Railway guns of the Axis forces

[Manuferey]

Regarding the question above as to why wouldn't they have just taken worn out Bruno Lg guns
off and replaced/updated them with Br N barrels. The carriages are almost the same
but the Br N has an extension toward the rear of the carriage that housed a built-in
compressor unit. That could have been added externally to the Br Lg somehow. The Br N barrel is longer
so they would have needed to the change out the elevation mechanism and wiege as well but
that could also be done. My guess/conclusion is that there simply weren't any more Br N barrels to
be used (except maybe a spare or two). They certainly could have made more but most of the barrels made
for German railway guns were made before the war (in the later 1930s) and before war-time material
priorities were established/changed. A barrel usually took several years to make then. I believe that is
why they started to look at the captured French barrels as potential candidates but didn't really find a
solution that made the investment worth while for the Br Lg carriage (opinion).

Your guess/conclusion makes perfectly sense. I agree with it.

Emmanuel

[jopaerya]

This looks to me a 340 mm modèle 1912 sur affût à glissement Schneider in German service, but I could be wrong .
Strange is that this railway gun is missing the rail for the transport of the rounds ?? ( Ebay )

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

I think you are right, 340mm Mle 1912 Schneider

Sturm78

[Manuferey]

You can compare with the 340 Mle 1912 railway gun at Eberbach in Germany in May 1945. Hard to tell if the rail is present or missing though.

viewtopic.php?p=1898518#p1898518
and here:
viewtopic.php?p=2049949#p2049949

Emmanuel

[Manuferey]

Hello
Who has any idea on the type and the caliber of this railwaygun ??

Photo = Ebay.usa

Hello Jos,
It is 6'' Canet gun of Latvian army. Railway mounting built in 1937.
Regards, Denis

More pictures of this gun in service in the Latvian army here: :
https://ru-artillery.livejournal.com/334513.html

Emmanuel

[wwilson]

Regarding these railway artillery pieces.

Were they often employed, or was their use not very common (as compared to other heavy artillery) ?

I am trying to get a feel for how often they were employed on the Western Front in 1944-45. From what I've read, their employment was not common.

[Manuferey]

Hi all,

Any idea about this gun?
It seems a naval gun

download/file.php?id=309788&t=1

Image from EBay
Sturm78

viewtopic.php?f=70&t=114126&p=1824776#p1824776

It seems that another experiment with a 12 pdr QF on a flatcar was performed in the UK. Here is a remaining prototype at Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent, UK.

ChathamAArailwaygun.jpg

The caption mentions a 3 pdr but I believe it is a 12 pdr instead.

Emmanuel

[na4222]

Just to confirm, the 305 mm Mle 1893-96 French railway guns were not used by the Germans (including one named Marie Louise (on its barrel)). Is that correct?
Presumably whatever was captured of these guns was taken to Germany and stored there?

Thanks.
Nezar

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An 28cm K5 (E) gun in Leningrad front

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[jopaerya]

A view inside the exploded barrel of the 28 cm S.K.L/40 Bruno ( ex-Belgian ) see more photo's in this topic . ( Ebay )

[EPOCH3]

Here is the barrel end -

The barrel was thrown 100 yards+ down the track

[Clive Mortimore]

As a trained REME gun fitter I think I am in a position to be able to give my professional assessment of the situation regarding the 28 cm S.K.L/40 Bruno.

"It is broken"

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A blurry image from Ebay. I am not sure about the exact model...

Sturm78

[forttravel]

No idea about type/modell.

[karlik]

Hi!
Id. please this railway gun.