (that Stalin would help), but what they didn't realize was Stalin wanted the Germans to destroy the Poles so that he'd have an easier time imposing a Communist Paradise in Poland after the war. Still, he never made any promises. He helped his own Polish Communist Army, but not the Polish Home Army.

[@remeyrune6009]

If I remember they used some of this footage in The Young Cornicles of Indiana Jones although he was in WW1

[@shanegreen9511]

Touch my Schnobblecar...TOUCH IT!

[@oleriis-vestergaard6844]

Started out with 540mm (54cm) and rebored to 600 mm (60)cm. Four of them smashed the uprising at warsawa 43 - one surviver at the russian tank museum near moscow named KUBINKA , the only Maus tank also present there.

[@garfieldsmith332]

They had interchangeable barrels. Each of the six units made could be adapted to fire each size of shell.

[@charleschristianson2730]

Thanks, the video didn''t even bother to say what size it was. I was wondering.

[@boones50]

54 cm later for longer Range.

[@kimmer6]

@@charleschristianson2730 600mm is 23.6 inches.

[@jpsholland]

Those big guns were used in Russia. Thor never been at the Maginot Line. The Germans used a new kind of warfare to deal with it: blitzkrieg. Simply go around it and literally race to Paris. Once you have the government down, the defense will grind to a hold. And exactly that is what they done. The builders of this guns knew it would not work. But Hitler loved them and he was the boss, so they build them.

[@wingedhussar1453]

Not all true .some of these guns were purposed out to the front lines or cities

[@xavibustilloz779]

They weren’t contraptions. They were engineered,working weapons of war. The narrator’s voice is agitating.

[@tankeater]

MORTARMAN SECRET!!! Put your gun cleaning oil into the mortar tube. The sulfuric acid in the Cheese Charge will ignite the oil, sending a MASSIVE fireball out of your tube!!! Just make sure its not puddling over the Firing Pin or else you'll have a misfire!!! 120mm misfires are Fing nervrack as it is, but unscrewing the Fire Pin with oil seeping out doesn't sound like a good time 😂🤘

[@phil4986]

A long-barreled artillery weapon with a closed breech protects the crew that fires it from the explosion inside the barrel. This Gustav must have been almost as horrible on its crews to fire as it was on the troops around the shell when the shell landed. The sound wave concussion reflected off the underside of the projectile as it left that short barrel would be deadly to anyone standing anywhere close to the Gustav when it fired. I just imagine people a mile away going "what the hell was that" every time the Nazi's let one go downrange. And what a complete tactical nightmare to get deploy and set up to do anything with it. Each gun would require train cars, cranes, dozens of trucks and hundreds of troops to move the shells and the charges used to lift the shells into the air. For all of its bravado, I think the investment was actually a waste. Like a lot of Nazi, "look at how big my weapon is" technology that simply wasn't realistic in a mud and river strewn world.

[@antpoo]

It’s seems wasting money, especially on military equipment is beneficial to economies, to create inflation, provide jobs, and help pay off debts. The US is doing it right now.

[@jestnutz]

Back then it was too ahead for its time I must say. I'm sure with today's technology we could build a big cannon to shoot to space maybe..

[@Yuritarkov]

A literal boom cannon irl

[@gotterdammerung5527]

I think it's just fair to assume that no matter how small Germany may seem, They can still kick your sorry ass in a 1v1 💀💀💀

[@23madrabbit]

God damm whatever you try, as soon as the germans start to ramp up their offense, it gets scary.

[@jason1moran146]

2 tons is 4,000 pounds. By comparison, a 16 inch Iowa class battleship, fires a 1,900 pound shell.

[@borbleborb4586]

bro why would they make a battleship that’s only 16 inches long 😂

[@mo07r1]

Ever hear of “pocket battleships”? They were awesome considering their limitations, look it up! 😉

[@somedudeonline1936]

@@borbleborb4586 that's the bore of the gun

[@borbleborb4586]

@@somedudeonline1936 yeah it’s a joke

[@Nightdare]

2700 for the super-heavyweight shells

[@garfieldsmith332]

The entire Karl Gerat could be transported in one piece (barrel attached) on the special design transport rail cars.

[@rj2402]

It was not transported on Rails. It was transported in pieces ,but in combat was used on Rails for some move and change direction of shoot .

