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8-inch M1888 gun United States: World War I, World War II: 203 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun (aka M3A2) United States: World War II: 209.3 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" German Empire: World War I: 210 21 cm K12 (E) Nazi Germany: World War II 233 BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun United Kingdom: World War I, World War II: 238 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" German ...
A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon. Many countries have built railway guns, but the best-known are the large Krupp -built pieces used by Germany in World War I and World War II .
The lengths of these guns varied between 56-60 calibers and their weights varied, but their performance was similar. The main variants of gun and mount were: 180 mm/60 B-1-K Pattern 1931 – Naval guns converted from earlier 203 mm guns in MK-1-180 single turrets. 180 mm/57 B-1-P Pattern 1932 – Newly-built naval guns in MK-3-180 triple turrets.
The Obukhovskii 12"/52 Pattern 1907 gun was a 12-inch (305 mm), 52-caliber naval gun. It was the most powerful gun to be mounted aboard battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy and later the Soviet Navy during both world wars. It was later modified by the Soviets and employed as coastal artillery and as a railway gun during World War II.
76mm Field gun Soviet Union: Used during the Winter War. 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV) 76mm Field gun Soviet Union: 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) 76mm Field gun Soviet Union: Field gun first deployed in 1941, very well-liked by Soviet and German soldiers because of its reliability, durability, and accuracy. 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)
The 130 mm/50 B13 Pattern 1936 was a 130 mm (5.1 in) 50 caliber Soviet naval gun. The weapon was the standard primary armament of Soviet-built destroyers from about 1935 to 1954 (although it would remain in-service well into the 1990s), and it was also utilized as a coastal gun and railway gun. The gun was produced in three different versions ...
Guns salvaged from scrapped ships found a second life as coastal artillery, railway artillery and aboard river monitors during the Russian Civil War. [2] It was estimated that there were 110 guns in the Soviet Navy's inventory in 1941.
The 180 mm gun S-23 (Russian: 180-мм пушка С-23) was a Soviet heavy gun of Cold War era. It was developed in the early 1950s, with the design based on naval guns. Its first public appearance was the 1955 May Day parade in Moscow. [1]