Railway artillery. 1916-1944 (20 photos)

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Quotes [edit]

1. Miller vol. I, page 39
2. Miller vol. I, page 52
3. ^ abc Miller vol. I, page 65
4. ^ab Miller vol. I, page 69
5. (in Russian) https://www.travelzone.lv/lib/zd_puski/index.php
6. Lebedev, P.N. (2011) [1857]. Application of railways to the defense of the mainland. Essay by Lieutenant Colonel P. Lebedev [ Use of railways to protect the earth.
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7. Denisov, A.P.; Perechnev, Yu. G. (1956). "Chapter 4. Coastal artillery in the Crimean War of 1853–1856" [Chapter 4. Coastal artillery in the Crimean War of 1853–1856]. Russian coastal artillery
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8. Phillips, page 225
9. Miller vol. I, pp. 9-16
10. Jack H. McCall Jr., When Railroad Guns Ruled, Historynet; as of 2022.10.29.
11. Miller, Frances Trevelyan (1957). A Photographic History of the Civil War
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12. Jump up
    ↑ Tucker, S. C. (2005). Encyclopedia of the First World War: Political, Social and Military History. ABC-clio. ISBN 1-85109-420-2
13. Miller vol. I, pp. 17, 23
14. Miller vol. I, page 23
15. Hall
16. Miller vol. II, pp. 1–186
17. Romanych, Mark (2017). Railway guns of the First World War
    . Hoyer, Greg, Noon, Steve. London: Osprey. paragraph 2. ISBN 9781472816412. OCLC 999616340.
18. ^ ab Zaloga, Steve (2017). Railway guns of World War II
    . Dennis, Peter. Oxford: Osprey. pp. 2–3. ISBN 978-1472810687. OCLC 907965829.
19. ^ ab "United States Naval Railway Batteries in France". Internet Archive
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20. ^ abc Schreier, Conrad F., Jr. (1988). "Admiral Plunkett's Railway Battle Fleet." History of the Railway
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21. Many, April 1965, p.53
22. ^ ab Hogg, Ian W. (1998). Allied artillery of the First World War
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23. Westing (1966) pp.79-80
24. Jump up
    ↑ Lewis (1979) pp. 103, 106
25. "Victory over the Huns, History of the US Army, Coast Artillery Corps during World War I". ancestry.com
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26. "U.S. Army Railroad Artillery, World War I". ancestry.com
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27. Miller, H.W., LTC, United States Railroad Artillery, Vols. I and II, 1921, vol. I, pp. 131-155
28. ^ab Report on 8-inch railway guns in the Philippines, 1940–42.
29. Lewis (1979)pp. 102-110, 140-141
30. Berhow, pp. 199-228
31. "Railroad Mortar Cannon to Aid in Coastal Defense" Popular Mechanics, December 1930
32. Berhow, pp. 216-217
33. Doomed project to protect Philippine inland seas
34. Collateral (2016), pp. 14-15, 18-19
35. ^ a b c d Arnold (1982), pp. 100, 108, 147, 148.
36. German 40 cm guns at Navweaps.com
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40. Maev Kennedy. "Giant World War I gun moves across southern England this week". The keeper
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41. ↑
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42. "Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique".
43. 8-inch railway gun mount mod. 1918

External links [edit]

• "When the artillery first took to the rails"
• 152 mm Finnish railway gun
• "Web Museum of Railway Guns". Retrieved April 21, 2005.
• Railway Gun Museum
• K5 Eisenbahngeschutze
• US Navy railroad batteries
• US Army railroad artillery in World War I
• "Gun Train Guards Ends of Panama Canal—Rolling Fort Crosses Isthmus in Two Hours" Popular Mechanics, December 1934, pp. 844-845, excellent pictures in article on M1920 14-inch railroad gun.