Paris Guns

The paris gun was a type of german long range siege gun several of which were used to bombard paris during world war i.

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The guns were fabricated by. Designed after the original pistols of the wild west era. 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. 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.

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. They were in service from march to august 1918. Popular mechanics explains that 400 lbs of gunpowder would be.