JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) (01/24/91)
From: "Larry W. Jewell" <JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU> I have read authoritative sources that say 800 mm gun "Gustav" used by German Army to batter Sevatopol was later renamed "Dora" to convince the Allies that it was actually two different weapons. I have read other, equally authoritative sources, that say it actually was two weapons. Now I'm ready to hear from anyone who can produce sources for further research. I would also like to know if anyone can justify having even one behemoth such as "Gustav" in an arsenal. Larry W. Jewell "That's not a bug, that's a feature!"
chidsey@smoke.brl.mil (Irving Chidsey) (01/25/91)
From: Irving Chidsey <chidsey@smoke.brl.mil>
In article <1991Jan24.040645.22950@cbnews.att.com> JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) writes:
<
<From: "Larry W. Jewell" <JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
<I have read authoritative sources that say 800 mm gun "Gustav" used
<by German Army to batter Sevatopol was later renamed "Dora" to convince
<the Allies that it was actually two different weapons. I have read other,
<equally authoritative sources, that say it actually was two weapons.
<
<Now I'm ready to hear from anyone who can produce sources for further
<research. I would also like to know if anyone can justify having even
<one behemoth such as "Gustav" in an arsenal.
<
<Larry W. Jewell "That's not a bug, that's a feature!"
Some years back, the shortest route to the cafeteria was thru the
ordnance museum, and they had a shell from Gustav there. The caption said
"used with great effect against the Russian forts at Sebastapol", I think
that was the place. Big port on the peninsula on the Northern coast of
the Black sea.
Every once and a while I would see some Navy Guys just looking at it.
The L/D of the shell was about 2, if my memory is correct.
Irv
You might write to The Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
21005, for information.
--
I do not have signature authority. I am not authorized to sign anything.
I am not authorized to commit the BRL, the DOA, the DOD, or the US Government
to anything, not even by implication.
Irving L. Chidsey <chidsey@brl.mil>