[@garfieldsmith332]

@@rj2402 The Karl Gerat, as I mentione,d was transported, n rails. Two special flat cars. One at each end. They had hydraulic lifts on them and the entire carriage was slung up between them. Look for pictures on the internet. It also could be dismantled into I believe 4 sections and mounted on flat cars. This was slower as the unit had to be taken down. . You are thinking of the 80 cm. Schwerer Gustav / "Dora". This is also shown in the video. This unit was taken down and transported in pieces. It required two sets of RR tracks to support it. A curved set of tracks were used to give the gun some change in direction. This unit took weeks to lay the track and assemble the unit and required a large amount of troops to service and protect the gun.

[@rj2402]

@@garfieldsmith332 that's right ! I've had DORA on my mind

[@garfieldsmith332]

@@rj2402 Hard to imagine such a weapon. Even photos do not really show just how big that thing must have been. Real expensive piece of equipment and used only once or twice. A waste of materials and resources. There is a 1/35 scale model kit of the thing available. It is over 4 feet long. Would love to have one but it is very very pricey.

[@thatethiopiandude5077]

they should have used the karl gerat and the bore of the sturmtiger as anti-ship weapons

[@ghostmanscores1666]

the beast

[@oddedd7755]

treaty of versailles..

[@ricardoabh3242]

Crazy days

[@charlespackwood2055]

The guys operating this beast were probably killed with a shell smaller than a peanut. The obsurdity of war.

[@MatthewM575]

Fun fact....Some of the designers of these artillery guns helped design a huge gun for Saddam Hussein in Iraq during the late 1980s early 90s

[@whiteknightcat]

They would have been from 80 to 100 years old, unless some of them were in their 20's in the 1930's.

[@MatthewM575]

@@whiteknightcat Saddam's gun was called Project Babylon. Big Babylon was a 1000mm caliber artillery gun. If you look up the pictures they are pretty wild.

[@whiteknightcat]

@@MatthewM575 Yes, I saw the pictures and videos way back then. Insane projects that were pretty much stillborn.

[@gold4963]

I remember seeing this from Girls und Panzer. I was astounded when I found out it was real.

[@matthill5309]

The one from girls and panzer was gostof

[@paulwalker427]

wut?

[@twizz420]

@@matthill5309 Gustav

[@gold4963]

@@matthill5309 Well, it was still a tank with an almost laughably scary caliber. That was my point.

[@deildegast]

@@matthill5309 That is wrong. The thing depicted in GuP is a Karl-Gerät mobile mortar. "Gustav" (actually "Schwerer Gustav" is a rail gun (and as the name implies, not tracked but on specially built railroad tracks)

[@KManXPressTheU]

If you think that's huge, You should see the 800mm 'Gustav'.

[@vladdrakul7851]

It's nowt compared to my wiener. So large I only have to shift my weight from my left leg to my right to cause enough gravity shift to send our planet hurtling off it's axis into the sun. They don't call me Biggus Dickus for nothing you know!!

[@timothywood4402]

All of the footage is of the 60cm. version, tho there was a 54cm. long barrel type too. Nice work on the video

[@josephpacchetti5997]

I'm Subbed to all dark channels, THX. 👍

[@Kirovets7011]

What a monster....😮😮💪💪

[@MrResin-xk2mf]

Their massive firepower was one factor in breaking the Maginot. The other factor is that the Germans simply went around it.

[@mrvn000]

Bigger Fortress, Bigger Guns!!

[@glennwall552]

Hitler's Eastern bunker never used has over 20 meters of concrete and steel it's no wonder there is a world wide shortage of sand now billions of tons into fortifications

[@Thassarian]

First use of the Karl Gerät in MAY 1941 against the Soviets? I would like a link please, stating that 60cm mortars werre shelling the SU without Barbarossa even starting.

[@hlaokaboutfightiganimalstun]

ကျေးဇူးပါဗျာ..။။

[@keithbrown7685]

Barbarossa didn't start until June 22, 41. It didn't start in May, like the narrator claimed. Also, how come they don't mention Dora, the biggest railway gun of them all? I can see how details, if not withheld, can interrupt a nice cozy narrative like this one.

