Gerät 040

First thoughts about a heavy mortar which could fight against strongest fortifications were started by Rheinmetall in 1935. In 1937, the Ordnance Department allowed the development as a self propelled gun. On 2nd July 1940, the first finished Gerät 040 could be presented. (Photo: German federal archive via Wikimedia Commons; License: Creative Commons BY-SA-3.0-gb)

Altogether six vehicles (I - VI) of the Gerät 040 - which was also designated Karl-Gerät - were finished by end of July 1941. The first active service occured at the beginning of the Barbarossa campaign. (Photo: German federal archive via Wikimedia Commons; License: Creative Commons BY-SA-3.0-gb)

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