The Human Cost of 'Big Bertha' A Silent Tragedy

The Big Bertha was a 42cm howitzer, model L/14 designed in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 on behalf of the German Army. Now, we're going to look at the man who made it big, really big, when he created Big Bertha. The man, of course, is Eli Callaway. Our copy of it is the BNC-60LV which is slightly different from other BNC-60L nose cones from the early days. The later Berthas replaced the ... These monumental artillery pieces were among the most formidable weapons ever built, designed to deliver unprecedented firepower against heavily ... The Germans were much surprised at the long range of the "Big Berthas" that shelled Paris, as, were the Allies. It was built to shoot about 37 miles ... In 1994, oversized Big Bertha irons joined the party and a year after that the Great Big Bertha driver was released, in all of its 253cc glory. In 1915, Big Bertha and the other siege guns repeated their feats of destruction on the Eastern Front at Przemyśl, Kovno, and Novogeorgievsk. Throwback Thursday: 1991 - The oversize Big Bertha Driver was launched, named for the WWI German cannon. ... ever recorded and another for producing 39 calves in her lifetime ... In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered that penicillin, derived ... Hear how Big Bertha took all 9 Steinbock family members on a cross-country sales call that included Canada, 10 dental schools and the 1962 ...