Photo on Pinterest, Article from the Guardian, Sept, 2013 18 inch WWI British RR gun moving to Hampshire Artillery museum for WWI centennial https://www.pinterest.com/pin/520236194427924610/ Many othe

Their website shows them to be 3-rail "O" gauge. http://www.modelcrafters.com/wordpress/ But at those prices I'd think they'd be put on display rather than run. Phil, Bklyn

https://www.flickr.com/photos/modelcrafters/5007885997/in/photostream/ Phil, Brooklyn

1. 12 inch Rail Mtd UK WWI Siege Gun https://www.pinterest.com/pin/19717328991459525 2. BL 12-inch railway howitzer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_12-inch_railway_howitzer 3.Pp. 136 & ff https://eug

https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2019/07/10/warship-wednesday-july-10-2019-the-slayer-of-victoria/#comments Shows the development of large caliber guns as applied to late 19th C British warships an

Off-topic but very dramatic 16 second video showing capsizing and magazine exploding http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/1941-explosion-hms-barham-battleship-gif-photo-69392#post116759 '...There was no

1918 Gun Barrel Manufacturing Footage. 5:36 video: http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/1918-gun-barrel-manufacturing-footage-video-71391#post127204 Gun barrels are made and assembled in artillery at Be

14"/50 (34.5 cm) Mark 4 The 14”/50 cal were used in the railway guns shipped to France in WWI and operated by USN. (See archived threads.) Here's info on their USN use at sea plus add'l info on the se

Here is a find. Both full sized and scale models - Pinterest: 8 sections:1,188 pins: 90 followers Krajina Express (2) ,Japan (4), UK (12), US (3), France (14), Germany (435), Poland (39) , Soviet (157

Five minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMJlzO4KDy4 Phil, Bklyn

https://dieselfutures.tumblr.com/post/180888713805/westinghouse-petrol-electric-locomotive If the first photo didn't show a howitzer on a flat car immediately behind the Westinghouse Petrol Engine, I

Not really a railgun but the narrative contains a lot of details of design, specs and performance. The photo source, vintage-work-crew-photos contains many historical workplace photos and comments. UK

Thanks Ron. Picture 19 in this series says the rate was close to 25%. Stunning and disturbing photographs. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/05/the-fading-battlefields-of-world-war-i/561353/ Phil

Mfg an Eight Inch High Explosive Howitzer Shell ?1917 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IgHwYkZ91s "This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English. Detai

Sorry, the first source is the Illustrated London News of Feb 13, 1915. Phil, Bklyn

The US converted several coast defense 12" mortars to RR mountings for use in WWI. A photo in the London Daily Mail of 1914 of an Austrian 12" mortar caught my eye and the search was on. Here are the

Oh, pardon. Thanks. Phil

Large site in Italian language with a dozen pix of DORA of dioramas. Included pix of locos, assembly of the piece working on the track beside the piece. http://ostfront.forumpro.fr/t1032-canons-de-800

A lovely surprise! Thanks, Dr. R. Phil Gilson, Brooklyn NY

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Gene Slover's website, Railway Artillery Guns 1921 has a 'click here' box on the USN and an entry deals with the mythical trip pf the USS Constitution in 1798 which relates the prodigious quantities o