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sgtcallistan · 10-24-2020, 05:32 AM

One of the German big guns was intended to destroy Maginot Line bunkers (apparently the Czech bunkers in the Sudetenland were tested and the Germans discovered it would have been very hard to defeat those defences with their current guns) but the gun apparently only was tested on them post the conquest of France.

If anyone has detail on this I'd appreciate it.

The Westwall bunkers manned for the defence of Germany were apparently destroyed by 155mm artillery in direct fire on the rear doors.

On the Tallboy / Grand Slam bombs, similar bombs were used later: the AZON and TARZON by the US in Korea (each was guided to some degree, in Azimuth for the first).
The same shape bomb casing was apparently also used for the first British nuclear bomb Blue Danube.

10-24-2020, 05:32 AM	#19
sgtcallistan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chatham, Kent, England	Re: Dora or Schwerer Gustav Railway guns WOW! One of the German big guns was intended to destroy Maginot Line bunkers (apparently the Czech bunkers in the Sudetenland were tested and the Germans discovered it would have been very hard to defeat those defences with their current guns) but the gun apparently only was tested on them post the conquest of France. If anyone has detail on this I'd appreciate it. The Westwall bunkers manned for the defence of Germany were apparently destroyed by 155mm artillery in direct fire on the rear doors. On the Tallboy / Grand Slam bombs, similar bombs were used later: the AZON and TARZON by the US in Korea (each was guided to some degree, in Azimuth for the first). The same shape bomb casing was apparently also used for the first British nuclear bomb Blue Danube.