 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwa1916, pfuti dzose dze42 cm dzakapihwa ku5th Army, iyo yakaunganidza pfuti dzinosvika makumi maviri nemana dzekuvhara, huwandu hwakanyanya hwadzo munguva yehondo. Hondo yeVerdun yakavhurwa musi wa 21 February 1916 nokurwiswa kukuru kwezvombo kwemaawa mapfumbamwe. Midziyo yemasendimita makumi mana nemaviri yaive nebasa rekudzvinyirira pfuti dzeForts Vaux, Douaumont, Souville, uye, asi vaisakwanisa kupinda mukongiri yenhare dzazvino. Pazuva rechipiri rekurwa, pfuti mbiri dzeM-Gerät dzeKMK Battery 7 dzakaparadzwa nekuputika nguva isati yakwana uye KMK Mabhatiri 5 ne6 ese akarasikirwa neM-Gerät imwe neimwe kune chikonzero chimwe chete. Zvizhinjisa zvezvombo zvokukomba paVerdun zvakaendeswa kuchamhembe muna July kuti zvibatanidzwe muHondo yeSomme, uye naSeptember chete M-Gerät zvikamu zvasara muVerdun zvaive KMK Mabhatiri 3 ne6. 