Howitzer Big Bertha

Howitzer Big Bertha
Ypres, Belgium (BE)
Big Bertha (German: Dicke Bertha; literal translation "Thick (or fat) Bertha") is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the famous armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of World War I.

Its official designation was the L/12 (i.e., the barrel was 12 calibre in length) 42-cm (16.5 inch) Type M-Gerät 14 (M-Equipment 1914) Kurze Marine-Kanone ('short naval gun', a name intended to camouflage the weapon's real purpose).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer)
Big Bertha (German: Dicke Bertha; literal translation "Thick (or fat) Bertha") is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the famous armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of World War I.

Its official designation was the L/12 (i.e., the barrel was 12 calibre in length) 42-cm (16.5 inch) Type M-Gerät 14 (M-Equipment 1914) Kurze Marine-Kanone ('short naval gun', a name intended to camouflage the weapon's real purpose).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(howitzer)
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Links: www.ww1battlefields.co.uk
By: Dania

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