The Paris Gun was not a great success: the payload was minuscule, the barrel required frequent replacement and its accuracy was only good enough for city-sized targets.
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The name of the German cannon that fired on Paris in World War 1 was the "Paris Gun" or "Kaiser Wilhelm Geschütz." It was a long-range artillery gun designed to shell targets from a distance of over 120 kilometers.
The Machine gun was the most effective weapon in world war one. It killed more than 7million people out of 8 1/2million. Used to protect trenches. It was effective enough that a counter measure had to be developed to overcome it. The tank. Even in WW2, Gen Patton stated that the primary weapon of a tank was it's machine gun, and not it's cannon.Was and still is.
The German machine guns that covered the beaches, particularly at Omaha.
The Dora and Gustav railway guns where highly irrelevant but still highly effective due to its propaganda and psychological value.The shear sound and sight of such a gun and its effect on the ground must have driven the enemy crazy with fear...
Of course (while not entirely new) the proliferation of the machine gun forced the type of warfare that ensued.