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wwp@yahoogroups.com: Re: ZKM reads this list johncharlesriley 2008-Jun-17 12:58:00
--- In #removed#, Willy Kaemena <wkaemena@...> wrote:
>
> heheh  "mine"  is bigger...
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/wkaemena/FS/Rio/ForteCanhao1/index_swf.html
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/wkaemena/FS/Rio/CopacabanaFort2/
> 
> Willy
> 
> 

But not quite as big as the gun Krupp built in 1914:

<http://www.firstworldwar.com/atoz/bigbertha.htm>

Known as Dicke Berta (or Big Bertha/Grosse Bertha).  I always wonder if any other large 
artillery piece was ever named after the manufacturer's wife?  And whether she was flattered 
or thought maybe he had "issues" with his manhood LOL!


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