With the use of these devices, the time required to get the weapon into action was reduced to half an hour, compared to the design requirement of 6 hours. This self-propelled chassis was designed to include machinery to lower the chassis onto its belly in order to provide a stable platform at the firing position. In order to avoid assembly work at the firing position, Rheinmetall proposed that the gun be mounted on a self-propelled fully tracked chassis. It was also determined during the design development that it would take considerably longer than 6 hours to assemble the weapon in a firing position. Disassembled into smaller loads and carried on small tracked vehiclesĪfter the initial discussions and proposed sketches, in October 1936, Rheinmetall was contracted to design a super-heavy mortar in accordance with the specifications issued by Waffenamt.Īs a result of various meetings and following the specifications issued earlier, in January 1937, Rheinmetall presented a preliminary proposal to Wa Prw 4 which described the weapon as an emplaced gun, transported as individual loads of 9 tons each on seven or eight transport vehicles.
Three methods were considered for bringing this weapon into position: In March 1936 they sent the Waffenamt a report on design possibilities for such a weapon, this conceptual design being a dug-in weapon. 2.2 Annihilation match All-Stars University Team vs Ooarai Compound Teamīased on the assumption that the heaviest available artillery weapons were insufficient to knock out strong fortifications (such as the French Maginot Line), at the end of 1935 Rheinmetall started the first steps towards creating a super-heavy mortar.
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