Railway Guns of World War I

Railway Guns of World War I
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 49
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781472816412
ISBN-13 : 1472816412
Rating : 4/5 (412 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Railway Guns of World War I by : Marc Romanych

Download or read book Railway Guns of World War I written by Marc Romanych and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defence, fortress, and naval guns onto existing commercial railway carriages. As the war dragged on, railway artillery development shifted to longer range guns that could shell targets deep behind enemy lines. This change of role brought much larger and more sophisticated guns often manufactured by mounting long-barrel naval guns to specially-designed railway carriages. This book details the design and development of railway guns during World War I from the very first basic designs to massive purpose built "monster" railway guns. Accompanying the text are many rare, never-before-published, photographs and colour illustrations depicting how these weapons were used during World War I.


Railway Guns of World War I Related Books

Railway Guns of World War I
Language: en
Pages: 49
Authors: Marc Romanych
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-24 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the ve
Railway Guns
Language: en
Pages: 145
Authors: John Goodwin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warship
Railway Guns of World War II
Language: en
Pages: 52
Authors: Steven J. Zaloga
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-25 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage,
Railway Guns of World War I
Language: en
Pages: 49
Authors: Marc Romanych
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-24 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the ve
...Railway Artillery
Language: en
Pages: 892
Authors: United States. Army. Ordnance Department
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1921 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK