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Re: train with guns

July 01, 2018 12:07AM
I am not sure that those cannon were "railway guns." They kind of look like disappearing rifles which were used in open air concrete fortifications starting around 1900. The crew would be behind the parapet and below it. The gun would be above the parapet in firing position and the recoil would send it down and back where it latched so it could be reloaded. Then a spring/hydraulic system would lift the gun into firing position for the cycle to continue.
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German railway guns in WW II

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