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The name was chosen to evoke the famous German Big Bertha howitzer. The original Big Bertha driver was launched in 1991. At the time, its design was considered highly modern and a radical departure from older drivers: it was crafted entirely of stainless steel and the head had a volume of 190 cm 3 (12 cu in).
The nickname "Big Bertha" appeared early in the war, when German soldiers named the guns Dicke Berta at the Battle of Liège, a reference to Bertha Krupp, who had inherited the Krupp works from her father. The name spread to German newspapers and then to Allied troops as "Big Bertha" and became slang for all heavy German artillery, but ...
BR Standard Class 9F number 92079 took over, acquiring Big Bertha's electric headlight for the duty. The other banking turns on the Lickey were operated by Midland Railway 2441 Class , LMS Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0 Ts, and GWR 9400 Class pannier tanks often in pairs, operation being controlled by a complicated system of whistle codes.
Maxim Gorky I, a fort knocked out of action by five 800 mm shells on 17 June 1942 Model in the Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr Dora was the second gun produced. It was deployed briefly during the Battle of Stalingrad , where the gun arrived at its emplacement 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the city towards the end of August 1942. [ 19 ]
A muscle back is the more traditional design and consists of a solid metal head, typically made of forged iron. The design of the club typically distributes the metal more evenly around the clubhead (though most designs still place more weight along the sole of the club), which makes the center of mass of the club higher and the moment of inertia (the clubhead's resistance to rotation) lower ...
Big Bertha (lunar sample), the third largest lunar rock collected by the Apollo program during Apollo 14; Bertha Heyman, a.k.a. "Big Bertha", a 19th-century criminal; Big Bertha (cow), a cow that broke two Guinness World Records, for being both the oldest and having the most offspring; Big Bertha (golf club), a line of golf clubs from Callaway Golf
The 42 cm kurze Marinekanone L/12, or Gamma-Gerät ("Gamma Device"), was a German siege gun built by Krupp.The Gamma-Gerät ' s barrel diameter was 42 cm (17 in), making it one of the largest artillery pieces ever fielded.
At long last, I am nominating the other big, huge, and heavy WWI German siege gun for A-Class review. Although I don't think it's ready for FAC because it relies primarily on a single source (though written on the English-language expert as far as I am aware), I do think it's ready for A-Class, as it's pretty much done otherwise. – ♠Vami _IV†♠ 02:07, 3 July 2022 (UTC) []