Service Data:
In Service: 1941 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp
Number built: 2
Technical Data:
Type: Kanone Eisenbahnlafette
Calibre: 80 cm
Length: 32.480 m
Weight: 350,000 kg
Breech: horizontal hydraulically operated sliding block,
percussion fired
Recoil:
Carriage: 8 × 6 axle bogies
Elevation: +10° to +65°
Traverse: �
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: m/s
Effective range: m
Shell Weight: kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Raiway Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 80 cm K (E) (80 cm Kanone Eisenbahnlafette Gustav Gerät)
Gallery:
Short film clip of the 80 cm K (E) or alternatively the (80
cm Kanone Eisenbahnlafette Gustav Gerät) being loaded,
and fired.
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
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