Big Bertha

Summary

Big Bertha is an artillery model^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Big Bertha's image is recorded as Dicke Bertha.Big Bertha.jpg^[3].
• Big Bertha's instance of is recorded as artillery model^[4].
• Big Bertha's operator is recorded as Imperial German Army^[5].
• Big Bertha's operator is recorded as Austro-Hungarian Army^[6].
• Bertha Krupp is named after Big Bertha^[7].
• Big Bertha's manufacturer is recorded as Friedrich Krupp AG^[8].
• Big Bertha's GND ID is recorded as 4657046-9^[9].
• Big Bertha's subclass of is recorded as siege artillery^[10].
• Big Bertha's subclass of is recorded as field howitzer^[11].
• Big Bertha's designed by is recorded as Friedrich Krupp AG^[12].
• Big Bertha's Commons category is recorded as Big Bertha^[13].
• Big Bertha's country of origin is recorded as German Empire^[14].
• Big Bertha's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I^[15].
• Big Bertha's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II^[16].
• Big Bertha's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yzyb^[17].
• Big Bertha's service entry is recorded as +1914-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Big Bertha's ammunition is recorded as 42 cm high explosive^[19].
• Big Bertha's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}^[20].
• Big Bertha's described by source is recorded as Twentieth-Century Artillery^[21].
• Big Bertha's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Big-Bertha-weapon^[22].
• Big Bertha's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dicke Bertha'}^[23].
• Big Bertha's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5.88'}^[24].
• Big Bertha's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+5880'}^[25].
• Big Bertha's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+47'}^[26].
• Big Bertha's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+43285'}^[27].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Lengths include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5.88'}^[24] and {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+5880'}^[25].

Designation and Status

Big Bertha's instance of is recorded as artillery model^[4].

History and Context

Bertha Krupp is named after Big Bertha^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Big Bertha include La Grosse Bertha^[28], a newspaper^[29], founded in 1991^[30].

Why It Matters

Big Bertha ranks in the top 3% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include La Grosse Bertha^[28], a newspaper^[29], founded in 1991^[30].