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The poem Humpty Dumpty is related to this fact.

In the 13th century there was a cannon called "Humpty" which sat on a wall and protected the troops that built it. It blasted and caused destruction but fell, "Humpty fell of the wall". And all the kings horses and all the kings men (of the fortress) couldn't put Humpty (the cannon) back together again.

The peace treaty to the 30 years war was signed in Muenster Germany along with 2 other cities.

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I wish i had a dozen velociraptors and 150 nuclear bombs with a B52 to deliver them and Lots of
AK-47's,Uzi's,Shotgun's,RPG's,and Scud's!! !

ok i looked on the bottle pepto bismol contains bismuth subsalicylate

My mistake. Sorry.

I have a Swedish keyboard, so I have the letters å, ä, ö as buttons of their own. When I want to write the German letter "ü", which isn't in the Swedish language, there's a button to the right of the "å" button, probably the "p" button on your keyboard, with the symbols ~ ¨ ^. I just press that button and then press the "u" button and voila!

The greatest known cannons in the world that were ever in use were the German mortars Tor and Dora. They had 60 cm calibre shells (24"), that weighed over two tons. They could only be transported on railroad tracks and were used to destroy Warzaw in 1944. It took 15 minutes to reload them. They were blown into pieces 1945, not to fall in the hands of the Soviet army.

What about that giant Cannon the Germans used to attack the Ukraine in 1943??

I'm sorry I'm having a brainfart and can't remember more details.

I'm not sure if that wasn't either Tor or Dora. There was one other cannon, but I can't remember its name either. I don't think any of those cannons had larger caliber than 60 cm.

Big Bertha, used to attack Paris in WWI, "only" had a 50 or 52 cm caliber.

The T-34 Russian tank used in WWII was more effective than the German Panzer. The russian tank made good use of wider tracks so it kept going through heavy snow, and had a 12 cylinder diesel engine. The use of diesel fuel precluded the tanks from exploding even taking a direct hit from a Panzer. When the fuel tanks ruptured, the diesel oil just ran out on the ground.

The German Luger and Walther-P38 long barrel pistols had exactly the same muzzle velocity, about 1000 ft/s. Hitler commited suicide with the more unusual P-38 short barrel.

Yeah, I think this cannon was in the 40 cm range but could throw a 2500 lb projectile to a range of 30 miles.

Hey Litigious ! ! Pack your bags!!
In the state of Arizona, USA, it is legal to carry a registered firearm provided it's in plain sight, like on a gunbelt. It is also legal to possess automatic firarms, if you go through a lengthy permit process, AND it is legal to carry a concealed firarm, if you have taken a class and cleared a background check ! !!


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This one's for Litigious, too.

During WWII, the gun mounted on the German "Tiger" Panzer was the most feared among tank crews. It was 88mm and had Zeiss optic sights. After capturing one intact, a British war-time firing trial produced five successive hits scored on a 16"x18" target at a range of 1,200 yards. It was said among tank crews that this gun could hit another tank a mile away.

However, the "Tiger" was overly complicated machanically. The Russians frequently attacked early in the morning because the "Tiger" wheels would freeze up during the night.

I lived in Arizona a while back and there was a bank across the street from where worked where we would go in to cash our paychecks after work on friday. There was a guy who was always there at the same time, a biker type who was carrying several zippered bags and wearing a large revolver in a holster. It never seemed to bother anybody that he was waiting in line at the bank with a gun.

I'm Austro-Hungarian Empirish.