MASSIVE WW2 RAILWAY GUN FROM ABOVE

Get an amazing view of the massive K5 railway gun at the Batterie Todt Museum at Audinghen in the Pas de Calais region of Northern France.

Even from our drone this gun looks huge! This K5 is one of just two remaining in the world today, the second one is on display in the US.

Only 25 of these guns were built and several were positioned around northern France, travelling along lines from Calais to Boulogne-sur-Mer.
The gun barrel itself is over 25metres long with each shell weighing over 240kg (530lb). They could be fired over 60km (nearly 40 miles!).

The shells themselves were so heavy that a crane was incorporated into the railway gun’s structure and this was positioned on top of a generator unit to the rear of the barrel. This power plant would provide the means to raise the barrel.

At the end of the video you can just about make out the white chalk cliffs of southern England.

If you haven’t been to the museum yet then make sure it’s on your bucket list for 2024.

More info at www.batterietodt.com

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