Rare! Ww1 German Army Big Bertha Artillery Wagon #3 Photo Postcard Rppc

WW1 GERMAN ARMY " BIG BERTHA " ARTILLERY WAGON #3 - PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC. WW1 GERMAN ARMY " BIG BERTHA " ARTILLERY WAGON #3 PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC. VERY RARE AND UNIQUE WW1 WARTIME BATTLE PHOTO!

WW1 GERMAN ARMY " BIG BERTHA " ARTILLERY WAGON #3 ONE OF 5 SPECIAL WAGONS MADE TO CARRY THE 42 cm M-GARAT HOWITZER MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL ARTILLERY PIECES EVER FIELDED CALLED " BIG BERTHA ". ARMY SOLDIERS ON A FRENCH BATTLEFIELD WITH HELMETS ON AND ONE WITH A FULL BACKPACK TAKE REFUGE UNDER AND AROUND THE #3 SPECIAL WAGON DURING A BATTLE. ALSO PART OF THE SPECIAL #4 WAGON CAN BE SEEN TO THE RIGHT. The components of an M-Gerät howitzer were transported on five special wagons pulled by motor tractor. 1 Wagon with gantry crane and equipment needed to assemble the howitzer.

"Big Bertha" is the most famous artillery gun employed during the Great War. Today, few people understand what "Big Bertha" really was; confusing it with a number of long-range artillery pieces that include the German 21cm cannon used to shell Paris and the mobile Austro-Hungarian M11 30.5 cm mortar. In reality, Big Bertha, officially designated the 42cm kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 M-Gerat, was a massive mobile 42cm (16.5) howitzer purposely built to destroy concrete fortifications.

SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".

THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW I (1914-18)\Original Period Items\Germany\Photographs".

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• Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Theme: Militaria
• Region of Origin: Germany
• Country/Region of Manufacture: France