Big Bertha The Gun that Shook the World (or Never Existed)

If the later theory is correct, it would make the clast in Big Bertha one of the oldest Earth rocks ever discovered, and it was unknowingly ... 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. This was variously called the Paris Gun, the Kaiser's gun, Big Bertha, etc. Why was no use made of this in WWII? Is it because the design was ... 58100 was designed and built to perform one job: to bank (push from behind) passenger and freight trains up the Lickey. 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 1909 Krupp proposed the 42-cm short naval cannon 12/16, with the cover-name Gamma Device, often also referred to as dicke Bertha (BB). This platform gun was ... Together they make big plans and get married in Pforzheim on July 20, 1872. ... More on the first long-distance car journey. Bertha Benz. Founders and ... Big Bertha (German language: Dicke Bertha) — literal translation "Thick (or fat) Bertha" — is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the ... How Bertha simultaneously dug and built a tunnel; Engineering background ... History, Themes, Transit, Transportation, Travel & Regional Interest ... Yep. For many of us, the Big Bertha was the first "big" rocket we saw. I was introduced to model rocketry when we built and flew Mark IIs in the ...