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Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. They have been obsolete since World War II and have been superseded by tactical surface-to-surface missiles, multiple rocket launchers, and bomber aircraft. Notes and references {{cite book , last1 = Hogg, first1 = Ian V. , title = Allied Artillery of World War I , pages = 113–148 , publisher = The Crowood Press, Ltd. , location = Ramsbury, Wiltshire, UK , year = 1998 , isbn = 1-86126-104-7 List Railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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180mm Pattern 1931-1933
The 180mm Pattern 1931-1933 were a family of related Naval artillery, naval guns of the Soviet Navy in World War II, which were later modified for coastal artillery and railway gun, railway artillery roles. They were the primary armament of the Soviet Union's first cruisers built after the Russian Civil War. History The 180mm Pattern 1931-1933 weren't a single model of gun, but instead were a family of related guns, either built from converted 203 mm 50 caliber Pattern 1905, /50 Pattern 1905 guns which were relined down to or they were newly built guns. The original guns were constructed of a three piece A tube, reinforced by two layers of outer tubes and a jacket. The lengths of these guns varied between 56-60 Caliber (artillery), calibers and their weights varied, but their performance was similar. :The main variants of gun and mount were: :* ''180mm/60 B-1-K Pattern 1931'' - Naval guns converted from earlier 203mm guns in ''MK-1-180'' single Gun turret, turrets. :* ''180mm/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon De 240 L Mle 1884
The Canon de 240 mm L modèle 1884 was a heavy artillery piece originally employed as coastal artillery and later converted to siege artillery and railway artillery roles. Mle 1884 guns were used in both World War I and World War II. History The Canon de 240 mm L mle 1884 was one of a series of heavy artillery pieces designed by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange. On 11 May 1874 three de Bange heavy cannons ( 120 mm, 155 mm, 220 mm) and two mortars ( 220 mm, 270 mm) were ordered by the French Army. The mle 1884 was advanced for its time due to being built completely of steel instead of a steel liner and cast iron reinforcing hoops of the previous ''Canon de 240 mm C mle 1870''-87. The mle 1884 was also breech loaded with a de Bange obturator and a simple hydraulic recoil system. Variants Coastal Artillery In the coastal artillery role, the mle 1884 was mounted on a variety of mounts. One of the most simple was the ''Canon 240 mm Mle 1884 sur aff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canon De 24 C Modèle 1876
The Canon de 24 C modèle 1876 was a coastal defense gun designed and built before World War I. A number of guns were also converted to railway guns during World War I in order to meet a need for heavy artillery. Design The ''Canon de 24 C modèle 1876'' were typical built-up guns of the period with mixed construction consisting of a rifled steel liner and several layers of iron reinforcing hoops. In French service guns of mixed steel/iron construction were designated in centimeters while all steel guns were designated in millimeters. However, reference materials do not always distinguish the difference in construction and use either unit of measurement. The guns used a de Bange breech and fired separate loading bagged charges and projectiles. The mle 1876 was mounted on a number of different models of garrison mounts with limited traverse. One exception was the GPC mount (''côte sur affût type Guerre à Pivot Central'') which was a rectangular steel firing platform w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E)
The 24 cm Theodor Bruno Kanone (E - Eisenbahnlafette (railroad mounting)) was a German railroad gun used during World War II in the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties in Occupied France for the rest of the war. Six were built during the 1930s using fifty-year-old ex-naval guns. Design As part of the re-armament program initiated by the Nazis after taking power in 1933 the Army High Command ''(Oberkommando des Heeres - OKH)'' ordered Krupp to begin work on new railroad artillery designs, but they would take a long time to develop. Krupp pointed out that it could deliver a number of railroad guns much more quickly using obsolete guns already on hand and modernizing their original World War I mountings for which it still had drawings available. OKH agreed and authorized Krupp in 1936 to begin design of a series of guns between for delivery by 1939 as the Emergency Program (''Sofort-Programm''). Six ancient 24 cm K L/35 C/88 guns originally used by the ''Odin''- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Cm Theodor Kanone (E)
The 24 cm Theodor Kanone (E – Eisenbahnlafette (railroad mounting)) was a German railroad gun used during World War II in the Battle of France and on coast-defense duties in Occupied France for the rest of the war. Three were built during the 1930s using forty-year-old ex-naval guns. Design As part of the re-armament program initiated by the Nazis after taking power in 1933 the Army High Command ''(Oberkommando des Heeres - OKH)'' ordered Krupp to begin work on new railroad artillery designs, but they would take a long time to develop. Krupp pointed out that it could deliver a number of railroad guns much more quickly using obsolete guns already on hand and modernizing their original World War I mountings for which it still had drawings available. OKH agreed and authorized Krupp in 1936 to begin design of a series of guns between for delivery by 1939 as the Emergency Program (''Sofort-Programe''). Three '' 24 cm SK L/40 C/94'' guns originally used by the - and pre-dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl"
