Railway guns of the Axis forces

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by ALVF » 18 Aug 2013, 19:03

Hello,

Emmanuel, it is only the consequence of my bad english writing!
The 340 mm modèle 1912 is, of course, "retubé" to 240 mm (relined).
The gun use two different "affûts" one standard of 37° for 50.000 m range and an other for the firing to 60.000 m at 50° (an auxiliary mount).The mount forward the 38 cm SKL/45 is a "affût d'expérience" and used for static ballistic firing.
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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by EPOCH3 » 18 Aug 2013, 19:07

here is a slightly better partial picture for you
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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by EPOCH3 » 18 Aug 2013, 19:10

and the other side of the photo
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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Manuferey » 19 Aug 2013, 01:11

ALVF wrote:Hello,

Emmanuel, it is only the consequence of my bad english writing!
The 340 mm modèle 1912 is, of course, "retubé" to 240 mm (relined).
The gun use two different "affûts" one standard of 37° for 50.000 m range and an other for the firing to 60.000 m at 50° (an auxiliary mount).The mount forward the 38 cm SKL/45 is a "affût d'expérience" and used for static ballistic firing.
Yours sincerely,
Guy François.
I perfectly understand the difficulties of "technical" English for non-native speakers, a group to whom I belonged as well. :)

Thank you for the other information.

Emmanuel

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Sturm78 » 30 Aug 2013, 12:24

Hi all,

Can anyone identify this Soviet railgun?

305mm TM-2-12, 305mm TM-3-12 or 356mm TM-1-14 ?? :?

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by ALVF » 31 Aug 2013, 22:33

Hello,

I think it is a 305 mm TM-2-12.
A similar photograph is in a great book on russian Artillery (1158 pages!), printed in cyrillic letters (I have some difficult to understand!).
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Guy François.

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Sep 2013, 16:53

Thank you for your answer, Guy François.

Do you know which are the distinguishing features of this model to differentiate it from the other two models? :?

On the other hand I am looking long time ago for a decent wartime image of an 180mm TM-1-180 railgun? Anybody?

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Manuferey » 01 Sep 2013, 22:04

Sturm78 wrote:On the other hand I am looking long time ago for a decent wartime image of an 180mm TM-1-180 railgun? Anybody?Regards Sturm78
Sturm78,

Here are wartime pictures of a 180 mm TM-1-180 captured by the Finnish Army in December 1941:

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http://www.ww2incolor.com/finnish_force ... y+gun.html

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http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539855-4/So ... ailway+gun

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http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/539863-4/Railway+gun+firing

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Sturm78 » 02 Sep 2013, 12:31

Hi Emmanuel

They are not images of very good quality but thank you very much for your help. :)

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Sep 2013, 16:33

Hi all,

An 28cm SK L40 Bruno railgun recaptured in 1940:

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Sep 2013, 23:25

Hi all,

I think an 130mm B-13 M1936 soviet naval gun on a makeshift railway carriage.
Does anyone know how many of these guns were converted to railway use?

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Sturm78 » 05 Oct 2013, 21:06

Hi all,

Any idea about this gun?
It seems a naval gun

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Manuferey » 06 Oct 2013, 00:13

I can read "NSB NORGE" on the railcar on the right. NSB is the name of the railroad national company in Norway. So the picture would have been taken there.

I think the gun is the 7,5 cm fortress gun mounted on a flatcar since the end of WW1and that was part of the coastal defenses of Narvik.

Also note the similarity of the mounting with the mounting of the 5 cm KwK L/42 or L/60 used along the AW.

The following Norwegian website (see at the bottom of the webpage) mentions the 7,5 cm fortress gun mounted on a flatcar but shows a different gun as the "possible 7,5 cm gun". But the gun on that picture seems a little bit too small to be of a 7,5 cm caliber and looks to me like a 3,7 cm SK C/30. :?
http://hem.fyristorg.com/robertm/norge/ ... rence.html

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by Manuferey » 08 Oct 2013, 03:01

After further research, I strongly believe that the gun on Sturm78's picture is a 12 pdr 12 cwt QF (7,62 cm caliber)of British origin with a part of the barrel missing. See here for comparison:
http://navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3-40_mk1.htm

So, it could be the "7,5 cm" fortress gun used by the Norwegians but with an actual caliber of 7,62 cm or a gun installed by the British forces while in Norway.

Emmanuel

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Re: railwaygun ID

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Post by ludvig » 08 Oct 2013, 18:31

Hello ,
railway guns on the Ofotbanen ( Kiruna - Narvik )
A) one 7,5 cm Schneider L 30 fortress gun mounted on a flarcar used 1916 - 1940 own shed at Sildvik
B)12 pdr 12 cwt from English ship in 1940 ( Sturm78's photo 05 oct 2013 )
C) 3,7 cm S.K.C/30 from German ship in 1940 ( hem.fyrestorg.com photo )
D) 4 x 10,5 cm K331 on 4 x flatcars between 1951 - 1960 on Sockellafette ,also based at Sildvik
E) 2 x 28 cm schwere Bruno , in Narvik 1941 - 1942
F) 4 x 24 cm K 558 in Narvik 1942 - 1944

ludvig

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