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Mughal light artillery, also known as artillery of the stirrup, [11] [16] consisted of a variety of smaller weapons. Animal-borne swivel guns saw widespread use in several forms. [14] Elephants carried two pieces of "elephant barrel" (gajnal and hathnal) artillery and two soldiers to fire them. The elephants served only to transport the weapons ...
BL 9.2 inch (233 mm) Railway Gun c 1900. 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 They have been obsolete since World War II and have been superseded by tactical surface-to-surface missiles, multiple rocket launchers, and bomber aircraft.
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 .
8-inch Navy MkVIM3 gun on barbette mount M1A1, as used by the Army in coast defense. The 8-inch Navy gun Mk.VI M3A2 on railway mount M1A1 was a World War II improved replacement for the World War I-era 8-inch (203 mm) M1888 gun and was used by the US Army's Coast Artillery Corps in US harbor defenses.
The four BL 18-inch railway howitzers that were deployed during the Second World War were all scrapped in the post-war period. [3]Only the gun from the fifth howitzer, named "barrel number one", survives, [4] it was used for artillery testing at MoD Shoeburyness in 1920 before being put into storage at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. [4]
Approaching the railroad bridge on May 10, Crook's men drove off skirmishers. At 9:30 am Crook's artillery began firing at the Confederates on the other side of the river, and Confederate artillery returned fire. The exchange of artillery fire lasted for about three hours. The Union artillery had an advantage of being mounted on a higher elevation.
Predecessors of the 258th Field Artillery Regiment fought in the War of 1812, the Spanish–American War, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and the Global War on Terrorism. The 258th Field Artillery is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812.
The following railroads have been called Valley Railroad: Connecticut Valley Railroad, 1868-1887, a defunct railroad in the state of Connecticut; Valley Railroad (Connecticut), a heritage railroad; Valley Railroad (New York), 1869-1945, predecessor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; Valley Railroad (Pennsylvania), Westline to ...