Matterhorn 170mm Kanone 18 heavy gun

17cm Kanone 18 Matterhorn along with 21cm Morser 18 Brummbar were the mainstay of the German heavy artillery. The same carriage, designed by Krupp, was used for both weapons; for short distance movement it remained in one piece but, for longer moves, it could be split into two loads. For such moves the barrel was carried on a separate transport wagon. 17cm Kanone 18 was introduced in 1941 to replace the 15cm weapons that by then had shown that their performance was insufficient for contemporary warfare.