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

I have just received the British railway cannon "Gladiator" of WWI released by Oxford Rail. It is a BEAUTIFUL model, it also have a frame to camouflage the cannon. Cat. no. is OR76-B00M02 BL 13.5 Inch

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

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

https://www.schifferbooks.com/german-armored-trains-1904-1945-4432.html also on Amazon ( cheaper) /German-Armored-1904-1945-Wolfgang-Sawodny/dp/0764335235/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=sawodny&qid=1556144074&s=

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

I have found an archive copy of the original Railgun website on a friends site. the Original Railgun website if anyone wants to copy any pictures / articles here, please feel free to do so! BW Nick R

A reprint has been made of LTC Harry W. Miller's post-WWI reference work on railway artillery up to 1920. The two volumes include just about every Allied railway artillery piece used or designed durin

I am planning a cruise to Bermuda this Spring. As a side project I was looking at a site that discussed the US military presence there. Interesting point which I have yet to research further was the p

1) https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=110331&start=570 Schneider was the French artillery manufacturer. Canet was another manufacturer who merged with Schneider resulting in the data plate

http://sbiii.com/history1.html http://sbiii.com/history1.html. Scroll down to his section labeled " World War II Historical Photographs (23 Mar 2017) In there you will find seven pix of German WWII ra

Watervliet arsenal video on making gun barrels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtqwlgEC-bg A big difference from 120 yrs ago in Germany (previous video) Phil, Bklyn

Demonstrating a screw type (Welin) breech at Watervliet (NY) arsenal 1) Watervliet Arsenal machine shop url Modern Cannon Breech Demo Watervliet Arsenal Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkP-R9RD

1889 Naval Breech opening and closingvideo. 1:23 min. Beautiful, polished brass, 9.2" interrupted screw, obturated breech. Count the number of turns to open of close the action. https://www.youtube.co

1) Here's a link to the Washington Gun Factory filmed in 1952 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epclkzKJvfc I like the slide rule shown at 2:06. I still have mine from the late 50's and my drafting set