600-mm turmi mai sarrafa kansa "Karl"
600-mm turmi mai sarrafa kansa "Karl"Gerät 040, “shigarwa 040”.
Turmi na farko da aka yi a watan Nuwamba 1940, kuma ta samu sunan "Adam". Har zuwa tsakiyar Afrilu 1941, an sake saki uku: "Hauwa'u", "Thor" da "Daya". A cikin Janairu 1941, an kafa bataliyar manyan bindigogi ta 833 (833 Schwere Artillerie Abteilung), wacce ta hada da batura biyu na bindigogi biyu kowanne. A farkon Babban Patriotic War, baturi na 1 ("Thor" da "Odin") an haɗa shi zuwa Ƙungiyar Sojojin Kudu, da 2nd ("Adam" da "Hauwa'u") zuwa Ƙungiyar Rundunar Soja. Wannan karshen ya harba sansanin Brest, yayin da "Adam" ya yi harbi 16. A "Eva", harbi na farko ya zama mai tsayi, kuma duk shigarwar dole ne a kai Dusseldorf. Baturi na 1 yana cikin yankin Lvov. "Thor" ya harba harbi hudu, "Daya" bai yi harbi ba, yayin da ya rasa magudanar sa. A watan Yunin 1942, Tor da Odin sun harba Sevastopol, inda suka harba harsashi 172 masu nauyi da 25 masu haske. Wutar su ta kashe batirin Soviet 30th na bakin teku.
Hoton turmi masu sarrafa kansu "Karl" (danna hoton don ƙara girma)
A karshen yakin duniya na biyu, 600-mm ganga a kan turmi uku - wadannan su ne "Odin", "Loki" da "Fernrir" (ajiyayyen shigarwa wanda bai dauki bangare a tashin) aka maye gurbinsu da 540 mm. , wanda ya ba da damar harbi har zuwa mita 11000. A karkashin wadannan ganga, an yi harsashi 75 masu nauyin kilo 1580.
Bangaren jujjuyawar turmi mai girman mm 600 an ɗora shi akan chassis na musamman. Domin samfurin, da undercarriage kunshi 8 goyon baya da 8 goyon bayan rollers, don serial inji - daga 11 goyon baya da kuma 6 goyon baya. An gudanar da jagorancin turmi da hannu. Lokacin da aka harba, ganga ya koma baya a cikin shimfiɗar jariri da dukan injin da ke jikin injin. Saboda girman girman karfin da aka yi, turmi mai sarrafa kansa "Karl" ya sauke kasa zuwa kasa kafin ya harbe shi, tun da jirgin karkashin kasa ba zai iya ɗaukar karfin juzu'i na ton 700 ba.
An yi jigilar alburusai, wanda ya kunshi harsashi 8 akan wasu motocin yaki guda biyu masu sulke da aka ƙera a kan tankin Jamus na yakin duniya na biyu PzKpfw IV Ausf D. An yi lodin ne ta hanyar amfani da kibiya da aka ɗora akan wani jirgin ruwa mai sulke. Kowanne irin wannan jigilar kaya yana ɗaukar harsashi huɗu da caji. Nauyin na'urar ya kasance kilogiram 2200, iyakar harbe-harbe ya kai 6700 m. masu canza juzu'i. Na'urar kisa ta duniya mai mataki biyu an sanye ta da injin faifan huhu. An haɗa dakatarwar sandar torsion zuwa akwatin gear da ke cikin mashin don sauke injin zuwa ƙasa. Injin na'urar ne ke motsa akwatin gear ɗin kuma, ta hanyar tsarin lever, ya juya ƙarshen sandunan torsion gaba da ma'auni ta wani kusurwa.
Babbar matsala ita ce safarar turmi mai sarrafa kansa mai nauyin ton 124 "Karl" zuwa wurin da ake zargin an harba makamin. Lokacin da aka yi jigilar su ta hanyar dogo, an dakatar da turmi mai sarrafa kansa a tsakanin dandamali guda biyu na musamman na musamman (gaba da baya). A kan babbar hanyar, an yi jigilar motar a kan tireloli, an wargaje su zuwa sassa uku.
A yi halaye na 600-mm kai-propelled turmi "Karl"
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600-mm nauyi kai turmi "Karl" - mafi girma a cikin dukan kai manyan bindigogi amfani a yakin duniya na biyu. A cikin 1940-1941, an ƙirƙira motoci 7 ( samfuri 1 da bindigogi masu sarrafa kansu 6), waɗanda aka yi niyya don lalata tsarin tsaro na dogon lokaci. Rheinmetall ya aiwatar da ƙirar tun 1937. Shugaban sashen makamai na Wehrmacht, Janar na manyan bindigogi ne ke kula da aikin 
A karshen watan Agustan 1941, sojojin sun sami karin turmi biyu - "Loki" da "Ziu". Na karshen, a matsayin wani ɓangare na baturi na 638, ya harba Warsaw mai tayar da kayar baya a cikin Agusta 1944. An harba wani turmi da aka yi niyyar kai wa birnin Paris harin bam a lokacin da ake jigilar shi ta jirgin kasa. Motar ta samu matsala sosai, sannan ta tashi da bindigar.
