Pzkpfw-e Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Not only the German's mounted big guns on railways! 305mm (12") ''Центральный музей Великой Отечественной войны'' г. Москва ''The Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War'' in Moscow More piccies here http://fotovalkirumodelism.com/page.php?page=713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 The size and enginering in those things is stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 fantastic site find:D, I thought initally that built as a french railgun clone but seems indiginous, I believe the soviets brought up railguns for the battle of Berlin and other assaults on central european cities such as buda-pest. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 (edited) I just purchased a photo of a Japanese one and I put it in the Japanese thread Edited December 23, 2010 by fesm_ndt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I can just imagine the fire orders. "Three rounds gunfire! Monday, Wednesday and Friday!" I wonder how far back along the track the recoil pushed the beast! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Gun crew number from the left, One , two ,...........eightenn hundred!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 schliesser92 I can just imagine the fire orders. "Three rounds gunfire! Monday, Wednesday and Friday!" I wonder how far back along the track the recoil pushed the beast! ? I like a good railgun recoil joke- this one doesn't move at all the centre section pivots like the US 8inch (for example the Mk6) the WW1 and inter war Schneider 240mm guns and Britsh 9.2inch the Soviet type could in theory fire broadside and visible in the detail photos are both lock downs near the extremity of the bogies, the centre pivot unit and outriggers to stabilse the rotating section of the mounting. It is possible that the tubes for these guns were from the same source as that used in the Mirus batterie in Guernsey. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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