Big Bertha ( German : Dicke Bertha ) - literal translation `` Fat or heavy Bertha '' - is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of WWI .
Big Bertha is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer made by the famous armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of World War I. Another huge gun , 42-cm Gamma-Device howitzer , was the forerunner of the Bertha .