In the midst of the wealth of fabled nonsense that has been written about the wonderful big guns of the German army, a few concrete facts stand out. The Prussian Press has ...
Article : 1,267 wordsThis is the gun which was responsible for the destruction of the forts at Liege, Namur, and Antwerp. At first it was generally believed that the famous 17-icnh gun was built on a carriage of this description, but apparently no carriage that could be moved by man-power could be constructed to take this mammoth hcwitzer. It will be readily understood that if be necessary to construct concrete platforms before fixing the 17-inch weapon, the treads on the wheels of the gun illustrated would not be sufficient to maintain the larger one. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial (Sydney, NSW : 1914 - 1917), Sat 30 Jan 1915, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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