Karl mortar of World War II in Nazi Germany created a lot of shocking super-cannon, 800 mm " Gustav " (Dora gun), addition is the most famous terrorist " Karl " mortars . In 1933, Germany against France built the Maginot Line to the Krupp orders of Train 800 mm gun, when Krupp formally proceed to construction in 1937, the Nazi government again Rheinmetall issued for the same purpose to design a self-mortar gun command. In May 1940, the prototype vehicle to conduct various tests, and called the involved in the development of Carl Baker, the factory number of 040 devices . Initially equipment is 8.44 times the diameter of 600 mm mortars, but to stay out of the design room and therefore can be switched to 11.5 times the diameter of 540 mm mortars to increase the range of 540 mm model is called the 041 number equipment " . Both the mortar cannon is equipped with 11 road wheels on the huge chassis, weighing 124 tons body by Daimler - Benz MB503-V12 580 horsepower engine drive, maximum speed is only 10 kilometers, was also fired when crews are moving to the power known as the " Quake " . to the Panzer IV chassis ammunition truck using the crane as " Carl " , from November 1940 to August 1941, Rheinmetall the company built a total of six " Karl " mortars, and were named: 1 gunfire " Adam " , the two gunfire " Eve " gunfire " Dole " gunfire " Odin " , 5 gunfire " " gunfire " Divo " .Lemberg, in Germany, in 1941, equipped with four " Karl " mortars of 628 heavy artillery battalion, the battalion has " Adam " , " Eve " , " Dole " and " Odin " and 420 mm fixed acetabular artillery " gamma " , Train 800 mm gun " Gustav " in 1942 took part in the famous battle of Sevastopol. " Carl " starting in the battle group to attack the Soviet northern fortress an important role. 1 ~ 4 gunfire was then transferred to 833 heavy artillery battalion, and " " and " Divo " are involved in the crackdown on the 1944 Warsaw Uprising,
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