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...&P=WR&I=LXHGL1

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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.

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Thank you Adam ! Really nice picture and information. [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/salute.gif[/img]

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Specifications below
http://www.geocities.com/ssvong/morser/karl_spec.htm

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I stumbled on to this while looking for other stuff today..

http://panzertracts1.tripod.com/images/berthac.jpg

http://panzertracts1.tripod.com/images/bertha-2.jpg

http://panzertracts1.tripod.com/images/bertha-1.jpg

and this is the home page, some pretty neat info. here on German tracked artillery and tanks...

Welcome to PANZERTRACTS - Your source for German WWII AFV Information

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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


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.

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Thanks for the info., as well as the sage advice.
zippo

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Nice little clip of one of the Big Morsers in action:
YouTube - Mörser Karl - 600mm German Mortar

Cheers,
Adam.

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Thanks for that link ! Good stuff.

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