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Dicke Bertha

Posted by Andreas on 30 Jul 2010, 15:45

I have a question , has anybody some pictures/ Images of the Krupp 42 inch Gun called dicke Bertha ?
Or some helpful links ?
Thanks a lot
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Posted by Paul on 30 Jul 2010, 16:02

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Posted by Andreas on 30 Jul 2010, 16:09

Thank you Paul ....this helps me a lot , I´ve got the Fine scale Factory Set .
Especially the Dio is great , next question is , how it was moved ?
Horsedrawn or do they have a special Tractor or what else ?
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Posted by Paul on 30 Jul 2010, 16:19

Here´s a link to a book in e form, :-)
http://www.ebookee.net/Die-schwersten-S ... 64363.html
and on amazon (bit expensive though!)
http://www.amazon.de/Die-schwersten-Ste ... 3879438110

and here (sorry to the rest of ya´ll in german ) a short descrition of the transport modes;


Es gab 2 Ausführungen der "Dicken Berta"

1.
42cm-Gamma-Mörser: 1910 erstes Geschütz einsatzbereit, bis Kriegsende 1918 15 Stück hergestellt, in Teillasten auf 10 Eisenbahnwagen transportiert, 150 t

2.
42cm-M-Gerät: bis Kriegsende 1918 12 Geräte von Krupp hergestellt, Mörser in Räderlafette auf 5 Fahrzeugen transportiert, 42,6 t

Basicaly, it looks as though the gun was brought to the intended place on trains and then built for firing in one position.
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Posted by Paul on 30 Jul 2010, 16:29

STOP !!!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
I´ve found this!!!!
http://www.landships.freeservers.com/42cm_bigbertha.htm

They did have tractors!!
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Posted by Andreas on 30 Jul 2010, 18:22

aaaaa.....wonderful , thanks , that´s a lot of Information .
As i bought the FSF Set , there was no Plan included. Now i´ve got one .
Many many Thanks...
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Posted by musketier on 30 Jul 2010, 20:07

There were originally two types of this 'Big Bertha' one was road transportable and the other by train. fired I believe a the shell weighed 830 kg with 200kg of it HE. I have the gun in 15mm scale, I use it on the gaming table.


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Posted by Dad's Army on 30 Jul 2010, 20:31

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I saw this model in Overloon
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Posted by Paul on 30 Jul 2010, 21:25

Dad's Army wrote:I saw this model in Overloon

Must have been a while ago, You had black hair in those days :mrgreen:
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Posted by musketier on 30 Jul 2010, 23:36

Ah yes the 800mm behemoth called 'Gustav' :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav
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Posted by KenzoSato on 31 Jul 2010, 12:48

Fantastic pics
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Posted by Andreas on 31 Jul 2010, 14:34

Hey Guys .....
This is a fantastic Forum ...high skill Level and lot´s of friendly and helpful folks .

The only thing is ...all this great Stuff here confuses me . I point my focus on medieval and Romans , and you make me wanting to do more .... i don´t know what to do next ....WW1 ...AWI ...Wild West ...ACW ...or maybe thinking about WW2.
For me as a German WW2 is :nono: ( only in my Opinion )

Thank you all for Support and Inspiration .
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Posted by Paul on 31 Jul 2010, 15:02

Andreas wrote:Hey Guys .....
This is a fantastic Forum ...high skill Level and lot´s of friendly and helpful folks .

The only thing is ...all this great Stuff here confuses me . I point my focus on medieval and Romans , and you make me wanting to do more .... i don´t know what to do next ....WW1 ...AWI ...Wild West ...ACW ...or maybe thinking about WW2.
For me as a German WW2 is :nono: ( only in my Opinion )

Thank you all for Support and Inspiration .


I would Just stick to the Romans and Medievals......much more fun :-) :-)
mind you........ ;-) :-)
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Posted by Andreas on 31 Jul 2010, 21:24

Yes , Romans and medieval will always be my favorites . But i´ve got so much other stuff ...napoleonic and so on ...
Thousends of Figs and other stuff . ;-)
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Posted by The Observer on 01 Aug 2010, 10:30

Concentrate on the era you personally like most-that makes painting and maybe building a diorama much more easier.
I personally spent also much time in researching facts about the things i paint ( reading,internet research,old pictures etc.)
and then..paint paint paint :-D
greetings dominik
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