The Skoda 420mm/42cm Howitzer from World War I - The Austro-Hungarian Big Bertha

Описание: In World war I the German Imperial Army had the Big Bertha, which brought a never seen destruction to the front line with it’s 42cm caliber delivering an over 1 tonne payload to it's target. Seeing this destructive power, the Austro-Hungarian leadership also started to looking in to repurposing naval guns, converting them to field or siege artillery. Although they had the Skoda 305mm Mörser already, they wanted something stronger to tear down the Italian strongholds in the Alps in case of they would betray their allies and attack Austria-Hungary. For this purpose they chose the Skoda made 42cm gun. This gun was designed to penetrate the weakly armoured decks of modern dreadnoughts as part of the coastal defence system around naval bases.


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