Big Bertha was used in World War I to demolish the enemy towns of Liege and Namur. After this, it was used to reduce other enemy stronghold points. Big Bertha would fire shells that weighed over 1,800 pounds at a range of over 10 miles. The cannons were transported in 5 different pieces and then reassembled on the firing site. It would take approximately 200 men over six hours to reassemble this cannon. Four of these cannons were produced, but were discontinued after the Allies developed weapons with longer ranges .This gun was mainly made out of metal parts with some concrete basing to hold the gun in the ground.
Below is a picture of a shell from Big Bertha.
you collected your research very well.
ReplyDeletebut what were the ammunition types ?
They were the shells that weighed 18,00 pounds
ReplyDeleteWere they mortar shells that exploded upon impact?
ReplyDeleteI would say the same thing here as far as breaking the information up.
P.S.- The names Bertha and Bessie always remind me of cows
Same here, and I'm pretty sure that they were mortar shells
ReplyDeleteBessie is almost always a cow name. XD
ReplyDeleteBut do you think if the Allies had prior knowledge of where the Germans were going to set up, would they have intercepted them? And has the Big Bertha ever been intercepted?
Yeah, although Bertha reminds me of a whale to0. I think that when the Allies defeated the Germans in a battle they ended up capturing one and brought it back here then that one disappeared, another one disappeared, and all the other guns were destroyed.
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