Projectiles and cartridges of German Paris Gun, WW1
Projectiles and cartridges of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War. It was first fired from the forest of Coucy on 21 March 1918, the first shell landing on the Quai du Seine. The explosion was heard across the city. Over 300 shells in total were fired between March and August, at a rate of about 20 per day. From left to right: a 100kg shell, an additional cartridge, a fore cartridge and a Hulsen cartridge
Picture No
10543384
Media ID
48022276
Size
5132px x 3853px
(2.0MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
circa 1918
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100kg Additional Cartridge Cartridges Huelsen Hulsen Krupp Measurement Projectiles Seige Shells
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