Exploring the History Big Bertha, the Legendary Siege Gun

Big Bertha has been a focal point of the Longhorn Band since 1955, and at 8-feet in diameter, 41 inches wide and 10 feet high, the drum remains a centerpiece ... In World War I, Big Bertha described the enormous cannon used by the Germans to destroy previously impregnable forts. Today, Big Bertha is used to describe the ... "[The original] Bertha clearly still is the biggest drum ever built using leather heads," Kirksey said. "I don't think there's any doubt about ... During World War I, the German armaments manufacturer Krupp was tasked with creating deadly new weapons. This led to the creation of the 42 cm M-Gerät ... “Big bertha was born in 1922,” UT Alumni Band member and Big Bertha Expert JP Kirksey said. “The drum was originally built for the University of ... The original Big Bertha driver debuted in 1991 at 190 cubic centimeters. I often went golfing with my son, Nicholas, and I brought the new ... In 1991, Callaway Golf introduced a golf club that set the industry on its ear. At 190cc, the oversized Big Bertha Driver (named, appropriately after a World ... Big Bertha is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer made by the famous armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of World War I. Another huge gun ... ... -inch artillery shell. It's the largest artillery piece ever built. Watch a new episode of #MysteriesOfTheAbandoned Thursdays at 9pm! ... World War I. The guns were so called because they were specially built to shell Paris at a range, never before attained, of approximately 121 km (75 miles) ...