Big Bertha

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183 هزار بار بازدید - 2 سال پیش - During the rise of high
During the rise of high caliber artillery guns in the late-19th century, the Prussians began looking for a colossus weapon that could completely obliterate modern concrete fortifications built by the French forces near the German borders.

The result of a decade of meticulous testing was the M-Gerät, a 42-centimeter caliber howitzer capable of firing shells at a range of up to 9.5 kilometers. The powerful artillery guns were eventually baptized as Big Berthas.

Footage taken by the American forces at the Argonne Sector gives a glimpse of the sheer size and lethality of these colossal guns and their devastating shells.

By the time World War 1 broke out, the Prussians were eager to put their new powerful weapon to the test…
2 سال پیش در تاریخ 1401/01/30 منتشر شده است.
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