@vincent7520 there is no bertha 40 cm mortar in this movie. there are shown WW1 canons with long range, the so called "paris gun", what were particular installed in france on ground, others on trains. there were a lot of different large canons build by germans. the original big bertha became famous by shooting "fort loncin" in liege hitting munition-rooms randomly, killing 350 soldiers at once.
Ah ! But the name "Grosse Bertha" can be found in all serious history books in French that related to this huge canon that shelled Paris in 1918… It is also famous as it hurt one of our great 20th cent poet, Apolinaire, who died from his injuries. So there is a debate that is beyond my knowledge.
@vincent7520 normally i would not believe you, but i have seen myself a sign "grosse berta" near coucy! it let to a forest with big concrete of a stationary paris gun from ww1. you can look up the history of the "real" big bertha with google. the history of fort loncin nearby liege is also very impressive. im in aix la chapelle (aachen) so i know all these liege forts since my youth (thanks to my father).
@xtom1973 myself I spent most of my vacations near Verdun in the late 50's and early 60's … I ha my grand father tell me the history of the battle where he was as a captain in the cavalry (somewhat behind the line at that point)… memories.
o i thought this was the gun that the Germans built to hit Paris with but it was too big to build above ground so they built it underground it was suppose to send a projectile from Germany to Paris in a short amount of time but again i was led wrong when it said gun i was imagining the worlds largest gun but it was operational but never fired we the us and the allies destroyed it with bunker busters
@TheDaftpunk02 what? we didnt have bunker busters at that time. we just got lucky with a bomb's positioning upon landing im guessing. but that was German made. its named the Dora.
@TheMGOkilla no i was thinking of something else this gun i was thinking of was destroyed by bunker busters but it was bigger then the Dora that they made they also made but was built underground because it was to big to operate above ground. it was powered by rocket engines but again i forgot what it was called . dora is a rail gun which shot projectiles 25 miles this one would of shot projectiles from Germany to Paris but for some reason no one knows about it and i cant find it just railguns
@TheDaftpunk02 yea, the V3, it used electrified particles to propel the round out of a long barrel, over the English channel, and into London. it fired around 2 shots a minute. One was taken out by a bomb rolling down the barrel of the gun and blowing up on the inside collapsing it.
@TheMGOkilla The V-3 used several consecutive propellant charges to add velocity to the round before it left the barrell. True "rail guns" (not to be confused with "railway guns") werent developed until the 1970 i believe. Check out Wikipedia for info on the V-3.
@TheMGOkilla o i found it they had another name for it the V3 cannon or so called Paris gun i was off by a country it sent a projectile from France to Paris srry wrong country i thought it was in Germany no it was built by the Germans in France and would shoot 100miles or so but was destroyed by bunker busters heres were i found it
The Paris Cannon's shells were the first manmade objects to ever leave the earth's atmosphere. They, of course, re-entered the atmosphere and......paid a visit to Paris.
@TheOneToxic The Germans had to aim it to the east (I believe) to take into account the Earth's rotation, while the shell was on its way. While the shell was traveling, the Earth was moving Paris into the target area. That's called the "correolis effect". My spelling sucks, so the spelling may be wrong.
Not the most colossal gun ever by a long shot. The Paris Gun's 211 mm, later 238 mm caliber was well and thoroughly dwarfed by the 800mm, 1,350 ton monsters that the German Schwerer Gustav and Dora railway guns of WWII were.
I have a copy of of an old certificate which I believe belonged to my Great Great Grandad. Can someone tell me about the Theatre of War France. On the certificate it mentions Campain 1914-18. My Nan lost both parents when she was approximately four years old, I want to try and track down family who have old photographs and history as I am giving a talk about my Nan at the Universal Children's Day as she was of mixed race.
