Paris.

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Further extracts with my commentary from original articles as seen at the isegoria.net Internet web site topic the Great War.

The Paris Gun. A fascinating topic. German very long-range artillery of the Great War. Often referred to as railway artillery.

ALSO A WEAPON OF DUBIOUS UTILITY?

To what extent the rounds as fired by the Paris Gun were in violation of the various Hague Convention protocols I cannot say.

"Secrets of the Mystery Gun that Shelled Paris"

"The June, 1930 issue of Modern Mechanix has a well-illustrated piece revealing the secrets of the mystery gun that shelled Paris during the Great War a dozen years earlier"

"Map of central districts of Paris, showing where shells fired [red dot where the round landed] by the Paris Gun landed, June-August 1918, and a line [blue] indicating the direction of the German gun. Note other shells landed outside this area. Based on Miller (1921)"

The Paris gun an ineffective weapon! NO way for the German to do effective spotting and determine accuracy. ONLY about two-thirds of rounds hitting within the city limits? ONLY about one person killed per round fired [half of those killed by a single hit!]. Maybe the German did not even take accuracy into account, just desiring to HIT the city of Paris "somewhere" and nothing more.

Aerial reconnaissance and espionage reports from agents on the ground also would not have helped the aiming process? I think not.

TERROR FOR THE SAKE OF TERROR BUT NOT EVEN THAT TERRIBLY TERRIFYING?

THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, ENERGY, MONEY, MANPOWER BETTER SPENT CONSTITUTING CONVENTIONAL BATTERIES AND BATTALIONS OF BATTLEFIELD ARTILLERY? SO I MIGHT SURMISE.

I would ask the question as to what was the fatality rate for automobile accidents in Paris during the same two month period of time the Paris Gun was active. The answer might surprise many.

coolbert.