Dora Railway gun question

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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 25 Nov 2017, 15:50

Propaganda photo with unfinished assembly of the barrel - simply way to fool enemy.
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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 26 Aug 2018, 22:11

New Soviet photo of DORA test emplacement n. Magdeburg (=Hillersleben).

Thanks for Fortravel for the hint!
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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by forttravel » 28 Aug 2018, 20:05

Welcome Andrzej!
Do you have present time pictures of preserved concrete emplacement?

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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by TUS » 07 Sep 2018, 15:01

Very nice picture Andrzej and Forttravel

I visited the H-platz last spring, and unfortunately there is nothing but a giant hole in the ground where the emplacement have been. Few concrete remains here and there but that's unfortunately it.

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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by forttravel » 25 Apr 2020, 22:34

Barrel (is the some piece on both pictures?) captured by red Army on Baltic Sea coast.
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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 25 Apr 2020, 22:40

forttravel wrote:
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Barrel (is the some piece on both pictures?) captured by red Army on Baltic Sea coast.
No it's not the same piece of barrel.

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Re: Dora Railway gun question

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Post by jopaerya » 26 Apr 2020, 08:43

The last one looks a 38 cm Siegfried Kanone (E) barrel viewtopic.php?f=70&t=156648&hilit=gneisenau

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