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More, equivalent of the 600 mm Karl mortar.So the Soviet equivalent of the Schwerer Gustav?
Large siege cannon, yes, presumably for dealing with anticipated German fortifications in Eastern Prussia. Project was approved for further developement in 1943, but the prototype was never build - Stalin was skeptical about the practicality of such huge guns in highly-mobile modern warfare, and argued that fortifications may be destroyed with more practical means (like heavy field guns and howitzers moved on direct-fire range). He was right)So the Soviet equivalent of the Schwerer Gustav?
at least stalin had some sense about practicalityLarge siege cannon, yes, presumably for dealing with anticipated German fortifications in Eastern Prussia. Project was approved for further developement in 1943, but the prototype was never build - Stalin was skeptical about the practicality of such huge guns in highly-mobile modern warfare, and argued that fortifications may be destroyed with more practical means (like heavy field guns and howitzers moved on direct-fire range). He was right)So the Soviet equivalent of the Schwerer Gustav?
at least stalin had some sense about practicality
see? practicality it would be better to do that because then yu can get that weapon everywhere instead of just one spotat least stalin had some sense about practicality
Well, with the exception of capital ships (he LOVED battleships; he wanted some big, badass, beautiful capital ship build even in 1950s), Stalin was surprisingly pragmatic about the "superweapons"; his opinion was that cheap, mass-produced, reliable system build in great numbers is always better than some expensive "super"-system.