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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Gerät
    Karl-Gerät - Wikipedia
    TypeSelf-propelled siege mortar
    Place of originGermany
    In service1941–1945
    Used byWehrmacht
    Mortar Karl Gerat in action WW2
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    Mortar Karl Gerat in action WW2
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    Development

    In March 1936 Rheinmetall made a proposal for a super-heavy howitzer to attack the Maginot Line. Their initial concept was for a weapon that would be transported by several tracked vehicles and assembled on site, but … See more

    Description

    The 124-ton vehicle was propelled by a Daimler-Benz MB 503A 12-cylinder liquid-cooled gasoline engine or a Daimler-Benz MB 507C 12-cylinder liquid-cooled diesel engine, but this was mainly used for aiming (the mount … See more

    Ammunition

    The original heavy 600 mm (24 in) concrete-piercing shells (schwere Betongranate) made a crater up to 15 m (49 ft) wide and 5 m (16 ft) deep. More range was desired and the light concrete-piercing sh… See more

    Combat history

    On 3 January 1941 Heavy Battery (schwere Batterie) 833 was created at the Bergen training ground and ordered to be combat ready by 15 February 1941. On 2 April 1941 it was expanded into Heavy Artillery Battalion (s… See more

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