Railway Guns of World War I Heuer Greg
Railway Guns of World War I Heuer Greg World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. The impetus to build and field railway-mounted guns came from the stalemate of trench warfare. More railway…
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Railway Guns of World War I Heuer Greg
World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. The impetus to build and field railway-mounted guns came from the stalemate of trench warfare. More railway artillery pieces were used during this war than in any other conflict, even though at the start of the war none of the armies had railway guns and the very idea of railway artillery was comparatively new.
These first guns were fielded to primarily provide heavy artillery support to the frontline infantry. The first railway guns--fielded by the French army in early 1915--were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defense, fortress, and naval guns onto existing commercial railway carriages. The British and German Armies followed suit and soon railway guns were employed all along the Western Front.
The use of railway artillery expanded to other fronts too, with Russia fielding several guns in 1915 and Italy
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