K5 Railway Artillery Gun

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K5 Railway Artillery Gun

Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 13:41

Ive been searching for videos from world war two of the K5 railway guns in action but cannot finding working links anywhere.

can you please help me by posting up some links.

also i have a question about the k5:

Ive seen a video of the k5 firing an atom bomb is this real? when did it happen?
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Post by Stormbird » 12 Feb 2005 14:53

I don't think the K5 ever fired a atom bomb but heres some info on the US armys purpose built atomic cannon

http://www.vce.com/grable.html

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... nd/m65.htm
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Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 15:56

Thats the one i saw,when did they fire that? was it ever used in battle?

Do you have any videos of the ww2 version firing?
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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 12 Feb 2005 16:40

Hello
Atom bomb I don't think so...the only video i know is (Gun painted with dark yellow only)with K5 and was taken near Anzio
->'Anzio Annie' nick name for K5

here couple of links posted previously by Jan Erik Johansen on Missing-lynx.com forum:

From „Battlefield – The battle for Crimea”:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

From „Battlefield – The battle for Italy“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

From „Battlefield – The battle for Normandy“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

From „Hitler’s generals – Udet“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

From „Hitler’s Henchmen – Speer“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

From „Hitler’s generals – Manstein“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395


From „Weapons of war – Amphibious landings“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

From „Weapons of war – Hitler’s big guns“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395


From „Weapons of war – Stalemate in Italy“:
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395
http://foto.vg.no/show_image_stream.php ... 527&dy=395

http://www.waffenhq.de/index1024.html
http://www.one35th.com/model/k5/k5_index.html

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Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 16:59

Thanks very much,you sure did find lots of images :D

but what im really looking for is videos of it.
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Post by Xavier » 12 Feb 2005 17:12

the one firing the atom bomb is a american gun, during a test (the only one) in the nevada desert.

several were based in germany during the cold war, and I think one is preserved in the entrance of the aberdeen proving grounds

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Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 17:40

how can they fire and get away with fireing in the navada desert,theres wildlife there and stuff,people moan useally.

Im looking for vids from ww2 of the german guns
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Post by Tarrif » 12 Feb 2005 17:43

Yes, one is preserved at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and another in France. No, it never fired an Atomic shell, I can confirm that for sure, unless it's in some highly classified document. I live about 20 minutes from APG and do some work for the government there, and I've crawled around on that thing - the pictures don't do it justice. It's simply huge.

From my website...

http://www.tarrif.net/cgi/production/al ... illeryZ=20
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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 12 Feb 2005 17:47

I have this video o K5 only 6 sec. I can sent via mail.

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Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 18:04

does it fire in the video?
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Post by Andrzej Ditrich » 12 Feb 2005 18:35

Yes It fires
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Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 18:45

cool yea email it to me plz,emails in profile
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Post by Tarrif » 12 Feb 2005 19:13

Email to me too please: tarrif@hotmail.com
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Post by Xavier » 12 Feb 2005 19:15

how can they fire and get away with fireing in the navada desert,theres wildlife there and stuff,people moan useally.
well they did it On May 25, 1953, much like the open air/ocean bikini atom tests. as mentioned, there are several pics online:
all results from: http://images.google.com.mx/images?hl=e ... mic+cannon

http://www.aracnet.com/~pdxavets/upshot3.htm
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Photos/Jou ... nnon.shtml
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Photos/Jou ... able.shtml

it was a 280mm weapon
most detailed page at http://www.vce.com/grable.html
Image

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Post by Karbine » 12 Feb 2005 20:24

intresting thanks very much. Any chance you can send that video via email andrew ?
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