Calibre:283mm (11.14 ")
Length of Barrel:21.5m (70'8")
Weight complete:21,800 kg
Weight of shell:255kg(562 lb)
Range:62.4 km (68,240 yds)
In Firing position.
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Hive of activity! You can see the round and charge being loaded in the hoist. |
Loading the Gun. |
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Kanone 5 coming out of it's "Dom" bunker, named after it's cathedral shaped roof. This is the one at Hydrequent/Vallee Heureuse. |
D.C.Davies |
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January 1944, 2 K5 guns where moved south from the Milan area, to Anzio. A near perfect firing position was found, but could only accomodate one gun at a time.Not far from Albano, the gun, after firing was moved into a nearby railway tunnel.The other gun was kept in another tunnel farther north. For four months these guns made life difficult for the Allies on the Anzio beach head, they nicknamed the guns "Anzio Annie", and the name has stuck to this day, despite the fact that two guns were involved! Following the fall of the "Gustav" line, both guns were captured, one being damaged by it's crew.These were shipped to the US and, after testing, bits of both guns were put together to form one, and this gun is now on display at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, for some unknown reason, the gun was named "Leopold"? |
"Anzio Annie" |