Big Bertha (howitzer)
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The 42 centimeter kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12, or Minenwerfer-Gerät, popularly known by the name of Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer built by Krupp AG in Essen, Germany and fielded by the Imperi
Model of an M-Gerät at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris
The Gamma-Gerät, predecessor of the M-Gerät
A 42 cm projectile in 1918
Ruins of the Fort de Loncin, 1914
Howitzer
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The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon and a mortar. It is capable of both low angle fire like a field gun and high angle fire like a mortar, given the distinction between low
Big Bertha (howitzer)
…centimeter kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (short naval cannon), or Minenwerfer-Gerät (M-Gerät), popularly known by the name of Big Bertha, was a German siege howitzer built by Krupp AG in Essen, Germany and fielded by the Imperial German Army from 1914 to 1918. The M-Gerät had a 42 cm (17 in) calibre barrel, making…
Firing of a 155 mm howitzer by the 90th Field Artillery Battalion, US 24th Infantry Division, during the Korean War in June 1951
Mountain howitzer firing
12-pound Napoleon at the Colorado State Capitol
Nineteenth-century 12-pounder (5 kg) mountain howitzer displayed by the National Park Service at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, United States