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Moser Karl-Gerat

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  1. TA152

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    I saw a picture of this gun in a magazine and tried to find out more information on the gun but all I can find is page after page of the model kit for sale.

    I was wondering how many were made and where it was used and what became of it and how many rounds it could fire in a day, how do you load it, ect.

    http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&P=WR&I=LXHGL1
     
  2. von Poop

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    Ayup,
    Best Info I have says 6 were delivered between 1940 & 1941, i-iv served in Russia, Lemburg and Sevastopol mentioned.
    Could fire 60cm or 54cm projectiles via barrel change(??)
    The Guns were named:
    i: Adam.
    ii: Eve.
    iii: Thor.
    iv: Odin.
    v: Loki.
    vi: Zui.
    Maximum Rate of Fire was 6 rounds per hour and they were served by a converted Pz.IV munitionschlepper carrying a loading crane.

    There is one Survivor at Kubinka,
    well illustrated here under 'Morser'
    http://members.aol.com/kubinka/kubinmus.htm

    Hope that helps.
    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
  3. TA152

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    Thank you Adam ! Really nice picture and information. [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    Seems to be a very slow mirror of the Panzer Tracts site.
    The main site (which loads immediately) is at:
    Panzer Tracts Home Page

    :bow:
    Tom Jentz & Hilary Doyle are at the pinnacle of research into German armour, mostly technically directed but also exceptionally expert on it's usage.
    The 'Panzer Tracts' are each excellent, brief, and well illustrated summarys of their subject based only on what can be proven as 'fact'. It's always interesting how many respected panzer websites are based largely on material lifted verbatim from their pages.

    What I would say is be very sure your interest in a particular vehicle is strong enough to warrant any purchase, they're far from cheap for slim volumes with rather austere production values.

    Cheers,
    Adam.
     
  7. zippo

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    Thanks for the info., as well as the sage advice.:joecool:
    zippo
     
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    If you still take notice of this. I have something interesting: Moser Karl-Gerat in action.

    This is a picture of Karl Moser atacking Warsaw by the time of Warsaw uprising.

    [​IMG]

    It fired from park at "Wola". There is stil a concrete plate there. (Moser Karl needed a concrete plate to relieve the chassis during fireing)

    [​IMG]

    The Prudential hit.
    [FONT=&quot]Prudential[FONT=&quot] is a Warsaw skyscraper built between 1931 and 1934 in the Art Deco style as a seat of British Prudential Insurance.[/FONT][/FONT]
    Germans fired about 1000 times on it, although after the Warsaw uprising it was still standing. It had been rebuilt and now there is a hotel "Warszawa" (Warsaw).


    Sorry for grammar and spelling mistakes. :)
     
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    You might also note that these along with the 80cm Dora railway guns were made specifically for attacking the Maginot Line originally. Of course, France fell too quickly for them to see any use where they were available.
     

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