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60 cm Karl Gerät 040
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The 60 cm Karl Gerät 040 or Karl Gerät was a World War II German self-propelled siege mortar.
Specifications
(1937 – 1945)
Karl Gerät 040
- Type: Self-propelled siege mortar
- Place of origin: Nazi Germany
- Designed: 1937–1940
- Produced: 1940–1942
- In service: 1941–1945
- Designer: Rheinmetall
- No. built: 7
- Variants: Gerät 041
- Mass: 124 t (137 short tons) (firing)
- Length: 11.15 m (36 ft 7 in)
- Barrel length: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) L/7
- Width: 3.16 m (10 ft 4 in)
- Height: 4.38 m (14 ft 4 in) (firing)
- Crew: 21 (gun commander, driver, assistant driver, 18 gunners)
- Shell: Separate loading, cased charges
- Caliber: 600 mm (23.62 in)
- Breech: Horizontal sliding-wedge
- Recoil: Hydro-pneumatic
- Elevation: 55° to 70°
- Traverse: 8°
- Rate of fire: 1 round/10 min
- Power/weight: 4.8 hp/ton
- Fuel capacity: 1,200 L (260 imp gal; 320 US gal)
Karl Gerät 041
- Mass: 126.35 t (139.28 short tons; 124.35 long tons) (firing)
- Length: 11.37 m (37 ft 4 in)
- Barrel length: 6.24 m (20 ft 6 in) L/11.55
- Width: 3.16 m (10 ft 4 in)
- Height: 4.38 m (14 ft 4 in) (firing)
- Caliber: 54 cm (21 in)
The 60 cm Karl Gerät 040 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears As | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | Karl Gerät 040 | 2002 | |
| Men of War | 2009 | ||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | Karl Gerät 040 | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yozakura Quartet | Kotoha Isone | "The Wind of Spring" (S2E02) | 2008 |
| Girls und Panzer: der Film | 2015 | ||
| Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 | 2017 |