tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post1447834555226903990..comments2024-03-27T17:11:36.606-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Weapons of War: Not Big Berthasnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-46395792931356098462013-09-29T18:29:41.947-07:002013-09-29T18:29:41.947-07:00The late Dr. Gerald Bull, a renowned long range ar...The late Dr. Gerald Bull, a renowned long range artillery expert, wrote a 1988 book: "The Paris Guns and Project Harp". Dr. Bull had an untimely death in Brussells while working on a supergun for Saddan Hussein.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-35124270515613925762013-09-19T10:10:02.942-07:002013-09-19T10:10:02.942-07:00The reason the Paris Gun was so inaccurate was tha...The reason the Paris Gun was so inaccurate was that each round went so high in the atmosphere; they actually scapped the lower end of the Startosphere. The Germans, or anyone else for that matter, did not know the wind speeds associated with ballistic freefall from that altitude. Still one hell of a weapon. Each round had to be fired in a numbered sequence as the barrel changed the rifiling Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com