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BIG Gustav; Good Name for a GUN-
The largest gun ever built was the "Gustav Gun" built in Essen, Germany in 1941 by the firm of Friedrich Krupp A.G. Upholding a tradition of naming heavy cannon after family members, the Gustav Gun was named after the invalid head of the Krupp family - Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. The strategic weapon of its day, the Gustav Gun was built at the direct order of Adolf Hitler for the express purpose of crushing Maginot Line forts protecting the French frontier. To accomplish this, Krupp designed a giant railway gun weighing 1344 tons with a bore diameter of 800 mm (31.5") and served by a 500 man crew commanded by a major-general.
Two types of projectiles were fired using a 3000lb. charge of smokeless powder: a 10,584 lb. high explosive (HE) shell and a 16,540 lb. concrete-piercing projectile. Craters from the HE shells measured 30-ft. wide and 30-ft. deep while the concrete piercing projectile proved capable of penetrating 264-ft. of reinforced concrete before exploding! Maximum range was 23 miles with HE shells and 29 miles with concrete piercing projectiles. Muzzle velocity was approximately 2700 f.p.s.
Three guns were ordered in 1939. Alfried Krupp personally hosted Hitler and Albert Speer (Minister of Armaments) at the Hugenwald Proving Ground during formal acceptance trials of the Gustav Gun in the spring of 1941. In keeping with company tradition, Krupp refrained from charging for the first gun - 7 million Deutsch Marks were charged for the second (named Dora after the chief engineer's wife).
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MARJAH, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say outnumbered Taliban fighters are mounting a tougher fight than expected in Marjah, as U.S.-led forces converge on a pocket of militants in a western section of the southern Afghan town.
Despite continuing fighting, Marjah's newly oppointed civilian chief planned to fly into the town Monday for the first time since the attack to begin restoring Afghan government control and winning over the population after years of Taliban rule.
With fighter jets, drones and attack helicopters roaring overhead, Marine and Afghan companies advanced Sunday on a 2-square-mile (5.2-square-kilometer) area where more than 40 insurgents were believed holed up.
"They are squeezed," said Lt. Col. Brian Christmas, commander of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. "It looks like they want to stay and fight but they can always drop their weapons and slip away. That's the nature of this war."
U.S. officials signaled their intention to attack Marjah, a major Taliban supply and opium-smuggling center, months ago, apparently in hopes the insurgents would flee and allow the U.S.-led force to take over quickly and restore an Afghan government presence.
Instead, the insurgents rigged Marjah with bombs and booby traps to slow the allied attack, which began Feb. 13. Teams of Taliban gunmen stayed in the town, delivering sometimes intense volleys of gunfire on Marine and Afghan units slogging through the rutted streets and poppy fields.
Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said the U.S. and its allies had expected the Taliban to leave behind thousands of hidden explosives, which they did. But they were surprised to find that so many militants stayed to fight.
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This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for master delivery of this documentary and distribution.This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for... more
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This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for master delivery of this documentary and distribution.This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for... more
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This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for master delivery of this documentary and distribution.This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for... more
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This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for master delivery of this documentary and distribution.This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for... more
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This documentary is about Daughters of Violence of Kashmir. These Kashmiri daughters have lost their parents as victims of militancy in Kashmir. For these daughters, the word parental love has become a distant concept, one that can only be imagined, never felt. The most obvious example of this is orphaned children, who must suffer from images of death, loss and absolute tragedy.
But, these daughters are living with smiles at Abode of Smiles (Basera-e-Tabassum), Kashmir. BeT is an abode which belongs to the daughters without parents whom the society calls as orphans. The basic thought of BeT is Orphaned but not alone.That`s why these daughters are saying- Don`t tell us orphan, please.
This is part of the documentary-Daughter of Violence. searching for sponsorship for master delivery of this documentary and distribution.This documentary is about Daughters of Violence of Kashmir. These Kashmiri daughters... more
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