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Big Bertha (German: Dicke Bertha) — literal translation Fat or heavy Bertha — is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of WWI. Its official designation was the L/12 i.e. the barrel was 12 calibre in length 42-cm (16.5 inch) Type M-Gerät 14 (M-Equipment 1914) Kurze Marine-Kanone (short naval gun a name intended to camouflage the weapon’s real purpose).
