1/72 80cm K(E) Dora Railway Gun

The incredibly massive German Dora railway gun of WWII featured a huge 80cm cannon, but was only used for a total of 13 days, with only 48 shells being fired. It took 25 trainloads of equipment, 2,000 men, and six weeks to assemble the monstrous gun at the firing location.

Even in 1/72 scale, this is a big kit! Measures in at a whopping 111cm long and 21cm wide when assembled. 974 parts! Includes decals and four frets of photo-etched metal detail parts. Also includes a bit of track with railbed to display it on. Does not include figures or support vehicles.

Schwerer Gustav (English: Heavy Gustaf, or Great Gustaf) and Dora were the names of two massive World War 2 German 80 cm K (E) railway siege guns.

They were developed in the late 1934 by Krupp for the express purpose of destroying heavy fortifications, specifically those in the French Maginot Line.
They weighed nearly 1,350 tonnes, and could fire shells weighing seven tonnes to a range of 37 kilometers.

Designed in preparation for World War II, and intended for use against the deep forts of the Maginot Line, they were not ready for action when the Wehrmacht outflanked the line during the Battle of France.
Gustav was used in the Soviet Union at the siege of Sevastopol during Operation Barbarossa.
They were moved to Leningrad, and may have been intended for Warsaw. Gustav was captured by US troops and cut up, whilst Dora was destroyed near the end of the war to avoid capture by the Red Army.