The Nazi Super Cannon that Would have Changed History

As World War 2 reached its blistering zenith, a depleted and overextended Nazi Germany began to pin its hopes of victory on its secret super weapon programs. As such, the relentless ingenuity of German engineering gave birth to the Vergeltungswaffen initiative, which loosely translates to “reprisal weapons.“ The program resulted in the creation of the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 missile, the precursor to modern intercontinental ballistic missiles. The weapons were used to rain destruction over Britain and to inflict terror among the confident Allies, but the V rockets had limited success in halting their ability to wage war. However, a secret V-weapon was already in the works, and if successful, it would far surpass the others in raw power. The V-3 was a massive 430-foot-long super cannon capable of thrusting 150-millimeter caliber shells, each weighing 140 kilograms at a rate of 600 shells per minute. Adolf Hitler’s plan was to have 50 super cannons launching 3,000