During WW1 and WW2 the concept of military might was to create bigger and more powerfull guns, and so the tanks and artillery was invented. And as if that wasn't enough even larger guns were created for naval battle ships.
But the race wasn't ended there, they even created guns so large that can't even be transported by normal means, they created THE RAILWAY GUNS.
These guns were so massive that they could fire 800 mm (31.5 inch) diameter ammo. Which was enough to penetrate and destroy any bunker of that time.
Many of such massive behemoths were created by many warring nations, but the largest of them all were DORA and GUSTAV guns created by Germans.
Gustav round
The thing was these guns were so massive, slow and required man power that they were an incredible waste of resources. Similar and even stronger ordinance could be transported via a bomber, rocket or a missile. And they were even limited to railway transport, making them an easy target for aircrafts.
Gustav firing
The DORA never saw action, only Gustav did, and it successfully destroyed a British ammo dump.
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