[@sandwichninja]

He referred to the German effort to manufacture effective weapons as _"unhinged",_ so this channel is clearly not am unbiased source of information. I take anything these normies say with a grain of salt.

[@optical8769]

probably because, funnily, dora is an entire 200mm smaller than the actual biggest mortar ever made, american little david. 1000mm gun. Lool. second largest is a french railway mortar, mid 800s. dora is 3rd place. try that on

[@keithbrown7685]

@@optical8769 Well s**t. I uh.. damn.. I didn't know that. Here I thought it was Dora, Germany's follow-up cannon to "Big Birtha", some kind of outsized mortar they used in WW1.

[@Vergil4093]

This looks like a Medal of Honor prologue I forgot i was not holding a controller

[@babak.shakuri]

Fact: Unlike what the narrator says, it was Britain and France who declared war on Germany in 1939 .

[@grantgardson]

But who struck first? Sure they "declared" first but Germany proved actions over words. Germany started the war.

[@trollingsoul3386]

@@grantgardson still it wasnt germany

[@grantgardson]

@@trollingsoul3386 pretty sure it took Germany invading France before they "declared war". Smh do you not recall Neville bragging about getting Hitlers signature on a useless paper just weeks before he invaded?

[@kaiserwhence2468]

@@grantgardsonjust imagine if they just ignored it …….then Germany wouldn’t invade France go directly for ussr,…

[@craighaldane-gy3mk]

Yes but we had an obligation too because of alliance with Poland.germany attack one of our alli's so it was really like them attacking us.germany new that and but thought we wouldn't act hopeful we wouldn't have a stomach for another fight after WW1.

[@kevinkoster8066]

The gustav was only used 1 time in russia and after 10 shots the barrel was completely ruined, there is a hugee model of this train in a museum in overloon the netherlands they also have a shell there ,if anyone is interested look it up

[@aakarshchaudhary7359]

weren't they used in siege of Rotterdam and Sevastopol

[@Peter_Gehlen]

Nonsense

[@f.m.f962]

Your information (or lack thereof) couldn't have been more false... prior to its deployment, it fired around 250 shells during tests, and another 47 more during combat which only worn out the ORIGINAL production barrel. It was used 5 times on the seige of Sevastopol, against namely: Fort Stalin, Fort Molotov, Severnaya, Fort Siberia, and Fort Maxim Gorky (it fired a total of 47 rounds as I mentioned before). The barrel was replaced for its next operation on the attack of Leningrad, though it ended up not being used due to the cancellation of the operation.

[@kevinkoster8066]

@@f.m.f962you are right i was confused and meant ww2 gustav but i guess its becoming more and more impossible to correct people in a normal respectfull way

[@f.m.f962]

@@kevinkoster8066 I'm not the type to take misinformation lightly, so excuse the "harsh" response.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

There's no end to learning about WWII. All that I've learned about WWII and I've never heard anything about these. Fascinating to say the least. Whatever 10,000 things do I have yet to learn??

[@klm20079]

I still have a unbuild Karl-gerat 1/35 scale model kit its a big box

[@vaughnmojado8637]

Yeah. That Chode of a gun is quite wicked. It sucks it was needed

[@andrewbartczak5941]

I want one.

[@welfarebeast8576]

At 7min 40sec this video states that the Germans attacked the Soviets in mai-41, but that part of WW2 started on the night of the solistice, 21-22 of june….Anyone just slightly interested know the date of Barbarossa….incredible!

[@darrentylor5473]

It used to fire Ford Explorers, that's why they started that recall...they needed more ammo...

[@Hegemon1984]

For a sec I thought that was the Metal Slug tank lol

[@steveshoemaker6347]

THE NARRATOR'S VOICE IS EXCELLENT AND MAKES THIS CHANNEL AMAZING....Excellent film footage...Thanks Shoe🇺🇸

[@TuSn_Espinzo]

Shoe🇺🇸

[@borbleborb4586]

Shoe🇺🇸

[@Jagermonsta]

pretty sure he's russian

[@borbleborb4586]

@@Jagermonsta No. Shoe🇺🇸

[@gus473]

Have to agree: underrated voice talent! 😎✌🏼

[@JeromeHebert-pm4lp]

Interesting topic but the computer voice killed it

[@grahamstrouse1165]

The Germans took the same approach with artillery that we take with hamburgers.

