Woods near Grafenwöhr, Germany, July 24, 1949: 1st Lt. Fred Iovanella stands atop the 800mm caliber barrel of a Nazi Germany railway gun. Although nicknamed “Big Bertha” by the American forces ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, July 22, 1949. It is republished unedited in its original form. HEIDELBERG, July 21 (Special) — A 140-ton German siege gun, with ...

If you ask ten people “what’s the world’s largest gun,” you’ll get twelve answers, and most of the arguing comes down to one thing: people are using different definitions. Some mean the largest gun ...

War trains dominated combat for more than 100 years. Massive rail-borne artillery shelled the enemy while trains unloaded troops and supplies. For a brief moment, the terrifying machines were the most ...