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Actually the "Big Bertha" was a 210mm or 8.26 inch gun. The distance from the firing point to Paris was approximatly 75 miles. The gun hit Paris and the surrounding suburbs 367 times before the gun`s position was over run by the Allies."Big Bertha" was transported by rail, but placed on a fixed turntable for firing. After the war, the Germans cut up the gun and no trace was ever found by the Allied Armistice Commission. In WW2 the Germans did have a 800mm railgun, named "Dora" that had a range of 29 miles. It had a recoil action with almost 30 feet of travel. There was also a railway gun with a range of 38 miles. It was a 280mm gun.