The HARP 16 inch gun with an absolute vertical range of 180 km (+/-110 miles). One of the purposes of this gun was to place satellites in orbit (!?!?!?!?!?)
You may read more here:
http://www.astronautix.com/lvfam/gunnched.htm
Anyone knows more about this piece? Are there any kits, books or more links around. Preferebly scale drawings.
Please help,
Nuno
The Babylon Gun looked kind of interesting, too. A 1000mm projectile?!
Gip Winecoff
Saddam developed the Babylon gun to put himself in orbit, like Dr. Evil, in case Austin Powers got too close to busting him. He had a special cozy projectile he would have ridden in, called the Spider Round. Had satellite TV and everything. Get it? Satellite TV? [:p]
there was a pic on Armorama.com not too long ago of another German railway gun, the biggest they made in wwII apparently. I wish someone would make a kit of that.
Anyone have any information regarding this gun, such as pics, etc?
that would have been the gustav/dora rr gun
31.4 in diameter
gun weght 1328.9 tons
shell weight and range he:4.73 t. 29.2 miles cp:6.99 t. 23.61 miles
yeah, that’s it. Thanks M1
God, it’d be amazing if someone made a 1/35 kit of that. It’d be a monster
Yikes.
Here is a URL to some photos of the Gustav/Dora railway gun.
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/trobinso/physicspages/POpart2/po2002/Schwerer/pictures.html
I saw an HO scale (1/87th) on the web for a mere $650.00.
My current build is Trumpeter’s Leopold. Right now, I’m almost finished with the suspension, brakes, and wheels on one of the two rail cars. Many small parts but,
the smallest I’ve used so far are the individual oil caps on the wheel bearings.
Sorry no pix available yet and, it may be a while. My company is transferring me from
Sunnyvale, Ca. to Boulder, Colorado so my work area will be coming down shortly.
Ray
Thanks for the URL Ray.
The FSM review of the Leopold stated that the Trumpeter kit had many more smaller parts than the Dragon, but the detail on them was superb. I’m going to wait for the Trumpeter kit of Karl-Gerat (comes on a rail transport) comming this July (keeping fingers crossed)
Hmmm. couldn’t find the flashless powder, eh? Awsome photo isn’t it? Sorry I don’t have any info on the gun. Larry, you crack me up! LOL, I think Saddam would want to ‘negotiate’ the terms of that launch though.
Ron.
God, the eye strain…but, you’re right. The detail is outstanding. There are 116 parts
involving the chassis and springs on each rail car. That isn’t counting the brake linkages, brake shoes, wheels, axles, and bearing caps that make up the rest of the suspension.
Luckily, there is no flash and only very slight mold parting lines to be cleaned up. The plastic seems to be just the right hardness and not brittle. It takes glue very well. I’m using Testor’s liquid cement now but CA glue will come into play with the photo-etch parts.
Ray
If you all like Railway guns I posted a small input in missing lynx a while ago:
Follow this link and scroll all the way down below where I compiled some terrific links on the subject.
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=47207&messageid=1076384786
About the Dora/Gustav there is very good literature on the market and some videos on the web of that beast firing a round.
About models, there is at least one Dora scratched in 1/16 and in 1985 a Dora made by lewis Pruneau appered on FSM cover. I know two other scratch doras. Model is more or less six feet long. AFAIR, I must have at least ten articles on scrathbuit railway guns.
Regards to you all
Yeah… I’ve been to the petting zoo (aberdeen)…
I gotta build this baby one day… and bring it to the petting zoo to place in front of the 1:1 [:o)] (on the same day i will place a 1/35 panther on a 1:1 panther, and 1:72 panther on that ) [:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)]
Wow, that’s absolutely spectacular. It’s amazing when you think of the amounts of money, labour, and effort goes into creating the biggest and greatest machines to kill something 
Very nice!!! Thanks for the links and pictures.
mark956
Anybody ever read Jules Vern’s “From the Earth to the Moon”? They “shot” the guys to the moon with a giant gun! I always thought how silly (by todays standards) it was to think you could put something in orbit by firing it from a gun, no matter how big! Jules Vern is right again! Was he some sort of Martian, or something?
Wow!
LOL I just read the article, and they are talking about Vern!! lol
Bill
now that truely is a kool picture!
I bought the Dragon Leopold and it is a very detailed kit. It’s going to be huge whenever I get around to building it. Did Hasegawa put out a 1/72 scale Dora?
Dan