Two very big shells at the Warsaw Army Museum.
The bigger one is from the 800mm 'Dora' railway gun
and was found near Darlowo (Rgenwald) on the area of the former german proving ground.
The smaller (behind bigger) is from Mrser 'Ziu' Geraet 040 type and was found in Warsaw in 1965. This 600 mm shell (weight 2,2 t.) hit restaurant Adria on 18.08.1944 (during the Warsaw Uprising) and did not explode. The explosives were used to produce grenades for the Polish Home Army.
Preserved in Polish Armed Forces Museum in Warsaw.
28.10.2005
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