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The photo shows the most long-range gun, she's "Trumpet Kaiser Wilhelm" (it. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Rohr) and "enormous" (it. Kolossal). It developed as a naval gun. Designed for the shelling of Paris from a distance. The first shot in Paris "Paris Gun" made 7 hours and 18 minutes of March 21, 1918 She was destined to fight only until August of the same year.
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An excessively elongated, but relatively thin stem. weighing 138 tons sagged under its own weight. He even had to support the steel cables. After each shot, he hesitated for 2-3 minutes After shooting even had to shoot it using gantry cranes and straighten.
As for the caliber, then "Paris Gun" was another interesting feature. Every shot "erased" from the inside of the metal barrel and caliber became a little bit more. If immediately after manufacture caliber supergun was 210 mm, after firing increased to 240 mm. Knowing this, the number practical Germans manufactured shells - from 1 to 65, each of which was a little larger than the previous one. Their release followed in strict sequence, and after the 65th - to change the barrel.
After the beginning of a powerful offensive of the Entente in August 1918 the Germans destroyed the "Paris Gun" that she did not get to the enemy. From it survived only a few parts, the Americans found about Chateau Terry.
Shells "Paris Gun" were the first man-made object, rising up into the stratosphere of the planet. This success will be repeated in 1942, only the German V-2 rocket.



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