Dora Railway gun question
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Propaganda photo with unfinished assembly of the barrel - simply way to fool enemy.
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New Soviet photo of DORA test emplacement n. Magdeburg (=Hillersleben).
Thanks for Fortravel for the hint!
Thanks for Fortravel for the hint!
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Welcome Andrzej!
Do you have present time pictures of preserved concrete emplacement?
Do you have present time pictures of preserved concrete emplacement?
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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.
Brgds Tønnes
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
Barrel (is the some piece on both pictures?) captured by red Army on Baltic Sea coast.
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No it's not the same piece of barrel.forttravel wrote: ↑25 Apr 2020, 22:34Barrel (is the some piece on both pictures?) captured by red Army on Baltic Sea coast.
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The last one looks a 38 cm Siegfried Kanone (E) barrel viewtopic.php?f=70&t=156648&hilit=gneisenau