Hi
In early 1940 two 234 mm (9.2 in) Mk.XIII Railway Guns were sent to France to back-up the BEF, but there was no ammunition to send with them. The outcome of this sorry affair was that both guns were unable to contribute anything to the conflict, and were captured near Dunkirk durng May 1940.
What I would like to know is what did the Germans do with these guns. I look forward to hearing from anyone who can give me any answers to the above question. Thanks in advance.
Regards
Bob
234 mm (9.2 in) Mk.XIII Railway Gun
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Robert Hurst
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234 mm (9.2 in) Mk.XIII Railway Gun
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Michael Emrys
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May be you will find something here - http://www.southernrailwayuk.com/railguns.html
Well if there was no ammo available, it was somebodys screw up not a lack of availabe munitions., 9.2 was the standard Cw heavy coastal gun, there were thousands of rounds of it in store. As far as I can tell the Mk.XIII is just a Mk.X with modified trunions (although I could be very wrong - I'd be glad to be wrong in fact), as such finding ammo to suit would have been easy and so my guess is there were transport problems.
What did the Germans do with them? Well I don't know, but given there were only two and presumably on two barrles, scraping the guns and reusung the mountings for say captured French 240mm guns of whch they deployed a fair number would be the most sensiable thing to do. making up a batch of ammo to suit owld have been a compleate waste of time and effort.
shane
What did the Germans do with them? Well I don't know, but given there were only two and presumably on two barrles, scraping the guns and reusung the mountings for say captured French 240mm guns of whch they deployed a fair number would be the most sensiable thing to do. making up a batch of ammo to suit owld have been a compleate waste of time and effort.
shane