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What the heck is this?

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What the heck is this?

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Looks like a range finder to me.
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Looks like a range finder to me.
That didn't take long.[:)]
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Looks like a range finder to me.
That didn't take long.[:)]

I'll say - 5 minutes!

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Looks like a range finder to me.
That didn't take long.[:)]

I'll say - 5 minutes!

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Maxim Gorky I - Sevastopol

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There it is again on the hill in the background.

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It would appear to be one of the Soviet Coast Defense Batteries. There were four such four-gun batteries on the Baltic Coast, two four-gun battieris on the Black Sea Coast, and two batteries in the Far East. The battleship turret was designed by the Metal Factory in 1909 and was based on the modernized mountings for the 12"/40 (30.5 cm) gun used on the Andrey Pervozvanny class battleships. This weapon is usually referred to as "Model 1910-1914" in western sources. Without seeing more of the map I can't get any more specific as to exact location or type.
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Yes it is Battey 30 north of Sevastopol. You can find it as well as the rangefinder with Google Earth.
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It would appear to be one of the Soviet Coast Defense Batteries. There were four such four-gun batteries on the Baltic Coast, two four-gun battieris on the Black Sea Coast, and two batteries in the Far East. The battleship turret was designed by the Metal Factory in 1909 and was based on the modernized mountings for the 12"/40 (30.5 cm) gun used on the Andrey Pervozvanny class battleships. This weapon is usually referred to as "Model 1910-1914" in western sources. Without seeing more of the map I can't get any more specific as to exact location or type.

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Some history of a little known battle.
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Yes it is Battey 30 north of Sevastopol. You can find it as well as the rangefinder with Google Earth.

You can find the rangefinder on Google Earth? Amazing it's still there. I've read about the battle thirty years ago, never ever imagined I could someday just "google earth" it.
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And here's the original.

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Range finder on the command center. View from the guns block

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Range finder. View from command center to the gun turret #1 (barely visible on top of the height).
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Deal With It

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The strength of gun turrets are a bit of a problem for the Germans.


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Are demo charges available in PCO?
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Are demo charges available in PCO?

yep!

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"German super heavy mortar "Karl"? I would love to have this baby on my side.

And what about rail guns?
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Yeah, Karl could be put in PCO.

It fires one time and the Germans win. It clears the entire map with a single shot.

Weapons systems like these don't usually make it into tactical level gaming for the obvious reasons.

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"German super heavy mortar "Karl"? I would love to have this baby on my side.

And what about rail guns?
They fired Karl at this. It missed. Russians recovered a number of Karl dud shells.
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Is "Karl" considered a experimental weapon?
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