The 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon) L - Länge (with a 40 caliber barrel)) was a German railroad gun that served on both the Eastern Front and the Western Front in World War I. Originally a naval gun, it was adapted for land service after its ships were disarmed beginning in 1915. One gun saw service in the Belgian Army after the war. After Belgium's surrender in World War II, the Germans used that gun on coast-defense duties for the rest of the war. Design Beginning in February 1915, the five ships of the pre-dreadnought were decommissioned by the German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) as obsolete, followed by the five ships of the in 1916. Twenty-six of their '' 24 cm SK L/40 C/94'' main guns were transferred to the Army. Eight to be used for coast defense by ''Batterie S2'' at Sylt and ''Batterie Hamburg'' at Norderney, and the remaining eighteen were intended for the Western Front.François, p. 34 One obvious change made fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24 Cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto"
The 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" (SK - Schnelladungskanone (Fast-loading cannon) L - Lange (with a 30 caliber barrel) was a German railroad gun used in World War I. Four were built and saw service in 1918 on the Western Front. Design and history These guns were originally fitted to the obsolete armored ship ''SMS Oldenburg'', which had been disarmed when it was converted to a target ship about 1912. One obvious change made for land service was the placement of a large counterweight just forward of the trunnions to counteract the preponderance of weight towards the breech. This, although heavy, was simpler than adding equilibrators to perform the same function. Four were fitted in 1918 to the railroad and firing platform mounts (''Eisenbahn und Bettungsschiessgerüst'') ''(E. u. B.)'' designed for the 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl". This was fairly simple, but required an even larger counterweight to compensate for the older gun's shorter barrel and greater weight.François ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 Cm K 12 (E)
The 21 cm Kanone 12 in Eisenbahnlafette (21 cm K 12 (E)) was a large German railroad gun used in the Second World War and deployed to fire on England from the English Channel coast in occupied France. Design and history Krupp continued theoretical research on a replacement for the Paris Gun during the Weimar Republic-era, but it was the Nazi government that finally authorized funding for experiments to solve some of its worst problems. The extremely high velocities used by the Paris Gun to attain the stratospheric heights necessary for extreme range caused enormous wear of the barrel, so much so that the shells had to be made in gradually increasing diameter to suit the rate of wear. Even then barrel life was merely 65 rounds. It is believed that the one Paris Gun destroyed by a premature detonation in the bore was caused by loading one of the serially-numbered shells out of order. Thus Krupp decided to use only eight grooves in the barrel and to machine matching ribs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 Cm SK "Peter Adalbert"
The 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" (SK - Schnelladekanone (quick-loading cannon) was a German railway gun used during World War I. It served on the Western Front and in Gallipoli between 1916 and 1918. Eleven were built, using two different surplus naval guns that shared the same mount. Only four are known to have survived destruction after the end of the war. Design The loss of the armored cruiser during the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 rendered its four reserve '' 21 cm SK L/45 C/06'' guns surplus as no other ships used them. An order was placed with Krupp to design a ''Bettungsschiessgerüst'' (firing platform) in May 1915 that could use the redundant guns. They were portable mounts that could be emplaced anywhere after several weeks of labor to prepare the position. It rotated on a pivot at the front of the mount and the rear was supported by rollers resting on a semicircular rail and was generally equipped with a gun shield.François, p. 38 One obvious chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8-inch M1888
The 8-inch gun M1888 (203 mm) was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps gun, initially deployed 1898–1908 in about 75 fixed emplacements, usually on a disappearing carriage. During World War I, 37 or 47 of these weapons (references vary) were removed from fixed emplacements or from storage to create a railway gun version, the 8-inch Gun M1888MIA1 Barbette carriage M1918 on railway car M1918MI, converted from the fixed coast defense mountings and used during World War I and World War II. History The M1888 gun was a coastal artillery gun initially deployed as part of the Endicott system of fortifications. The first nine were deployed on the M1892 barbette carriage in 1898, but the improved M1894 and M1896 disappearing carriages soon became available, and approximately 64 additional weapons were deployed on these carriages by 1908. An "emergency" converted Rodman carriage was also used during the Spanish–American War in 1898 to quickly arm 21 emplacements with the moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
