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Krupp's K5 series were consistent in mounting a 21.5-metre-long (71 ft) gun barrel in a fixed mounting with only vertical elevation of the weapon. This gondola was then mounted on a pair of 12-wheel bogies designed to be operated on commercial and military rails built to German standards.
The train carrying the gun was of 25 cars, a total length of 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi). The gun reached the Perekop Isthmus in early March 1942, where it was held until early April. The Germans built a special railway spur line to the Simferopol-Sevastopol railway 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the target. At the end of the spur, they built four ...
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 .
1922 Shay locomotive, West Side Lumber Co. #8, on display in Cañon City, Colorado 1923 Shay locomotive, West Side Lumber Co. #9, in service on the Midwest Central Railroad Side view of the gap between Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-6 "Allegheny" Type Locomotive 1601 and its tender on display at the Henry Ford Museum Surviving example of a Lima-Hamilton LS-1200 diesel-electric locomotive at the ...
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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 ...
Here are the top local stories of 2023, as voted upon by the editors and reporters at The Lima News. 1. And every year, readers can see reasons for disgust, for optimism and for joy in the region ...
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