patboivin Posted January 15, 2001 Share Posted January 15, 2001 OK, as usual, I am confused. I had read about one called Big Bertha, and I knew about Karl and Dora. If there were six built, and their names were of Slavic gods, where were the other three from? Were they given different names, depending on who you talked to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGSF Posted January 15, 2001 Share Posted January 15, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by patboivin: OK, as usual, I am confused. I had read about one called Big Bertha, and I knew about Karl and Dora. If there were six built, and their names were of Slavic gods, where were the other three from? Were they given different names, depending on who you talked to? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The Gerat 40 and Gerat 41 were mortars, stubby barreled things, riding on a tracked chassis. There were 6 of the Gerat 40 built, named Thor etc. Big Bertha and the others(?) were railway guns, massive artillery pieces capable of sending a shell into orbit, so that it came back and smacked the gunners in the back of the head. This last part may or may not be true. At least they were different beasties to the Gerats. OGSF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Warphead- Posted January 15, 2001 Share Posted January 15, 2001 The Karlgerät (=Mörser Karl) was built six times and was a tracked vehicle. Each one had the name of a slavic god. The other ones were railway guns as OSGF pointed out. ------------------ http://www.nahverteidigungswaffe.de "Haben die Krupp-Werke Betriebsausflug? Da rollt ja halb Deutschland auf mich zu..." (Vincent)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted January 15, 2001 Share Posted January 15, 2001 Actually, Adam and Eva weren't Slavic gods , nor were Thor, Odin, Loki, and Ziu (aka Tyr), which were Norse mythological figures. ------------------ Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity. --Lord Kitchener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Babra Posted January 15, 2001 Share Posted January 15, 2001 World at War Vol. 7 "Pincers" has some nice footage of Ziu throwing a few thunderbolts Warsaw's way. ------------------ My P-47 is a pretty good ship And she took a round coming 'cross the Channel last trip I was thinking 'bout my baby and letting her rip Always got me through so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin Posted January 15, 2001 Share Posted January 15, 2001 There are great clips of Dora and one of the Karls being loaded and fired here ------------------ Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity. --Lord Kitchener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymann Posted January 16, 2001 Share Posted January 16, 2001 I say to let level designers have some fun they should put these babys in. For the occasional laugh........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted January 16, 2001 Share Posted January 16, 2001 I was just re-reading the battle for the Remagen bridge portions of "First across the Rhine, the story of the 291st Eng Combat Battalion" by COl David E. Pergrin. The germans thru everything at them including the 540mm guns and V-2's in attempts to destroy the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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