from the website above...

"The Project Babylon gun would have a barrel 156 meters long with a one meter bore. The launch tube would be 30 cm thick at the breech, tapering to 6.5 cm at the exit. Like the V-3 the gun would be built in segments. 26 six-meter-long sections would make up the barrel, totalling 1510 tonnes. Added to this would be four 220 tonne recoil cylinders, and the 165 tonne breech. The recoil force of the gun would be 27,000 tonnes - equivalent to a nuclear bomb and sufficient to register as a major seismic event all around the world. Nine tonnes of special supergun propellant would fire a 600 kg projectile over a range of 1,000 kilometres, or a 2,000 kg rocket-assisted projectile. The 2,000 kg projectile would place a net payload of about 200 kg into orbit at a cost of $ 600 per kg. "


WOW...now THATS a GUN!

I believe the cannon is derived from a South African weapon and is known as the G5 cannon - used in the 1980's during the ''Angolan-bush'' war.
It can fire over vast distances and is highly manouverable.

One hell of a 'shooter'. And he thought he could hide THAT in the desert
Proof that Saddam is nuts.
S.

It was all made into a film too with Kevin Spacey playing the CIA op who blew the cover on this. I think it was called the "Super Gun Affair".

The Defense Minister at the time, Alan Clark, had his diary published soon after his death in 2000 and it talks about the scandles in the government over ignoring the construction of the gun. The drivers taking the segments to Iraq, not knowing what they had, were arrested and thrown in jail when they crossed into Europe. After the whistle blower, the government was forced to help get the people free.

And just in case anybody needs to know the higher barrel on the left of Genyas photo is the smaller test cannon while the bigger hole to the lower right is the real deal.that did'nt get finished.

wasnt it a german sceintist that thought the gun up or some where around that area durong ww2

wasnt it a german sceintist that thought the gun up or some where around that area durong ww2

Where'd you hear that? If you mean a cannon - well they've been around for hundreds of years. But the design of the gun was definatly done by Gerald Bull's company. (Incidently he got bumped off by Israeli secret agents).

Originally posted by Humpy

wasnt it a german sceintist that thought the gun up or some where around that area durong ww2

Where'd you hear that? If you mean a cannon - well they've been around for hundreds of years. But the design of the gun was definatly done by Gerald Bull's company. (Incidently he got bumped off by Israeli secret agents).

it was on the discovery channel oh well musta been wrong never mind

Facefirst right above your post.

Originally posted by longbow
Facefirst right above your post.

Thanks. I must have still been typing mine while you posted yours.
Thanks.

The Germans also were building one to target England. To be the next stage in the VRocket campaign. Never got finished though.

Originally posted by Facefirst

Originally posted by longbow
Facefirst right above your post.

Thanks. I must have still been typing mine while you posted yours.
Thanks.

No my bad. I have been talking about DORA (WWII) and you about Paris (WWI).

If anyone has played Ace Combat 4, this gun is like the Stone Hendge, all most.