Dora Gun.

Posted by Alex in Pictures, Weapons & War on January 2, 2007 at 9:05 pm


Dora Gun was manufactured by the German company Krupp for the third Reich during World War II. Hitler had wanted a gun "able to pierce a meter of steel, seven meters of concrete, or thirty meters of dense earth": Link - Thanks Sammy and gahsoon!


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12 comments to "Dora Gun."

  1. dead_red_eyes
    January 2nd, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    That is one badass gun tho, the shell is taller than a human being.

  2. Kevin
    January 2nd, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    Swiper, no swiping! BLAM!

    Silly fox…

  3. Dave
    January 2nd, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    Saddam wanted one of those, too.

    http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/babongun.htm

  4. Dave
    January 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    So, was someone trying to compensate?

  5. A Grue Not Here
    January 2nd, 2007 at 11:36 pm

    There’s also the V3, another large nazi cannon. While the bore was ‘only’ 15cm/6in it was 150m long, compared to the 36m of dora. It was designed to fire on london from it’s position deep in a bunker in france.

    http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/2833/wunderwaffen/supergun/v-3/v-3.h tml

  6. Yudonomi
    January 3rd, 2007 at 12:33 am

    Anybody who’s interested in this should probably check out My Tank is Fight.

    http://www.amazon.com/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587

  7. Alex
    January 3rd, 2007 at 1:43 am

    What’s My Tank is Fight all about?

  8. aware
    January 3rd, 2007 at 2:27 am

    yeah, not much info on the amazon link. but here’s what commenters wrote about the book.

  9. jonno
    January 3rd, 2007 at 4:10 am

    Well , dont know about anyone else but I’m still hugely disappointed that there is no such thing as a giant robotic russian gun patrolling its borders. curse you photoshop for your oh so realistic imaging trickery!!!

  10. Jerry
    January 3rd, 2007 at 6:43 pm

    Reminds me of the third segment of “Memories” by Katsuhiro Otmo

  11. steve
    January 4th, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    why can’t weapons be that cool these days :)

    random factory

  12. Red Army Soldier
    February 4th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    At 1972 I seen and touched brass Dora shells on one of Soviet weapen ammunition depot in Germany Democratishe Republik. It served as fire-vat with water near the hangar doors.
    ;)


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