Hitler looking at the Gustav gun. Eager to invade France, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler demanded a new weapon that could easily pierce the concrete fortifications of the French Maginot Line — the ...

The punt gun was the largest shotgun ever made. They were also reserved for wealthy sportsmen. This gun was a 10-foot-long muzzleloading shotgun that fired an impressive amount of shot.

The largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used, with the heaviest artillery shells: Schwerer Gustav and Dora, two railway guns weighed 1350 tons, ... but they are the biggest ever made in history.

While it was the biggest gun used in combat, it was not the biggest gun ever built. That claim to fame lies with "Little David," a 36-inch (914 mm) cannon built by the U.S. Army to use against ...

Most big guns—from .45 automatics to 155-millimeter howitzers—are described in terms of caliber, or the diameter of their projectile. The weapons in this list are some of the biggest guns in ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato-class warships were the largest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, ...

The largest German gun has just been mounted on the fortifications at Wilhelmshaven. Its weight is 70 tons, length 33 feet, ... It is the largest gun ever turned out by Krupn.