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A railgun or rail gun, sometimes referred to as a rail cannon, is a linear motor device, typically designed as a weapon, that uses electromagnetic force to launch high-velocity projectiles. The projectile normally does not contain explosives, instead relying on the projectile's high kinetic energy to inflict damage. [ 2 ]
The design of a railway gun has three firing issues over and above those of an ordinary artillery piece to consider. Namely how the gun is going to be traversed – i.e. moved from side to side to aim; how the horizontal component of the recoil force will be absorbed by the gun's carriage and how the vertical recoil force will be absorbed by the ground.
Electro-Magnetic Laboratory Rail Gun; H. Helical railgun; P. Plasma railgun This page was last edited on 13 February 2013, at 14:24 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Schwerer Gustav and Dora - Railway siege guns—transportation and firing images at High Power Rocketry via the Internet Archive; Internet Archive copy of panzerlexikon.de video of Dora loading and firing; Internet Archive copy of panzerlexikon.de video of Dora; The 80cm 'Gustav' in Action—Internet Archive copy of website with additional ...
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.
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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 They have been obsolete since World War II and have been superseded by tactical surface-to-surface missiles, multiple rocket launchers, and bomber aircraft.
0–9. 8-inch gun M1888; 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun; 12-inch coast defense mortar; 14-inch/50-caliber railway gun; 14-inch M1920 railway gun; 15 cm K (E) 17 cm K (E)