BIGBERTHA

Big Bertha

Big Bertha  — literal translation "Thick 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 Type M-Gerät 14 Kurze Marine-Kanone .

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