Units in Fight for Freedom #14: German railway artillery - Krupp K5

In 1930, the French Maginot Line was the strongest defensive line in the entire world. Its well-designed, well-stocked and hideously expensive forts seemed impregnable. They had to be either bypassed through the dangerous, near-unpassable Ardennes, or destroyed from afar.

Modern problems require modern solutions, the Germans must have thought, and prepared for both possibilities.





Krupp K5 was a 283mm railway cannon with an effective firing range of 64 kilometers - not the most outlandish weapon in the German arsenal, but definitely one of the reasons for the persisting image of “Nazi superscience”. It could only be moved over the rail, and couldn’t rotate by itself, only facing in one direction - a glaring issue, some would think, if another modern solution didn’t counter it. A special railway “turntable” would be built on-site before firing, allowing the Krupp to rotate and change directions - for this reason, setting the cannon up took approximately 2 hours. At 15 shots per hour, this wasn’t a very time-efficient weapon, but whenever it made the shot, the enemy felt it.

Some accounts claim that the Allied soldiers facing such cannons at the Italian town of Anzio nicknamed Krupp K5 the “Anzio Express”, for the train-like sound its 7-ton shells made as they barrelled through the air.

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The Krupp K5 unit has a large Gun range, but it is vulnerable to enemy attacks, so it should be kept at a safe distance and well protected. One of the secondary objectives allows you to capture the Krupp K5 unit and use it against its creators.



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