 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Umambo hweGermany hwakasimbisawo miganhu yahwo, asi Mukuru Mukuru Wehurumende Helmuth von Moltke Mukuru aida kukwanisa kuputsa masvingo echiFrench nechiBelgian. Kunyange zvazvo zvombo zvehondo zveGermany zvakanga zvabudirira muHondo yeFrance nePrussian, zvakanga zvabvumirwa kuti zvisafambe. Pakazosvika makore okuma1880, dhayamita yemudziyo wepfuti ine simba zvikurusa yeuto reGermany, howitzer yomunda, yakanga isingachakwanisi kurwisa nhare. Moltke akatanga kukumbira pfuti dzine simba zvikuru mumakore gumi iwayo. Zvombo zvehondo zvine simba zvikuru zvakava zvinokosha kumutevedzeri wake, Alfred von Schlieffen, uyo akaronga kukurumidza kukurira France nokupinda muBelgium mukupindura Chibvumirano cheFrance neRussia cha 1893. Kuti vakwanise kuderedza nhare dzeFrance neBelgium, Artillery Test Commission, APK yakaumba ukama neKrupp AG muna 1893. Chibereko chokutanga chokubatana uku chaiva chombo chemarata, chakagamuchirwa kupinda mubasa makore mana gare gare uye chakatumidzwa kuti schwerer Küstenmörser L8, asi yaizivikanwa seBeta-Gerät kuti ifukidze chinangwa chayo sechombo chokurwisa. Miedzo yakaitwa pakati pemakore okuma1890 yakaratidza kuti Beta-Gerät yakanga isingakwanisi kuparadza nhare dzeFrance kana kuti dzeBelgium, kunyange dziine mabhomba akavandudzwa. Kufarira pfuti ine simba zvikuru yokurwisa kwakaderera kutozosvikira Hondo yeRussia neJapan, panguva iyo Mauto eJapan akashandisa pfuti dzomumahombekombe dzakatorwa kubva kuJapan kupedza Kurwisa kwePort Arthur kwemwedzi 11. 