Well in range yes, missiles can go much further. However, the explosion by this cannon was massive. Taking into account a cannon that fires 75mi, invented in 1914 or so. I wouldn't say its a potato gun.
humans are fucking retarded
ramstones1 1 week ago
@ramstones1 so your calling yourself stupid as well...interesting
peterson616 1 week ago
@peterson616 no, i called myself retarded
ramstones1 1 week ago
The Germans used my Johnson as a model for this huge gun.
toqtaqiya 1 month ago
i didn't authorize youtube..too display my peinis
blazterreck 2 months ago
@blazterreck fail.
JdmTheMilitaryMan 2 months ago
somebody knows where this clip comes from?
78peterlein 4 months ago
@78peterlein
It's from the excellent 24 episode long BBC documentary "the great war" .
slome815 4 months ago
@slome815 thx!!
78peterlein 4 months ago
1:00 insert gay joke here.
Jc40k1 4 months ago
Metal Gear...It can't be.....
gavrokk 6 months ago
@gavrokk You knew? That was a Government secret black project! How did you know that!?
GoodFebruarian 4 months ago
how the hell did they bore sight that sucker as thermal expansion differs in degree between parts of the bore...
R5H4D0W 6 months ago
the biggest gun ever by diameter is the tsar cannon. the schrewer gustav is bigger than that
FR3DisGAY 6 months ago
it was called "La Grosse Bertha" ( "the big Bertha") at the time.
I never knew if it was the name given by the Germans or a derogatory name given by the French.
vincent7520 6 months ago
@vincent7520 there is no bertha 40 cm mortar in this movie. there are shown WW1 canons with long range, the so called "paris gun", what were particular installed in france on ground, others on trains. there were a lot of different large canons build by germans. the original big bertha became famous by shooting "fort loncin" in liege hitting munition-rooms randomly, killing 350 soldiers at once.
xtom1973 6 months ago
@xtom1973 I didn't know that.
Ah ! But the name "Grosse Bertha" can be found in all serious history books in French that related to this huge canon that shelled Paris in 1918… It is also famous as it hurt one of our great 20th cent poet, Apolinaire, who died from his injuries. So there is a debate that is beyond my knowledge.
vincent7520 6 months ago
@vincent7520 normally i would not believe you, but i have seen myself a sign "grosse berta" near coucy! it let to a forest with big concrete of a stationary paris gun from ww1. you can look up the history of the "real" big bertha with google. the history of fort loncin nearby liege is also very impressive. im in aix la chapelle (aachen) so i know all these liege forts since my youth (thanks to my father).
xtom1973 6 months ago
@xtom1973 myself I spent most of my vacations near Verdun in the late 50's and early 60's … I ha my grand father tell me the history of the battle where he was as a captain in the cavalry (somewhat behind the line at that point)… memories.
Fortunately these times are gone, or so I hope.
vincent7520 6 months ago
This gun required a crew of 80 imperial navy sailors 3 days to set up and fire .
losteroni 6 months ago
Jeeze,boys going on about how big their 'guns' are!
popazz1 6 months ago
Imagine that hitting a person at point blank XD
IPWNFORCHEESE 7 months ago
even my dick isnt that long
benoittittit 7 months ago
o i thought this was the gun that the Germans built to hit Paris with but it was too big to build above ground so they built it underground it was suppose to send a projectile from Germany to Paris in a short amount of time but again i was led wrong when it said gun i was imagining the worlds largest gun but it was operational but never fired we the us and the allies destroyed it with bunker busters
TheDaftpunk02 9 months ago
@TheDaftpunk02 what? we didnt have bunker busters at that time. we just got lucky with a bomb's positioning upon landing im guessing. but that was German made. its named the Dora.
