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Pages in category "World War I artillery of Germany" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. ... 42-line fortress and siege gun Pattern of 1877 ...
4 Artillery. 5 Other vehicles. 6 Ships. 7 Submarines. 8 Airships. 9 Airplanes. ... This is a list of German weapons of World War I. Infantry weapons. Mauser Gewehr 98 ...
The gun combined the barrel of the earlier 7.7 cm FK 96 with a recoil system, a new breech and a new carriage. Existing FK 96s were upgraded over time. The FK 96 n.A. was shorter-ranged, but lighter than the French Canon de 75 modèle 1897 or the British Ordnance QF 18 pounder gun; the Germans placed a premium on mobility, which served them well during the early stages of World War I.
Military Field Artillery Numbers by Country in 1914 . The artillery of World War I, improved over that used in previous wars, influenced the tactics, operations, and strategies that were used by the belligerents. This led to trench warfare and encouraged efforts to break the resulting stalemate at the front. World War I raised artillery to a ...
In the 1930s, the German Army became interested in rockets for long-range artillery as a replacement for the Paris Gun—which was specifically banned under the Versailles Treaty. This work eventually led to the V-2 rocket that was used in World War II .
The name spread to German newspapers and then to Allied troops as "Big Bertha" and became slang for all heavy German artillery, but especially the 42-centimetre guns. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The name has since entered the public consciousness, for example being applied as a moniker to a line of Callaway golf clubs and a satirical French-language magazine ...
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.
German Empire: 75 mm field gun Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 German Empire: 75 mm field gun FH-70 United Kingdom, Germany, Italy: 155 mm howitzer FH 77 Sweden: 155 mm howitzer FH-88 Singapore: 155 mm SP howitzer FH-2000 Singapore: 155 mm howitzer Flakpanzer 38(t) Nazi Germany: 20 mm SP anti-aircraft gun "Flaming onion" German Empire