Apparently this what Gustav can shoot.

It is the German 80 cm canon.

There is also a heavier projectile of 109,592 grains at 2,330 fps.

Propellants for these two rounds are 34,573,000 grains and 32,417,000 grains.

Just thought of letting you know this in case any of you might wish to wildcat it!

The final stalk is so difficult with the crew of thousands laying railroad track to move the gun on.

Mark

109,592 divided by 7000 equals 15.656 pounds. Kinda light for a big bore.

Put three more 0's on that 109 number and divide again sir.

So it's a 31" gun that shoots a 7.5 ton bullet? Sounds a little like a MOAB shot from a gun.

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Originally posted by Saeed:

Propellants for these two rounds are 34,573,000 grains and 32,417,000 grains.

Do they throw charges and measure using a balance scale or do they use the Lee volumetric dippers?

If it was loaded like a large naval gun, it would use bags of powder, but no cases. In other words, no fixed ammunition.

Sorta hard to reload caseless ammunition.

5.292 tons at 2690 fps

so - is this a replacement for the t-res??

I smell a new champions video......



...or a "Mark Sullivan's new DR" thread