The German Heavy Gustav was the largest gun ever built. It was more than 150 feet long, 40 feet tall and weighed almost 1,500 tons. The steel giant Krupp A.G. made only two, and neither worked well.

The Schwerer Gustav was more than a gun—it was a symbol of Nazi ambition. Weighing 1,350 tons and stretching 155 feet, this rail supergun could penetrate layers of concrete and steel. Dive into ...

Woods near Grafenwöhr, Germany, July 24, 1949: 1st Lt. Fred Iovanella stands atop the 800mm caliber barrel of a Nazi Germany railway gun. Although nicknamed “Big Bertha” by the American ...

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The 90-foot long tube of the German railway gun is waiting to be turned into scrap metal. The massive Nazi Germany-produced railway gun was being disassembled in the woods near Grafenwöhr.