Projectiles and cartridges of German Paris Gun, WW1
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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. Date: circa 1918
Media ID 7196963
© Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
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