German Paris Gun

The paris gun was not unique.

German paris gun. It was notable for its novelty more. They were in service from march to august 1918. The paris gun german. A prodigy of the ballistic technology designed to terrorize the parisian population these weapons also known in france as berthas and thus commonly mistaken with dicke bertha profoundly dampened french spirits while nonetheless failing to obtain the results expected by the german.

Paris geschütz pariser kanone was the name given to a type of german long range siege gun several of which were used to bombard paris during world war i they were in service from march to august 1918. The paris gun was built by friedrich krupp ag and could bombard paris from german lines over a distance of no less than 125 kilometres 78 mi. The paris gun was meant to overcome german forces inability to within traditional artillery range of paris during world war i. Paris gun any of several long range cannon produced by the german arms manufacturer krupp in 1917 18 during world war i.

Several of these guns were produced and used to bombard the french capital in the final year of the war. This supergun was designed and operated by the german navy and manufactured by the german munitions firm krupp. The paris gun properly called the kaiser wilhelm geschutz was so named for its sole purpose of shelling paris from extreme distances starting from march 1918. The paris gun was one of germany s several big guns featured during world war 1.

The french initiative did not reach the prototype stage as it was discontinued when the retreat of the german armies and the armistice put an end to the bombardment. The guns were fabricated by. Paris guns refer to the german long range guns that fired intermittently on paris in 1918. When the guns were first employed.

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. The paris gun was a type of german long range siege gun several of which were used to bombard paris during world war i. The most powerful gun to be fielded in the first world war was the german paris gun. It was originally a 380mm gun barrel 38cm sk l 45 max used on the long max series of railroad guns developed by the storied concern of krupp though the assembly now lengthened and its barrel lined to produce a longer range weapon of smaller 210 caliber.

And were the largest pieces of artillery used during the war by barrel length if not caliber and are considered to be superguns. Able to hurl a more than 230 pound shell some 75 miles to the french capital the paris gun had the longest range of any artillery weapon ever. Several other super guns had been fielded during the war and others would be built later.