[@nrfnrd]

I just bought the Trumpeter model of this.

[@jackavery7179]

Wow

[@malibuhiegts]

Any old-school pc player's here remember the title: Total Annihilation? They had a long range mortar cannon named after this weapon, always wondered where it was from

[@ericvelasquez1282]

Those are called Big Bertha

[@kymcha]

If that cannon could fire SUV sized shells, then they should have been throwing VW Beetles at the allies ... that would have been truly terrifying.

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

France: we'll be fine as long as Belgium builds their part of the line...........Belgium?

[@newsoawa]

ปืนใหญ่ นีโออามสรองไซโคเจ็ตอามสรอง เล่นของหายากเหมือนกันนะเนี้ย

[@theodorspinner2722]

7:41 The grenade was so huge that you could see it fly through the air with naked eye 😧

[@scottleft3672]

Listen son, said the Paris gun.

[@redactedgaming476]

The Karl Gerat is just a baby Gustav

[@GetYourBeaks]

I saw the thumbnail and thought "What in the name of Metal Slug is this?".

[@alfredbernasek6761]

ZWEI RIESIGE GESCHÜTZE

[@tylerdurden4006]

Hilarious how that country loves this part of history so much and they don't realize.

[@koharumi1]

I remember seeing the Karl in girls und panzer. When I first saw it I was totally shocked.

[@atompunk5575]

I want one

[@jasongreene303]

I'm not sure what processing has been done to the audio, it's difficult to listen to. Very interesting, though. I knew the larger rail mounted gun, but not this one.

[@kempaswe4022]

The schwerer gustav would be fun for rabbit hunting

[@redsampler2017]

you could bring the whole ''watership down''..🤣

[@dutchgamobackyardshooting]

monster🙃

[@charlieygreen8532]

German engineering

[@AverageNeighbor]

What was the caliber?

[@CodingWithUnity]

1930: oh god war in the EU 2020: Yes a new war! Cant wait to change my facebook border

[@priestvallon4654]

"It is necessary that I should die for my people; but my spirit will rise from the grave and the whole world will know I was right."

[@WaukWarrior360]

How is hiding in a hole and killing yourself like a coward while your people die outside the bunker "dying for my people". Dude was an incompetent rtard

[@priestvallon4654]

@@WaukWarrior360 He was right about everything, but you already know that, rabbi.

[@ATomRileyA]

nah he is rotting in hell now getting a pounding from the devil haha

[@GoldsmithsStats]

Surely, please, not a reference to the monorchic Adolf?

[@SouthernShodan]

You know you are a bit too girthy when you need 2 sets of railroad tracks laid down in order to move.

[@eveningstarnm3107]

I listened for five minutes and didn't hear one single word about the range of that thing. It's the only specification I cared about.

[@channelview8854]

Pretty sure I heard 10 Km. Or 6.2 mile if you are 'merican.

[@eveningstarnm3107]

@@channelview8854 Oh! Kilometers? Well, no wonder! I _am_ an American. You should know better than to hope I'll ever understand the metric system.

[@garfieldsmith332]

All the Germans had to do was go around the Maginot Line. These Karl Morsers and the Gustav/Dora guns were a waste of materials, time, effort, and man power. And their size made them easy targets. The were technical marvels but obsolete in terms of warfare at the time. Aircraft and fast moving armored assault won the war in Europe.

[@HeavenlyWarrior]

A 137 tons "tank" in the 1930's... Holy fucking shit... I didn't had any idea such thing existed. I knew about the gargantuan weapon that could only go in train rails but not that tank like vehicle. Germans are really something else, they even went to space in the name of USA and USSR.

[@williampalchak7574]

The actual cause was incompetence and denial of the French Military when evaluating all Intel available to them.

[@twizz420]

Oh, I thought it was the unwillingness of the US to join the war and defend it's allies until the world was nearly taken over by the axis powers...

[@williampalchak7574]

@@twizz420 wrong, bong. Set it down, clown.

[@glennwall552]

Or like their fleet supportive of Fascism 2/3 of there forces never deployed!

[@chriscoul4506]

Do they believe thats how our table conversations went?

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

what kind of suv would fit in there? and what suv's weigh only 2 tons?