Still pikers, the Germans were actually building this thing in WWII. (RAF bomber command killed the "London Gun") but a smaller version was used to shoot at the channel ports after D-Day.
V-3 "London Gun" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-3_cannon Lots of information at the bottom of this page, (with pictures for the Java enabled). http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/pageshtml/museumspecial.php Stephen Moore wrote: > Gonz wrote: > > >> Well, if you want to really get into that range, take a look at this beast: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon >> >> It was supposed to be a 1 meter gun (about 39 inches)!! >> >> rg >> > > Not quite so big as the Saddam gun, but this one actually saw service > (of a sort) during WWII: > > http://www.aopt91.dsl.pipex.com/railgun/Content/Railwayguns/German/Dora%20index.htm > > Seriously large projectiles... > > Stephen Moore > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
