Mörser Karl Gerat (040/041) On Railway Transport Carrier

The Mörser Karl was a tracked artillery piece armed with a 54cm or 60cm mortar for bombarding heavily fortified positions. While the mortar was tracked it weighed 124 tons and could only manage 10 km/h so was only capable of moving very short distances. Typically it was move by rail and reconstructed ready to fire under siege conditions. Initially the mortars were armed with 60cm mortars (040) but in 1942 54cm barrels (041) were produced to increase its effective range.

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