TheMGOkilla 9 months ago
@TheMGOkilla no i was thinking of something else this gun i was thinking of was destroyed by bunker busters but it was bigger then the Dora that they made they also made but was built underground because it was to big to operate above ground. it was powered by rocket engines but again i forgot what it was called . dora is a rail gun which shot projectiles 25 miles this one would of shot projectiles from Germany to Paris but for some reason no one knows about it and i cant find it just railguns
TheDaftpunk02 9 months ago
@TheDaftpunk02 yea, the V3, it used electrified particles to propel the round out of a long barrel, over the English channel, and into London. it fired around 2 shots a minute. One was taken out by a bomb rolling down the barrel of the gun and blowing up on the inside collapsing it.
TheMGOkilla 9 months ago
@TheMGOkilla The V-3 used several consecutive propellant charges to add velocity to the round before it left the barrell. True "rail guns" (not to be confused with "railway guns") werent developed until the 1970 i believe. Check out Wikipedia for info on the V-3.
Phillippe32587 7 months ago
@TheMGOkilla o i found it they had another name for it the V3 cannon or so called Paris gun i was off by a country it sent a projectile from France to Paris srry wrong country i thought it was in Germany no it was built by the Germans in France and would shoot 100miles or so but was destroyed by bunker busters heres were i found it
TheDaftpunk02 9 months ago
The Paris Cannon's shells were the first manmade objects to ever leave the earth's atmosphere. They, of course, re-entered the atmosphere and......paid a visit to Paris.
SteveLLW 10 months ago
@SteveLLW
Really?
TheOneToxic 10 months ago
@TheOneToxic Yup.
SteveLLW 10 months ago
@SteveLLW
:O
Thats ONE big gun then hehe
TheOneToxic 10 months ago
@TheOneToxic That's what I see every time I step out of the shower and in front of the mirror. I don't need the trusswork support, however. ;-)
SteveLLW 10 months ago
@TheOneToxic The Germans had to aim it to the east (I believe) to take into account the Earth's rotation, while the shell was on its way. While the shell was traveling, the Earth was moving Paris into the target area. That's called the "correolis effect". My spelling sucks, so the spelling may be wrong.
SteveLLW 10 months ago
1:10 that looks so surreal.. what a huge gun! bigger from the barrel length than the dora or any railway gun amazing
huswsimonbla 11 months ago
Not the most colossal gun ever by a long shot. The Paris Gun's 211 mm, later 238 mm caliber was well and thoroughly dwarfed by the 800mm, 1,350 ton monsters that the German Schwerer Gustav and Dora railway guns of WWII were.
Zorglubb 11 months ago
rape
MrFitkid99 11 months ago
That was COLLOSAL!
TheKrishux 1 year ago
the original rail guns
frenchfrog1979 1 year ago
Holy... shit... That's one huge gun.
thirion1850 1 year ago
IT took 170 seconds to hit its target, but it didn't matter, 170 seconds wasn't allot of time to out run this chaos.
ZabuzaSOULESS 1 year ago
Ho
Lee
Fuck!
yourass117 1 year ago
May I remind you of "Dr.Bulls' big gun? The biggest cannon ever made. it could put a satellite into space. It's a shame the Isrealies killed him.
taeim43 1 year ago
at 1:11 it looks like a unfinished bridge
MrWaffleMuffin 1 year ago
I have a copy of of an old certificate which I believe belonged to my Great Great Grandad. Can someone tell me about the Theatre of War France. On the certificate it mentions Campain 1914-18. My Nan lost both parents when she was approximately four years old, I want to try and track down family who have old photographs and history as I am giving a talk about my Nan at the Universal Children's Day as she was of mixed race.
ButterflyLullabyLtd 1 year ago
and missiles make this look like a potato shooter :P
ebrahim23 1 year ago
Well in range yes, missiles can go much further. However, the explosion by this cannon was massive. Taking into account a cannon that fires 75mi, invented in 1914 or so. I wouldn't say its a potato gun.
Elricc1 1 year ago
@ebrahim23 Rockets/missiles didn't really come into play until the second world war, so for WW1 this was huge.
Jackle61 1 year ago
zomg AWESOME
superandom1999 1 year ago
junk
vaninec 1 year ago