Guns Of Icarus Online

Off-Topic => The Pit => Topic started by: N-Sunderland on July 14, 2013, 12:28:48 pm

Title: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: N-Sunderland on July 14, 2013, 12:28:48 pm

Howitzer? Bleh. Tiny. Let's take a look at a decently-sized gun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on July 14, 2013, 12:36:39 pm

yeah, next to the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte those things are the coolest things... ever... of all time

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Keon on July 14, 2013, 08:25:16 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster

If I remember right, this guy woulda mounted one of the Schwerers.

Also, it's like 40 meters long and 10 meters tall.

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on July 15, 2013, 06:40:37 am

The difference would, of course, be that those railway guns were actually built

(http://cdn.all-that-is-interesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hitler-gustav-railway-gun.jpg)

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Skrimskraw on July 15, 2013, 07:53:26 am

overexpensive.

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Keon on July 15, 2013, 09:54:51 am

It took something like a month to deploy and in most engagements it only got to fire 6 shots or so.

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: N-Sunderland on July 15, 2013, 10:15:58 am

But it could punch through seven metres of concrete! Worth it.

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Keon on July 15, 2013, 01:19:36 pm

Yeah, that's deep, but how accurate was it?

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Shinkurex on July 15, 2013, 01:24:47 pm

With that size, how accurate would you have to be?

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Keon on July 15, 2013, 01:30:03 pm

Within 30 meters, if I remember right. That was the blast range. Or maybe 10 meters. And remember, this is 30 kilometers away.

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Skrimskraw on July 15, 2013, 03:45:03 pm

sounds like they should have used the money for something else lol

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on July 15, 2013, 05:43:00 pm

Well... You'd need something like that if you ever were to crush something like the Maginot Line

...sadly they were replaced by the way more efficient bombers

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: N-Sunderland on July 15, 2013, 06:55:30 pm

Or instead of crushing the Maginot... "Oh look! We can just go around it!"

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Sgt. Spoon on July 15, 2013, 07:45:05 pm

Aye, the French did trust the German's fear of woods a bit too much

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: David Dire on August 12, 2015, 08:54:32 pm

oh yeah that was a pretty cool artillery piece.

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: Riggatto on August 13, 2015, 01:20:42 am

Jesus fucking christ please end this trend

Title: Re: Junker-Sized Gun? Cool Story
Post by: DJ Logicalia on August 13, 2015, 06:17:31 am

rip thread