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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/23/1531283735678950287.jpg?quality=751632816The V-3 “supergun” was meant to win the war for Germany. In 1943, for the first time since World War II began, Hitler was on the back foot. Allied bombs were devastating German cities and the Fuhrer was rattled. His proposed V-3 cannon would be the biggest gun the world had seen.