Woods near Grafenwöhr, Germany, July 24, 1949: 1st Lt. Fred Iovanella stands atop the 800mm caliber barrel of a Nazi Germany railway gun. Although nicknamed “Big Bertha” by the American forces ...
Although smaller than the massive Schwerer Gustav railway gun, the Karl-Gerät was still the largest self-propelled artillery weapon of its time, weighing more than 137 tons and firing shells that ...
War trains dominated combat for more than 100 years. Massive rail-borne artillery shelled the enemy while trains unloaded troops and supplies. For a brief moment, the terrifying machines were the most ...