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Bring on the big guns
Mons Meg (1449)
One of the worlcTs oldest cannons, it was used in several battles against the English.
It is now kept in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.
Great Turkish Bombard (1464)
ATurkish cannon that could tire a stone bali weighing 660 Ib (300 kg) morę than 1 mile (1.6 km).
Tsar Cannon (1586)
Designed to tire grapeshot, the Tsar is the largest cannon ever madę. It is now housed in the Kremlin, Moscow.
Big Bertha (1914)
Super heavy gun built for the German Army in 1914 and named after Bertha, wite of the armaments manufacturer, Gustav Krupp.
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