60cm-Mörser Karl

[JKernwerk]

Hi Jos,
Look here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t
It seems every gun was unique (seven guns made and seven types).
But all had similarities.
Could this General Karl Becker (the guns are named after him as the Karl Gerät)
be the same one as the Becker that converted many French beute tanks in to Sfl?
Greetings Jack.

[jopaerya]

From Ebay a other Morser frame in railway transport .

Regards Jos

[EPOCH3]

This configuration is the prototype

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A camo gun in Sevastopol:

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[jopaerya]

Here the special tank-crane for the heavy rounds of the gun , picture is from Ebay .

Regards Jos

[schwarzermai]

hello

in ebay - on the back "Sewastopol"



uwe

[jopaerya]

Looks the H.Art.Battr. 428 was equipped with the 60 cm Karl-Gerät,
any idea on the Morser used in the H.Art.Battr. 638 ??

Regards Jos

[schwarzermai]

Hello Jos, "638" had 54 cm Karl-Mörser

[jopaerya]

Thanks for your quick reply, Uwe

[schwarzermai]

Hello Jos, very interesting is "Volks-Artillerie-Korps 410 (21 cm)" - that means the VI./410 = 21 cm-Wurfmörser 69 -Abteilung

Uwe

[jopaerya]

From Ebay

[jopaerya]

Looks to me a 60 cm Mörser ??

Photo = Ebay

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

US soldiers on a destroyed 54 cm version in 1945:


Source: http://www.witnesstowar.org/detail_photos/26

Emmanuel

[biercemountain]

I was recently watching a documentary show about the capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen by the Americans and they mentioned the Germans deploying a Karl mortar in an attempt to destroy the bridge. The show said a few shots were fired (which missed) prior to the weapon malfunctioning. Based on Bjorn's operational history at the beginning of this thread, a likely candidate would be "Zui". Could it be that the "malfunction" led to the abandonment of the weapon and its subsequent capture?

Anyone have further info about this deployment?

Paul

[zero_88]

The first pic you post is a K5E 28cm.