Howdy All,

I thought I'd start up a " JEOPARDY! " style Q&A thread about Artillery and Mortars just to see if I can generate some juicy knowledge-swapping.
As in the already started 'Warships' JEOPARDY thread, the general idea is that the person who comes up with the answer to the question gets to pose his own trivia question to the membership. Now, not being an Artillery / Mortar expert by any means, I was hoping that some of you might help perpetuate the learning experience by participating in the thread.

Many thanks to you all for taking the time to stop by...

So, to start this thing off I will pose what may appear a simple question.
Here it goes........

What was the biggest diameter 'Gun' and/or Mortar ever manufactured during WW II ??

Tread.

Dora!

Shot in the dark here, as i can't be bothered to look it up. The Karl mortar that bombarded Sepostapol.

64cm or 640mm I believe

Thx for chiming in fellas.......but,

nope, nope and...........nope.

Tread.

K5 Glatt.

What is a Sturmtiger?

'Gustav'

Howdy fellas,

You guys are posting great answers...but not the right guess yet.......so, as a helping hint here's a pic of the projectile this bugger fired.



This might jog a memory or two.

Tread.

Monte, this is a Sturmtiger modelled very well by Monte
IMG]https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/500/1709P1010009.JPG [/IMG]

here ya go Andy, hope this helps.......your link wasn't 'hot'



BTW, this really is a nice build up of this vehicle

Tread.

Thanks for that.
Anzio annie?
Adolph cannon?
Little David mortar which was never uesd in combat as it took 3 weeks to set up?
If its not them i giving up and going to bed.

Schwere Gustav and Dora. Designed by Krupp to help crush the famed Maginot Line, they fired 80cm (800mm, or 31.5 inch!) shells weighing either 4,800kg (High Explosive) or 7,400kg (concrete-piercing) to ranges exceeding 15 miles. The Dora saw its first action against the fortresses of Sevastapol on 5 June, 1942.

Original question:

".....What was the biggest diameter 'Gun' and/or Mortar ever manufactured during WW II ??......"

Our good betheyn got the answer.

The 'Little David" Mortar.



The 'caliber' of the gun was a whopping 914mm! (3 feet across) The projectile alone weighed almost 2 tons and was lobbed a relatively small distance of only 4.25miles.
When fired at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds it was reported to have had such a concussion that it blew out almost every window in a 10 mile radius.........

GREAT job coming up with the answer betheyn

Now, before you "give up and go to bed", you've got to come up with a question.............

Tread.

Thanks Andy & Tread!

I'm pretty sure Monte knows what Sturmtiger is. He was answering the question in the form of a question as in the game show Jeopardy.

Ok ,my question is, who said,
"God fights on the side with the best artillery."
Pretty easy one really.

Correct Derek, told you it was easy :-)

What is a 25pdr with caisson, interwar years 1919-1939

My only other guess is a 6pdr with caisson, I dont think it's a 17pdr, and it definately isn't a 75mm

well what do I have right?

the gun or the trailer?

The trailer appears to be carrying ammunition as well as a spare tire. Alternatively called a limber or caisson.

Since it is that time period I would say it is likely that the gun is a 25pdr