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German family of munitions makers
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krupp
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Krupp can refer to: The Krupp family, owners of the German industrial conglomerate Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, commonly known as Krupp Thyssen-Krupp , successor company Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft , shipyard Krupp Trial , post WWII war crimes trial ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1883, gun made at the armaments works in Essen, Germany, founded by German metallurgist Alfred Krupp (1812-1887).
Usage examples of krupp.
Much of what is active conscience in the Germany of Krupp and the Munich beer halls lies in this man's ribald keeping.
Every artillery piece I saw was also a breech-loader, and made of stout Krupp steel.
I would assume that the lethal Krupp cannon there are already targeted on your forward positions.
Let them abandon their old cannon and turn the captured Krupp pieces around, to bombard that city's defenses ahead of your attacking columns.
Meanwhile, the new Krupp gun would be lobbing up shells to explode in his general vicinity, and the Fort Valérien guns would be making their uproar to distract the Prussian gunners, and the combined commotion was enough to make any Balloon Post volunteer regret that he had ever volunteered.
Now they opened up their long-range Krupp guns, first pounding to rubble the fort on Mont Avrons, then beginning to bombard the other forts east and south of Paris, and, as each fort was evacuated by its outgunned defenders, the siege lines moved closer and closer to the city's boundaries.
The order for heavy guns had been given to the German firm of Krupp, which, not surprisingly, had delayed deliveries.